Lost pet help in Pickering, Ontario

Who to call first in Pickering

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
Pickering Animal Services, 905-683-7575
Where a picked-up animal is held
Pickering Animal Shelter, 1688 Highway 7, Brougham, 905-683-7575

The city runs its own animal services and its own shelter at Brougham, so a stray found in Pickering is held by the City rather than at the regional animal centre.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. Explicit and worth knowing: "We only pick up stray cats that are sick or injured however, if a resident contains a cat, they may bring it directly to the shelter." For dogs the City goes the other way — staff will collect a confined stray dog 24 hours a day.

Out of hours. Confined stray dogs are collected 24 hours a day. A photo of an impounded animal is posted to the City’s found-pets page within 24 hours.

An impound fee is charged for any animal picked up and brought to the shelter, and the shelter does not accept cash.

Checked against the City of Pickering’s own lost-and-found pets page on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

One organisation in this directory names Pickering in the area it covers: Pickering Animal Services. One more covers Pickering as part of a wider region.

Between them they are municipal animal services and 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 Pickering 1

These organisations name Pickering in the area they cover.

Covering Pickering as part of a wider area 1

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 Pickering is listed here. These are the nearest ones in the verified set, and they are in Whitby — a different municipality, not Pickering.

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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