Look after cats in Montreal and keep up to 90%
Take only the cat visits that fit your schedule around Montreal. Cat visits in Montreal run CAD 25 to CAD 45 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 Montreal
A winter visit starts at the thermostat and the taps. January nights average -13.5 and 6.7 of them drop under -20, so a furnace fault shows up fast. Median snow depth reaches 14 cm in February, and the walkway gets cleared before you reach the cat. July brings 4.0 days above 30, when the job is water and the air conditioning.
When demand peaks
Montreal schools break March 1 to 5, 2027, and McGill reads the same week, so travel stacks into those five days. December fills next: McGill exams end December 22 and the UdeM term December 23, 2026. Summer requests open once the UdeM winter term closes April 30, 2027.
Know your Montreal areas
Griffintown and Old Montreal sit side by side, so several visits fit inside a few streets and one round of lobby codes. Côte-des-Neiges and Outremont are longer drives. Across the city 56.9% of dwellings are apartments in buildings under five storeys.
Cat homes in Montreal
Montreal is a city of walk-ups. Apartments in buildings under five storeys are 56.9% of its dwellings and single-detached houses 7.1% (2021 Census). Cats stay in from the first frost around October 14 to late April, so a January visit at -13.5 checks the heat and the water bowl.
Bilingual owners book faster
Most of your messages arrive in French. The 2021 census counts 818,225 Montrealers with French as their only mother tongue, against 225,920 for English. Write the listing and your visit notes in French, then add one English line for the households that answer in English.
What a cat sitting job in Montreal 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 Montreal 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 Montreal 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 Montreal. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
CAD 25 to CAD 45 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
CAD 50 to CAD 90 per night
Overnight boarding
CAD 50 to CAD 85 per night
At the middle of the Montreal band, CAD 35 a visit, one week with two clients on morning and evening visits is 20 visits and CAD 700. A single ten-day trip from one owner is worth as much on its own.
Montreal areas that book the most
Cat sitting in Montreal is booked by low-rise apartment households, since 56.9% of dwellings sit in buildings under five storeys, from Griffintown to Côte-des-Neiges.
Quebec licenses no dog walkers or pet sitters. Montreal by-law 18-042 sets a maximum leash length of 1.85 metres in public and an annual permit per dog and cat. Article 22 caps a dwelling at three dogs, four dogs and cats combined. 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 Montreal
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 Montreal 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 Montreal, 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 Montreal
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 Montreal 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 Montreal
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Montreal.
Is this cat sitting in Montreal for pet owners or for sitters?
How much do cat sitters earn per visit in Montreal?
What protection do I get on cat sitting bookings?
Is this a part-time or full-time job in Montreal?
What do I need to start pet care work in Montreal?
How do I apply?
How do I get paid for bookings in Montreal?
Is there cat sitting work near Plateau-Mont-Royal and Mile End?
What happens during a drop-in cat visit?
Do I pick my own cat sitting hours in Montreal?
Who is hiring cat sitters in Montreal during the March break?
What are cat sitting visits like in Montreal?
Cat sitting jobs near Montreal
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Montreal
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.