Lost pet help in Kingston, Ontario

Who to call first in Kingston

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
City of Kingston Animal Control, through Building and Enforcement Services, 613-546-4291
Where a picked-up animal is held
Kingston Humane Society, as the City’s pound services provider, 613-546-1291

Enforcement is the City’s and the pound is contracted. Kingston’s Animal Control By-law 2021-166 gives administration and enforcement to Building and Enforcement Services and refers to "the Kingston Humane Society (or the applicable Pound services provider)". The society describes itself as a municipal pound provider enforcing the Ontario Pounds Act and municipal contracts.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. The City says it in six words: "We do not catch loose or stray cats." City Animal Control is a dogs-at-large service. A cat can still be impounded — the by-law sets a three-day cat redemption period against five days for a dog — but nobody will come and catch one for you.

Out of hours. Injured animals have their own reporting line, 613-541-3213. General by-law enforcement on 613-546-0000 is Monday to Friday, 8:30am–5:30pm.

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

One organisation in this directory names Kingston in the area it covers: Kingston Humane Society.

That is 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 Kingston 1

These organisations name Kingston 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 Kingston 1

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

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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