{
 "answer": "In the Town of Tillsonburg, Ontario, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by By-law 2021-013 - Animal Care and Control (Consolidated), verified 2026-09-25. Livestock rule: Cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats and other livestock listed as prohibited in Schedule A; banned town-wide under s. 14. Setback: 3.1 m (10 ft) from property line; 6.1 m (20 ft) from any school, church, or residential building not on same lot.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001795",
 "municipality": "Tillsonburg",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
 "official_website": "https://www.tillsonburg.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2021-013 - Animal Care and Control (Consolidated)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-01-25",
   "document_url": "https://www.tillsonburg.ca/media/0wacwcut/2021-013-animal-care-and-control-consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Schedule 'A' prohibits keeping a long list of animals anywhere in the Town, including Galliformes (chickens, turkeys, pea fowl, guinea fowl, pheasants, grouse), Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans), ostriches and emus, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, deer and elk, and horses, donkeys and ponies, plus 'any other exotic animals not specified above' (s.14). On land zoned agricultural, institutional or open space, or",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "9c4dfe73de7e3e7151951c2d404ca96d3c91c957e12f2b6cbfb81403af55d45f",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2021-013",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9c4dfe73de7e3e7151951c2d404ca96d3c91c957e12f2b6cbfb81403af55d45f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats and other livestock listed as prohibited in Schedule A; banned town-wide under s. 14.",
    "setback": "3.1 m (10 ft) from property line; 6.1 m (20 ft) from any school, church, or residential building not on same lot"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule A, Galliformes: \"pheasants, grouse, guinea fowl, turkeys, chickens, pea fowl\"",
    "roosters_prohibited": "Schedule A, Galliformes: \"pheasants, grouse, guinea fowl, turkeys, chickens, pea fowl\"",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 14; Schedule A, Artiodactyla (\"cattle, goats, sheep, pigs\") and Perissodactyla (\"horses, donkeys, mules\")",
    "setback": "s. 26(a)(ii)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/tillsonburg/backyard-hens/bylaw-2021-013/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/tillsonburg/backyard-hens/"
}