Cat sitting jobs in New Westminster, on your schedule
New Westminster cat sitting runs from Downtown towers by the Fraser to the Queensborough homes on Lulu Island, joined by the Queensborough Bridge. Cat visits in New Westminster 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 New Westminster
The Pitt Meadows station, 1991-2020 normals, is the nearest set that covers New Westminster. Its record for one day of rain is 111.8 mm, set on January 31, 2020, so a sitter checks balcony doors and window tracks after a storm. February 1996 dropped to -12.4C there, cold enough to check that the baseboard heat is running. August days average a high of 25.1C, when an upper-floor suite needs the blinds down.
When owners travel
New Westminster Schools, District 40, set the local 2026-27 calendar. Winter break covers December 21 to January 1, with classes back on January 4. Spring break falls in March, and classes resume on March 30, 2027. The last day of school is Tuesday, June 29, which opens the summer holiday for families with children in Sapperton or Queensborough schools.
Know your New Westminster areas
Downtown and Uptown hold the tower blocks, and both sit on the Expo Line, so a sitter can link visits by SkyTrain between New Westminster and Columbia stations. Queensborough is on Lulu Island across the Fraser, a car or bus trip. Queen's Park and Glenbrooke North keep older detached houses with side doors and basements.
Cat homes in New Westminster
A New Westminster cat visit is mostly an apartment visit. The 2021 census counted 12,525 units in buildings of five or more storeys and only 4,995 single-detached houses, out of 36,100 occupied dwellings. Plan for a buzzer, a fob and a shared hallway.
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 New Westminster 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 New Westminster 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 New Westminster 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 New Westminster. 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 New Westminster 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.
New Westminster areas you can cover
Cat sitting in New Westminster reaches 12,565 low-rise apartment units, 34.8 percent of the 36,100 occupied dwellings in the 2021 census.
New Westminster has no cat licence, but section 4.2 of Animal Care and Control Bylaw No. 7586, 2013 requires every cat to carry a tattoo or microchip. Section 5.2 exempts a sterilized cat with that identification from the at-large rule in section 5.1. Section 4.1 requires a yearly dog licence, and section 12.3 caps a parcel at three 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.
Built for sitters in New Westminster
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 New Westminster 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 New Westminster, 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 New Westminster
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 New Westminster 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 New Westminster
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in New Westminster
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.