Lost pet help in North Vancouver, British Columbia

Who to call first in North Vancouver

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
Two separate municipalities share the name. District of North Vancouver Animal Services is on 604-990-3711. City of North Vancouver Animal Control Services is on 604-982-8302
Where a picked-up animal is held
District of North Vancouver: its own Animal Welfare Shelter. City of North Vancouver: the BC SPCA West Vancouver centre at 1020 Marine Drive, which is the city’s contracted kennel operator

Check which one you are in before you phone. The District runs its own shelter; the City of North Vancouver has no shelter of its own and states that its kenneling services are provided by BC SPCA West Vancouver, where impounded pets are sent and claimed.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. The City of North Vancouver’s statement is about unlicensed dogs being placed in kennels, and its bylaw is a dog bylaw.

Out of hours. City of North Vancouver after-hours emergency dog-related complaints: 604-607-1651.

This hub covers both jurisdictions. For a cat, and for the District’s own stray-hold practice, contact the municipality directly — those details are not stated on the pages checked.

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

One organisation in this directory names North Vancouver in the area it covers: District of North Vancouver Animal Shelter.

That is 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.

10 organisations

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In North Vancouver 1

These organisations name North Vancouver in the area they cover.

Covering all of British Columbia 4

Canada-wide 5

Registries and national bodies that work anywhere in the country.

Nearest emergency vets 1

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

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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