Registry of Dogs Subject to and Issued a Dangerous Dog Order

Dangerous Dog Orders issued to dogs by the City of Toronto that are currently active will be listed here. A Dangerous Dog Order is issued when it is confirmed that a dangerous act (Any bite, attack, act of menacing behaviour or any combination of a bite, attack or act of menacing behaviour.) has occurred and the act is deemed severe or is the second consecutive act on record. This data set is updated monthly.

For more information about Dangerous Dog Orders, please visit toronto.ca/dangerousdogs

For more information on the council motion associated with this data, please see Agenda Item History 2024.EC10.2 for the motion related to this dataset.

For more information on Dangerous Dog Review Tribunal, please see https://secure.toronto.ca/council/#/committees/2642/24710

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Excerpt Dogs who have received a Dangerous Dog Order are included in this list. A Dangerous Dog Order is issued to a dog who has committed a severe dangerous act or has a second or subsequent dangerous act on record with the City of Toronto.
Limitations Where possible, dogs that no longer reside within the noted forward sorting area (first 3 characters of a postal code), no longer reside in Toronto, or have died, will be removed from this data set.
Owner Division Municipal Licensing & Standards
Owner Section Toronto Animal Services
Owner Unit Enforcement
Owner Email tasemru@toronto.ca
Author Email tasemru@toronto.ca
Maintainer Email tasemru@toronto.ca
Author tasemru@toronto.ca
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Information URL https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/animals-pets/pets-in-the-city/dogs-in-the-city/dog-bites-or-attacks/
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Last Updated 2025-05-05 10:13:32.057793
Is Retired? False
Date Published 2024-04-12 10:00:59.237251