Lost pet help in Peterborough, Ontario

Who to call first in Peterborough

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
Peterborough Humane Society, which provides the City’s Animal Control Officers, 705-745-4722
Where a picked-up animal is held
Peterborough Humane Society animal shelter, 705-745-4722

The City’s Animal Services page states the Peterborough Humane Society provides the community with Animal Control Officers, an animal shelter and an adoption centre — so this is the first call for a stray in the city.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. Unusually for Ontario, no cats carve-out is published here: the City says "injured stray dogs and cats can be reported to the Peterborough Humane Society’s Animal Services Department" on one number.

The City’s page covers the city. Whether the same service extends across Peterborough County is not stated on it — ask when you call rather than assuming.

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

One organisation in this directory names Peterborough in the area it covers: Peterborough 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 Peterborough 1

These organisations name Peterborough 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 Peterborough 1

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

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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