Turn short cat visits in Richmond Hill into steady income
Bundle nearby visits around Oak Ridges and Bayview Hill to keep your route short. Cat visits in Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill
A cold snap is the reason for the key. Buttonville has recorded -35.2 C in January, and the month sits at -10.1 C overnight. The first check is the furnace and the water bowl. July runs the other way, with 18 days past humidex 30, and an apartment with no air conditioning warms up by mid-afternoon.
When demand peaks
The YRDSB mid-winter break, March 15 to 19, 2027, books out first. The winter holidays run December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027, the longest single block of the year. Cottage weeks empty houses through July and August, and the school calendar holds until classes end June 29, 2027.
Know your Richmond Hill areas
South Richvale and Harding sit close together near Yonge Street, so one key round covers several homes without much driving. Condominium units are 20.1 per cent of Richmond Hill households. Oak Ridges is its own trip at the north end of the city.
Cat homes in Richmond Hill
Condominium units are 20.1 per cent of Richmond Hill households, 13,945 of them in 2021, and 21.8 per cent of households rent. Cats stay in through a January that averages -10.1 C overnight. A visit checks the furnace before the litter.
Bilingual owners book faster
Booking messages arrive in Persian and Mandarin here. Persian is the mother tongue of 19,365 residents, 10.3 per cent of the city. Mandarin is the mother tongue of 25,795, or 13.7 per cent. Naming the languages you read saves a round of translation over a key handover.
What a cat sitting job in Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill. 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
Overnight boarding
CAD 40 to CAD 65 per night
Cat work pays in repetition, not in single big tickets. Two clients in Richmond Hill 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.
Richmond Hill areas that book the most
Cat sitting bookings in Richmond Hill come from households away for the March break week and from Harding owners who travel through July.
Ontario licenses no dog walkers or pet sitters. Richmond Hill By-law 22-25 section 4.2.1 wants a dog licence within 30 days of acquiring the dog. Section 4.1.1 caps a dwelling unit at three dogs. Keep is defined as temporary care and control, so a dog in your charge counts. 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 Richmond Hill
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 Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill, 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 Richmond Hill
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 Richmond Hill 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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Start earning in Richmond Hill
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.