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 "municipality_id": "gx-003522",
 "municipality": "Fort Smith",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Northwest Territories",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-04",
 "official_website": "http://fortsmith.ca",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Control Bylaw No. 678",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fortsmith.ca/media/833",
   "summary": "Provides for the control, licensing and prevention of cruelty to dogs in the Town of Fort Smith, under the Cities, Towns and Villages Act and the Dog Act. OCR-confirmed Dog Control Bylaw #678. PDF located at /media/833 (was previously unlocated).",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0b03153c346ff83cbf1032e9a42e8fbefd453797f903e18163ea5ee58b168a67.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$25.00 un-neutered male or female; $10.00 spayed female; $10.00 neutered male",
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall permit dog to run at large; no dog allowed outside fenced area of residence unless leashed and under full physical control (leash not longer than six feet)",
    "max_animals": "No more than two dogs per property or household (pups under 3 months excepted) unless written Council permission or kennel licence",
    "fine_range": "Run at large $50/$100; harbouring more than two dogs $50/$100/$150; summary conviction up to $2,000 (individual) / $10,000 (corporation)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.1",
    "licence_fee": "s. 3.5",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5.1; s. 5.11; s. 2(n)",
    "max_animals": "s. 6.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 18.0 (OFFENCES AND RELATED FINES); s. 17.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nt/fort-smith/animal-control/text-0b03153c346f/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Domestic Animal Control By-law No. 420",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fortsmith.ca/media/836",
   "summary": "Provides for the control of animals within the Town boundaries, under the Cities, Towns and Villages Act. OCR-confirmed By-law #420 ('Domestic Animal Control By-law'). URL corrected to the actual PDF (/media/836).",
   "capture_sha256": "96fafc9feee9b847bcf4e78f2293d2307ffe5f038263d299c1315a40dff663a0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/96fafc9feee9b847bcf4e78f2293d2307ffe5f038263d299c1315a40dff663a0.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall permit an animal (horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats) to run at large in any part of the Town at any time; must keep on lawfully fenced premises",
    "fine_range": "fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment up to six months (disease-control offences)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 3(4); s. 5(5)",
    "fine_range": "s. 4(5)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nt/fort-smith/animal-control/text-96fafc9feee9/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nt/fort-smith/animal-control/"
}