Get paid to drop in on cats around Ajax
Cat sitting jobs in Ajax cover both halves of the town that Highway 401 divides, from the Lake Ontario shore north to Taunton Road. Cat visits in Ajax run CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Ajax
The Oshawa climate station, the nearest one to Ajax with 1991 to 2020 ECCC normals, logs 101.7 cm of snow a year, most of it from December to February. A sitter arriving after a storm shovels the front step first, then reads the thermostat and checks the water bowl has not been left by a cold window.
When owners travel
The Durham District School Board closes schools for winter break from December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027. March Break runs March 15 to 19, 2027, and the last elementary day is June 29, 2027. Those dates cover the Durham District School Board schools in Ajax.
Know your Ajax areas
Ajax runs from Lakeside and Duffins Bay on the lake up to Westney Heights and Nottingham north of Highway 401. Pickering Village and Downtown Ajax sit in the middle, so group keys by side of the 401 to keep drives short.
Cat homes in Ajax
In Ajax the 2021 Census counts 64.7% of the Town's 39,485 occupied homes as single-detached houses and 15.2% as row houses, so a visit means walking every floor to find where the cat is hiding.
Bilingual owners book faster
Canada is officially bilingual, and in Quebec, parts of New Brunswick and the Ottawa region owners search and message in French. A sitter who says in their profile that they work in French as well as English books faster in those neighbourhoods.
What a cat sitting job in Ajax actually involves
Cat sitting is a drop-in service, so the cat never leaves home. You let yourself in with a key or a code the owner sets up, spend 20 to 30 minutes on food, water, the litter box and some company, check the place over, and send a photo before you lock up. Owners in Ajax book it because a cat that stays home stays calm. One traveler booking twice a day for ten days is twenty visits from a single client.
Keys and access
Most Ajax owners hand over a spare key, a lockbox code or a smart-lock code at the meet-and-greet. Agree where the key lives and how you get in if the code fails, and confirm it before the owner leaves town.
The visit
Fresh food and water, the litter box scooped, a look at the cat and a few minutes of play or a brush. You note anything off, like a skipped meal or a hidden cat, so the owner hears it from you first.
The update
A photo and two lines in the app after every visit. Owners who cannot see their cat for a week live on those messages, and a sitter who sends them without being asked is the one they rebook.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Ajax. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
CAD 40 to CAD 65 per night
A typical Ajax week: two cats, two visits a day, five days, CAD 28 per visit. 20 visits, CAD 560, up to 90% kept. The visits take twenty to thirty minutes each and cluster where you already are.
Ajax areas you can cover
Cat sitting in Ajax is mostly house work, since the 2021 Census puts only 6.7% of the Town's homes in apartment buildings of five or more storeys.
The Town of Ajax requires a licence for every cat over sixteen weeks old, the same rule it applies to dogs. A licence runs for one year from the date you buy it and is managed through the Town's DocuPet portal. Pet-care income is self-employment income, reported on form T2125 with your T1 return. GST/HST registration is required once taxable revenue passes the CAD 30,000 small-supplier threshold in four consecutive quarters.
Built for sitters in Ajax
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Full schedule control
No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.
Protected on every booking
CAD 32,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
What Ajax owners look for in a cat sitter
Cat owners book on trust more than on price. The profile details below are the ones they ask about.
Comfort with shy cats
Many cats hide from a stranger for the first visit. Owners want to hear that you will sit with the cat, not chase it, and that a hidden cat still gets fed and its box scooped.
Reliability, twice a day
A cat on medication or a diabetic cat needs visits at the same time every day. Say what your schedule can hold in Ajax, and mention any medication experience, even with your own cat.
A tidy visit
Litter cleaned properly, nothing left out, doors and windows as you found them, and a message with a photo. Owners come home and look for those signs before they look at anything else.
How to start earning in Ajax
1. Download Petme
Download the Petme app from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Build your profile
Add photos, a short bio, and the Ajax neighborhoods you cover.
3. Verify your ID
Complete identity verification so owners can trust your profile before they book.
4. Set your rates and accept bookings
Set your own rates per service, choose your schedule, and accept the bookings you want.
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Cat sitting jobs near Ajax
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Ajax
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.