{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003521",
 "municipality": "Fort Simpson",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Northwest Territories",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-04",
 "official_website": "http://www.fortsimpson.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Control By-Law No. 2019-006",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-05-20",
   "summary": "Controls licensing, keeping (max 3 dogs per household), and leashing of dogs; vicious-dog and impoundment provisions; annual licence required. Enacted under Cities, Towns and Villages Act S.N.W.T. 2018 c.13 s.70. Read third and finally passed 2019-05-20 (confirmed in text).",
   "document_url": "https://fortsimpson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Dog-Bylaw.pdf",
   "capture_sha256": "8d870a20bc76be48490851cd1dc8d468400901eeab2644765991fabd43f7950a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8d870a20bc76be48490851cd1dc8d468400901eeab2644765991fabd43f7950a.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$75.00 female over 6 months; $75.00 male over 6 months; $25.00 spayed female; $25.00 neutered male; $250.00 Vicious Dog (fee waived if registered in January)",
    "leash_rule": "Dog must not run at large; at large means off owner's premises and not under immediate physical control of a competent and responsible person",
    "max_animals": "Not more than three (3) dogs owned or harboured by a household or property, with one being an outdoor dog",
    "fine_range": "$100.00 first / $200.00 second / $300.00 third offence (standard); Vicious Dog $200/$300/$400; max fine $2,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4",
    "licence_fee": "SCHEDULE \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2 a) / s. 44 d)",
    "max_animals": "s. 3",
    "fine_range": "s. 46(2); s. 45"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nt/fort-simpson/animal-control/text-8d870a20bc76/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nt/fort-simpson/animal-control/"
}