Find cat sitting work across Saint John
Cat sitting jobs in Saint John are home visits on both sides of the harbour, from the Lower West Side to Lakewood. Cat visits in Saint John 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 Saint John
Fundy winters are wet as well as cold. The Saint John A station's 1991-2020 normals put the January low at -13.2°C and annual snowfall at 214.8 cm, with 59.8 cm in January alone. A cat left in a Saint John house through a January storm needs someone who checks the heat is on and the water bowl is not near a cold draft.
When owners travel
Anglophone South School District closes schools for holidays from December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027, and March Break runs March 1 to 5, 2027. Kindergarten to grade 8 finish on June 25, 2027. Those dates set the weeks when Saint John households leave a cat at home.
Know your Saint John areas
Uptown and the South End are old brick and wooden walk-ups on the peninsula, where a visit starts at a shared front door. Millidgeville sits near UNB Saint John on the north side. East Saint John and Forest Hills are across the Courtenay Bay causeway, so visits there group by side of the harbour.
Cat homes in Saint John
Cat visits in Saint John split between houses and flats: the 2021 census counted 31,825 occupied homes in the city, and 12,750 of them (40.1 percent) were single-detached houses. The rest are apartments and attached homes, so a sitter carries both house keys and building keys.
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 Saint John actually involves
Every visit happens at the owner's home: food, fresh water, litter and play, then a photo update. On the peninsula the owner leaves a front-door key and a unit key for the walk-up. Older houses have radiators and drafty windows, so the sitter checks the room where the cat sleeps before leaving.
Keys and access
Most Saint John 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 Saint John. 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
At the middle of the Saint John band, CAD 28 a visit, one week with two clients on morning and evening visits is 20 visits and CAD 560. A single ten-day trip from one owner is worth as much on its own.
Saint John areas you can cover
Cat sitting in Saint John centres on its apartments: the 2021 census counts 9,955 homes in low-rise apartment buildings, 31.3 percent of the city's occupied dwellings.
The City of Saint John sets no cat licence and no cat limit, and it does not respond to stray or missing cat reports; its animal control page covers dogs only. The city's dog pages say every dog must be licensed, at the SPCA Animal Rescue, City Hall or some animal hospitals, and kept on a leash whenever it is off its owner's property. 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 Saint John
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 Saint John 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 Saint John, 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 Saint John
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 Saint John 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 Saint John
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Saint John
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.