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 "municipality_id": "gx-001827",
 "municipality": "Whitestone",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "https://www.whitestone.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 17-2022 - The regulating of dogs",
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   "status": "adopted",
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   "document_url": "https://whitestone2023.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=17-2022.pdf",
   "summary": "Official dog regulation by-law PDF linked from Whitestone's by-law index.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/534b5e6ba0bad945a2a9fbb04671bb52cd1e800f5fe98d5c449e665134f4776e.pdf",
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   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall allow their dog to run at large within the Municipality; off property must be under control of a capable person.",
    "max_animals": "4 dogs per residence in residential or waterfront zone",
    "fine_range": "maximum as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 33"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.1 — Every owner of a dog shall register such dog with the Municipal Clerk and procure a dog tag",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5.1; s. 5.7",
    "max_animals": "s. 5.9",
    "fine_range": "s. 7.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitestone/animal-control/text-534b5e6ba0ba/",
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  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitestone/animal-control/"
}