Lost pet help in Brampton, Ontario

Who to call first in Brampton

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
Brampton Animal Services, 905-458-5800
Where a picked-up animal is held
The Brampton Animal Services shelter, 905-458-5800

The city runs its shelter directly rather than through a humane society, so a stray picked up in Brampton is held by the City.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. Both dogs and cats must be licensed with the City and both are taken in. But the City explicitly discourages bringing in healthy outdoor cats — it says a healthy cat outdoors may be a neighbour’s pet or a community cat in a TNR programme, and asks the public to help limit intake to animals that are truly homeless or suffering. Confirmed orphaned, critically sick or injured kittens are a 311 call.

Checked against the City of Brampton’s own lost-and-found page on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

One organisation in this directory names Brampton in the area it covers: Brampton Animal Services.

That is municipal animal services.

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 Brampton 1

These organisations name Brampton in the area they cover.

Covering all of Ontario 2

Canada-wide 5

Registries and national bodies that work anywhere in the country.

Emergency vets in Brampton 1

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

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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