Lost pet help in Burnaby, British Columbia

Who to call first in Burnaby

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
City of Burnaby Animal Control Office, 604-294-7944
Where a picked-up animal is held
City of Burnaby Community Animal Centre, operated by the BC SPCA, 604-291-7201

The city provides animal control and enforces the bylaws; the BC SPCA operates the city’s animal centre, which is where an animal brought in by animal control is reclaimed.

Out of hours. The animal control office takes calls 9am–5pm, seven days. Outside those hours the city directs callers to the Burnaby RCMP non-emergency line, 604-646-9999.

Checked against the City of Burnaby’s own animal control page on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

Two organisations in this directory name Burnaby in the area they cover: BC SPCA Burnaby and City of Burnaby Animal Control Office.

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 Burnaby 2

These organisations name Burnaby 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 2

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

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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