{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001147",
 "municipality": "Saskatoon",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-13",
 "official_website": "https://saskatoon.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw No. 7860, 1999",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.saskatoon.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-clerk/bylaws/7860.pdf",
   "summary": "City of Saskatoon The Animal Control Bylaw, 1999 (consolidated/codified to Bylaw 10139). Opened official city-clerk PDF; replaced the content-page link with the actual bylaw PDF. Category confirmed animal_control.",
   "capture_sha256": "c67a140c1fb53fd01623486bcfa3d23521d4b9f4b8bfd2c6bad58e2fba71c3ef",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-13T16:33:18+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c67a140c1fb53fd01623486bcfa3d23521d4b9f4b8bfd2c6bad58e2fba71c3ef.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Effective Jan 1, 2026 — Dog not spayed/neutered: $77.00; Dog under 12 months: $38.00; Dog spayed/neutered: $38.00. Effective Jan 1, 2027 — Dog not spayed/neutered: $80.50; Dog under 12 months: $40.00; Dog spayed/neutered: $40.00. Tag Replacement: $11.50 (2026) / $12.00 (2027). Fees exclusive of applicable taxes.",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must not be at large; off premises, leash not exceeding two metres and proper control required, except in designated off-leash areas.",
    "fine_range": "Individual: minimum per Schedule No. 7 (ranging $50 to $1,000 depending on offence and repetition), not more than $2,000; corporation not more than $5,000."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule No. 1",
    "leash_rule": "s. 3(1)(b); s. 9(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 24(1)(a)(b); Schedule No. 7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/saskatoon/animal-control/text-c67a140c1fb5/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/saskatoon/animal-control/"
}