Pet Licensing
Manages the complete pet licensing lifecycle — application, fee calculation, tag/certificate issuance, annual renewal, compliance enforcement, kennel/breeder licensing, and online self-service with digital QR code tags for rapid reunification.
Online Renewal
QR Scan Lookup
Compliance Lift
Online Adoption
Purpose-Built for Canadian Municipalities
Purpose & Scope
What this module owns
Clear ownership boundaries prevent duplication and ensure every capability has exactly one authoritative home.
Owns
7Delegated to
5Owner identity, address verification
Fee processing, renewals
Renewal reminders, compliance notices
Online license portal
Enforcement escalation
These capabilities are handled by dedicated modules and consumed via stable API contracts — keeping boundaries clean and ownership unambiguous.
Core Capabilities
What it does
4 capability groups comprising 7 discrete capabilities — each with API surface, business rules, and data ownership.
Online/in-person application capturing owner details, pet information, rabies vaccination, and microchip data.
Intake
Online/in-person. Capture: owner details, pet (species, breed, colour, markings, sex, spayed/neutered, microchip #, rabies vaccination, vet).
Categories
Dog (standard, dangerous), cat, exotic. Photo upload.
Automatic fee calculation based on species, spay/neuter status, dangerous dog surcharge, and discount programs.
Automatic
Species, spayed/neutered (discounted), dangerous dog surcharge, senior discount, multi-pet discount.
Pro-Rated
Pro-rated mid-year. Receipt with license #.
Physical tag inventory management, PDF certificates, and digital QR code tags for mobile.
Physical
Unique license number. Physical tag inventory management (shapes by year). PDF certificate.
Digital
Digital license: QR code on mobile. Tag replacement available.
Every module owns a single bounded context, exposes stable APIs, and can be composed into any Civic product — that's the architecture that scales.
Krutik Parikh
Creator of Civic
Data Model
Entity Architecture
3 entities with 4 relationships — the authoritative schema for this bounded context.
Entities
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API Surface
Integration Endpoints
6 RESTful endpoints across 4 resource groups — plus 4 domain events for async integration.
/api/v1/animal/licenses
Apply for license
/api/v1/animal/licenses/{id}/renew
Renew license
/api/v1/animal/licenses/{id}
License details
Ecosystem
Products that depend on this module
1 Civic products consume Pet Licensing — making it one of the most critical platform services in the ecosystem.
Technical Specifications
Performance, Compliance & Configuration
Online Renewal
QR Scan Lookup
Compliance Rate Improvement
Online Adoption
Availability
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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