{
 "answer": "In the Town of Whitby, Ontario, hens permitted: False; bees permitted: True; livestock rule: Livestock prohibited except on agricultural property in rural area of at least five (5) acres in size.. Source: Prohibited and Regulated Animals By-law 7392-18, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001824",
 "municipality": "Whitby",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.whitby.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Prohibited and Regulated Animals By-law 7392-18",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-04-16",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/whitby-ca/media/odknooyk/by-law-7392-18-prohibited-and-regulated-animals_consolidation.pdf",
   "summary": "Defines 'livestock' to include chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, and bars keeping livestock anywhere except an agricultural property in the rural area at least 5 acres in size - effectively no backyard hens townwide; honeybees permitted only if kept per the Bees Act.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "d50ac81aee035d5b33200ce1df4259b778201a929a0b2a2fde1a6a92f81a34a9",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d50ac81aee035d5b33200ce1df4259b778201a929a0b2a2fde1a6a92f81a34a9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Livestock prohibited except on agricultural property in rural area of at least five (5) acres in size."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3.3; s. 1.9 defines livestock to include chickens",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 3.4: \"unless the keeping of the bees complies with the Bees Act\"",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 3.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitby/backyard-hens/text-d50ac81aee03/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitby/backyard-hens/"
}