Make money looking after cats in Mirabel
Mirabel stretches from the Rivière du Nord to the Oka hills, so a day of cat visits here covers farm roads between separate village cores. Cat visits in Mirabel 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 Mirabel
At the Lachute station, in the neighbouring town west of Mirabel, January nights average -14.7, and the 1991-2020 record low for the month is -36.0. On a night like that the visit starts at the thermostat and the water bowl. By the end of February 46 cm of snow sits on the ground, so clear a path to the door first. July days average 26.5, so draw the blinds in a house with no air conditioner.
When owners travel
Mirabel's schools are split between two school service centres, the CSS des Mille-Îles and the CSS de la Rivière-du-Nord, so owners in different sectors can travel on different weeks. The Mille-Îles 2026-2027 calendar puts spring break on March 1 to 5, 2027, and its holiday closure runs December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027. Ask each client which centre their children attend before you plan March.
Know your Mirabel areas
Saint-Janvier has the exo Mirabel train station on the Saint-Jérôme line, opened January 4, 2021 with 800 parking spaces, so keys can change hands before an early train. Saint-Benoît sits in the Oka hills in the southwest, and Sainte-Scholastique lies in the farm belt, so plan those visits by car.
Cat homes in Mirabel
Mirabel is a town of houses for its cats: the 2021 census counts 13,385 single-detached homes out of 24,795 occupied dwellings, plus 3,615 flats in duplexes. Walk every floor to find the cat before you leave.
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 Mirabel 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 Mirabel 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 Mirabel 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 Mirabel. 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
Two clients in Mirabel on twice-daily visits for five days is 20 visits. At CAD 28 a visit that is CAD 560, and you keep up to 90%. Holiday weeks stack two or three trips on top of that.
Mirabel areas you can cover
Cat sitting in Mirabel covers 6,575 homes in apartment buildings under five storeys, 26.5% of the occupied dwellings counted in the 2021 census.
Mirabel's Règlement 2382 on domestic animals sets no cat licence and no cap on cats per home. Its section 11 applies to every animal: a cat that damages a neighbour's lawn or garden is a nuisance, and droppings on private land must be picked up within 24 hours. Dogs must be registered, and a home may keep no more than five dogs. 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. In Quebec the same threshold applies to QST.
Built for sitters in Mirabel
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 Mirabel 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 Mirabel, 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 Mirabel
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 Mirabel 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 Mirabel
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Start earning in Mirabel
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.