Lost pet help in Abbotsford, British Columbia

Who to call first in Abbotsford

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
Fraser Valley Regional District Animal Control, 1-844-495-2273
Where a picked-up animal is held
FVRD Community Animal Response & Education (CARE) Centre, Wolfe Road, Chilliwack, 1-844-495-2273

Animal control in Abbotsford is a regional service, not a city department: the FVRD provides dog licensing, bylaw enforcement and shelter services here, and the pound is in Chilliwack.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. Dogs only. The FVRD’s own FAQ states the CARE Centre is not equipped to impound cats and that its animal control bylaw does not regulate cats, and refers cats to the BC SPCA — so for a missing cat the BC SPCA Abbotsford centre is the right call, and for a missing dog it is not.

Out of hours. Animal control is staffed Monday to Saturday, 8:30am–5pm. For a dog attack in progress outside those hours, the FVRD directs callers to the local police.

Checked against the Fraser Valley Regional District’s own animal control pages on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

Two organisations in this directory name Abbotsford in the area they cover: BC SPCA Abbotsford and FVRD Community Animal Response & Education (CARE) Centre.

Between them they are shelters and humane societies and municipal animal services.

Further down the page, four organisations cover British Columbia as a whole and five work Canada-wide.

Opening hours, intake practices and how each organisation wants to hear from you are set by that organisation, not by this directory — check its own page or call before you travel.

11 organisations

In Abbotsford 2

These organisations name Abbotsford in the area they cover.

Shelters and humane societies 1

Municipal animal services 1

Covering all of British Columbia 4

Canada-wide 5

Registries and national bodies that work anywhere in the country.

Nearest emergency vets 1

No emergency veterinary clinic in Abbotsford is listed here. These are the nearest ones in the verified set, and they are in Langley — a different municipality, not Abbotsford.

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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