Look after cats in Maple Ridge and keep up to 90%
Maple Ridge cat visits run from Hammond on the Fraser River out to Whonnock and Ruskin at the city's eastern edge. Cat visits in Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge
The Pitt Meadows station, next door to Maple Ridge, records 249.0 mm of precipitation in November and 214.1 mm in December in the 1991-2020 normals. That rain comes in on boots, so a sitter leaves wet gear at the door and checks that no window was left open for the cat. The same station logs 10.7 days a year above 30C, when blinds come down and the water bowl gets refilled.
When owners travel
School District 42 runs Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows schools on one calendar. For 2026-27, classes stop on Friday, December 18, and winter break runs from December 21 until schools reopen on Monday, January 4, 2027. The last day for students is Thursday, June 24, 2027, and schools close for summer on June 25.
Know your Maple Ridge areas
Downtown Haney holds the Haney Place bus exchange and the town's apartment blocks, where a sitter buzzes in through a lobby. Port Haney sits on the river by the West Coast Express station, and Silver Valley and Webster's Corners run up toward Golden Ears, on house lots with long driveways.
Cat homes in Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge is a house town: the 2021 census counts 17,410 of its 33,100 occupied dwellings as single-detached houses, and 26,205 of 33,115 households own their home. A cat visit here means a front-door key or a lockbox, and a check that the back slider is shut.
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 Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge. 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
Cat work pays in repetition, not in single big tickets. Two clients in Maple Ridge away for a work week, each on two visits a day at CAD 28, is 20 visits and CAD 560. If the two homes sit in one neighborhood, that is a short round twice a day.
Maple Ridge areas you can cover
Cat sitting in Maple Ridge starts from a census count: 7,315 of the city's 33,105 private households in 2021 were one person living alone.
Part 10 of Maple Ridge's Animal Control and Licencing Bylaw No. 6908-2012 caps a parcel at six weaned, altered cats (section 10.1.1), and the bylaw sets no cat licence. For dogs, section 6.1.1 caps a parcel at three, section 6.2.1 requires a City dog licence, and no one may walk more than three dogs in a public place at once. 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 Maple Ridge
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 Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge, 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 Maple Ridge
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 Maple Ridge 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.
Cat sitting jobs in Maple Ridge
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Maple Ridge.
What do cat sitters make in Maple Ridge?
Drop-in cat visits on Petme in Maple Ridge run CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit. You set your own rate per visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
What does a typical cat sitting visit involve?
A standard drop-in runs 20 to 30 minutes: feeding, fresh water, litter scooping, playtime, and a photo update to the owner in chat. Many Maple Ridge owners book one or two visits a day while they travel.
Can I fit cat visits around a job in Maple Ridge?
Yes. You set your available hours and accept or decline each request. Morning and evening visit slots fill first, and you can stack several nearby visits around Haney and Port Haney into one efficient round.
What if something goes wrong on a cat visit in Maple Ridge?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including drop-in visits, includes CAD 32,000 in Protection Plan for the cat in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you sit in Haney or Port Haney.
Is this a part-time or full-time job in Maple Ridge?
Neither in the employment sense. You work in Maple Ridge as a self-employed sitter, so there are no assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Some people take a couple of bookings a week around another job, others fill a full week. You scale it up or down yourself.
What do I need to start pet care work in Maple Ridge?
You need to be 18 or over, have a smartphone with the Petme app, and pass ID verification. Owners choose on reviews, availability and a complete profile, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.
How do I apply?
Apply through the Petme become a pet sitter page for Canada, then build your profile: the services you want to offer, your own rate for each, and the Maple Ridge areas you cover. Owners nearby send you booking requests, and you accept or decline each one.
How do I get paid for bookings in Maple Ridge?
Payment runs through the app rather than cash at the door. Each confirmed Maple Ridge booking is paid out to your bank account, and you keep up to 90% of what the owner pays. You set the rate for every service yourself.
Which Maple Ridge neighborhoods book the most cat visits?
Cat sitting in Maple Ridge starts from a census count: 7,315 of the city's 33,105 private households in 2021 were one person living alone. Most cat owners book a sitter within their own neighborhood, so listing the areas you cover sharpens your visibility.
When is spring break in Maple Ridge for part time cat sitting work?
Maple Ridge schools close for spring break on Monday, March 15, 2027 and reopen on Tuesday, March 30, according to the School District 42 calendar. Cat sitting over those two weeks is drop-in visits at the owner's home in Maple Ridge: feeding, fresh water, the litter box and a photo update.
What are cat sitting visits like in Maple Ridge?
Maple Ridge is a house town: the 2021 census counts 17,410 of its 33,100 occupied dwellings as single-detached houses, and 26,205 of 33,115 households own their home. A cat visit here means a front-door key or a lockbox, and a check that the back slider is shut.
Cat sitting jobs near Maple Ridge
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Maple Ridge
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.