{
 "answer": "The Town of Montréal, Quebec has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Règlement sur le contrôle des animaux (codification administrative), RCA13-27003 — arrondissement de Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (borough-level; animal control is enacted per-arrondissement in Montréal, not city-wide), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-002319",
 "municipality": "Montréal",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Quebec",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.montreal.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Règlement sur le contrôle des animaux (codification administrative), RCA13-27003 — arrondissement de Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (borough-level; animal control is enacted per-arrondissement in Montréal, not city-wide)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-05-07",
   "document_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20160806123336if_/http://ville.montreal.qc.ca:80/animals/assets/doc/reglementation/Mercier-HoMa_Revise2015.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated administrative codification (updated to May 2015) of one borough's animal-control by-law, based on the model text ~16 Montréal boroughs adopted 2013-2015: dog licensing, leash requirement, off-leash areas, dangerous/at-risk/pit-bull-type dog categories and restrictions, kennel limits, penalties.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-recovery",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "620c36a7633307eed2b3133d367b0042d5321fde81f75ac62dbabd27edf1b0a2",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-24T01:06:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/620c36a7633307eed2b3133d367b0042d5321fde81f75ac62dbabd27edf1b0a2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/qc/montreal/animal-control/text-620c36a76333/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Projet de règlement sur le contrôle des animaux — Comité exécutif, présentation (17 août 2016)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "council_report",
   "status": "under_development",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/documents/Adi_Public/CE/CE_DA_ORDI_2016-08-17_08h30_17_aout_2016_-_09_h_00_-_P_-_Projet_reglement_controle_animaux.pdf",
   "summary": "Executive-committee presentation explaining Montréal's animal-control governance: a 2012 model by-law was adopted separately by 16 arrondissements (2013-2015); this 2016 project proposed tightening rules city-wide after pit-bull-type dog attacks (categories, dangerous-dog bans, higher fines). Confirms no single unified city-wide animal-control by-law exists.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-recovery",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "d2d66cde02a9b431a406bdee85b3565e6fe1abb44b21f07ec81edefe7590b984",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-24T01:06:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d2d66cde02a9b431a406bdee85b3565e6fe1abb44b21f07ec81edefe7590b984.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/qc/montreal/animal-control/text-d2d66cde02a9/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/qc/montreal/animal-control/"
}