Lost pet help in Richmond, British Columbia

Who to call first in Richmond

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
BC SPCA, under contract to the City of Richmond, 604-709-4668
Where a picked-up animal is held
Richmond Animal Shelter, 12071 No. 5 Road — city-owned, BC SPCA-operated, 604-277-3100

Richmond is the unusual case in the Lower Mainland: the city and the BC SPCA signed an agreement in 2021 covering both animal sheltering and animal control, so here the BC SPCA really is the service you call.

Out of hours. The reporting line runs 7am–9pm daily including statutory holidays; after that the city directs callers to the RCMP non-emergency line, 604-278-1212.

Note the two different numbers: 604-709-4668 is the line for reporting a lost, found or wandering animal, and 604-277-3100 is the shelter itself.

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

One organisation in this directory names Richmond in the area it covers: BC SPCA Richmond.

That is shelters and humane societies.

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

In Richmond 1

These organisations name Richmond 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 2

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

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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