Lost pet help in Kitchener, Ontario

Who to call first in Kitchener

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth, contracted by the City of Kitchener, 519-745-5615
Where a picked-up animal is held
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth shelter, 519-745-5615

Here the humane society really is the authority: it is contracted by the City to provide animal by-law, animal control and sheltering services, and it publishes that contract municipality by municipality.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. The Kitchener contract names dogs and cats as separate line items: "Stray dogs/dogs at large" and "Stray cats (confined)". A loose cat is only in scope once someone has confined it. Dog licensing is in the Kitchener contract; cat licensing is not.

Out of hours. After-hours emergency service is in the Kitchener contract, for injured domestic animals and wildlife.

Cambridge is in the same region but runs its own animal control, so a pet lost there is a different call.

Checked against the contracted provider’s own municipal animal services page, which lists the City of Kitchener contract in full on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

One organisation in this directory names Kitchener in the area it covers: Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth.

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 Kitchener 1

These organisations name Kitchener in the area they cover.

Covering all of Ontario 2

Canada-wide 5

Registries and national bodies that work anywhere in the country.

Nearest emergency vets 1

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

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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