Lost pet help in Barrie, Ontario

Who to call first in Barrie

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
City of Barrie Enforcement Services, 45 Cedar Pointe Drive, 705-739-4241
Where a picked-up animal is held
The Pound established under Animal Control By-law 2010-035 — the by-law does not name the organisation that runs it

Enforcement is clearly municipal: Barrie’s Animal Control By-law gives Municipal Law Enforcement Officers the duty to impound dogs running at large and deliver them to the Pound, which is maintained by a "Poundkeeper" the by-law defines as whoever Council designates or appoints.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. The by-law treats them differently. Officers have a duty to impound a dog running at large, with a three-day redemption period. For a cat, a resident may capture and contain it for delivery to an officer, who "may" impound it — there is no duty to go and catch a cat, and live-trapping a cat is prohibited except for registered charities working with feral or stray cats.

NEEDS REVIEW: who currently operates Barrie’s pound is not stated on any City page we could reach — the City’s animal-services pages return errors and its site search returns nothing for animal control. Do not assume the nearby Ontario SPCA centre is the city pound; its own page asks finders to contact municipal animal control first. Call City Enforcement Services on 705-739-4241 and ask where an impounded animal is held.

Checked against the City of Barrie’s Animal Control By-law 2010-035 on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

Two organisations in this directory name Barrie in the area they cover: City of Barrie Enforcement Services (animal control) and Ontario SPCA Barrie and District Animal Centre.

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

Further down the page, two organisations cover Ontario 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.

In Barrie 2

These organisations name Barrie in the area they cover.

Shelters and humane societies 1

Municipal animal services 1

Covering all of Ontario 2

Canada-wide 5

Registries and national bodies that work anywhere in the country.

Emergency vets in Barrie 1

Veterinary hospitals and clinics in Barrie that run their own emergency service.

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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