Lost pet help in West Vancouver, British Columbia

Who to call first in West Vancouver

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
District of West Vancouver Bylaw and Licensing Services, 604-925-7152
Where a picked-up animal is held
The SPCA building at 1020 Marine Drive, named in the district’s bylaw as the municipality’s Animal Control Facility, 604-922-4622

The district’s own Animal Control and Licence Bylaw establishes the SPCA building on Marine Drive as the municipality’s Animal Control Facility and appoints the SPCA to operate it. District bylaw officers handle the animal control situations themselves, including animals at large.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. The bylaw’s definition of “at large” expressly excludes cats, so a loose cat is not a West Vancouver impound matter.

Checked against the District of West Vancouver’s own dogs page and its Animal Control and Licence Bylaw on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

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

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

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In West Vancouver 1

These organisations name West 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 West Vancouver is listed here. These are the nearest ones in the verified set, and they are in Vancouver — a different municipality, not West Vancouver.

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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