{
 "answer": "In the City of Oshawa, Ontario, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Animal Care and Control By-law 14-2010, verified 2026-09-21. Livestock rule: Horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and most hoofed mammals prohibited under Schedule 'A'.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001685",
 "municipality": "Oshawa",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-21",
 "official_website": "http://www.oshawa.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Care and Control By-law 14-2010",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.oshawa.ca/media/0hxhuv13/responsiblepetowners14-2010.pdf",
   "summary": "Section 24.1 prohibits keeping any animal described in Schedule 'A'. Schedule A includes Galliformes (chickens, pheasants, guineafowl, turkeys) and Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans), so backyard hens and other poultry may not be kept in Oshawa, along with raptors, penguins, kangaroos, venomous lizards and snakes, scorpions and non-tarantula spiders. All venomous insects are prohibited except bees as defined in the Bees",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "7898f617af66575a2f259e3580801d799b5bd6315561e7e60c57d121cf88953a",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "14-2010",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7898f617af66575a2f259e3580801d799b5bd6315561e7e60c57d121cf88953a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and most hoofed mammals prohibited under Schedule 'A'."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule \"A\": Galliformes — Chickens, Pheasants, Guineafowl, Turkeys",
    "roosters_prohibited": "Schedule \"A\": Galliformes — Chickens, Pheasants, Guineafowl, Turkeys",
    "bees_permitted": "except bees as defined in the Bees Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.6",
    "livestock_rule": "Schedule \"A\": Equidae — Horse; Suidae — All Pigs; Bovidae — Sheep, Goat, Cow"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/oshawa/backyard-hens/bylaw-14-2010/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/oshawa/backyard-hens/"
}