Get paid to drop in on cats around St. John's
A tidy round near Downtown and Quidi Vidi can fill your mornings or evenings. Cat visits in St. John's 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 St. John's
A St. John's cat sit is a heat check first. February is the coldest month at -4.7 C, with 77.1 cm of snow falling and 34 cm sitting on the ground. Storms cut power and a flat cools fast. December is the wettest month at 173.9 mm, so a basement needs a look. Nobody runs air conditioning, with 30 C reached on 0.04 days a year.
When demand peaks
Bookings stack around travel weeks. Regatta Day lands on the first Wednesday of August and takes the middle of that week out of the city. July and August carry the cabin trips, and December holds the longest sits. Memorial University empties once exams end December 18, 2026, and Pleasantville flats then need daily visits.
Know your St. John's areas
Downtown St. John's and Georgestown hold the duplex flats, and two of those keys can sit a short walk apart. Churchill Square and Pleasantville households hand a key over before a flight. Cowan Heights sits further west, so those visits mean driving.
Cat homes in St. John's
St. John's counted 49,300 occupied dwellings in 2021, and 12,895 of them are flats in a duplex. Only 540 sit in a building of five or more storeys, so a cat sit here means a house key rather than a lobby fob. Cats stay in from December through March.
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 St. John's 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 St. John's 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 St. John's 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 St. John's. 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
Two clients in St. John's 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.
St. John's areas that book the most
Cat sitting work in St. John's comes from Downtown St. John's and Georgestown flat dwellers who travel, plus Churchill Square households away over the December holidays.
Newfoundland and Labrador licenses no dog walker or pet sitter. St. John's By-Law 1514 section 6(1) requires a licence for every dog six months or older. Section 5(4) prohibits a dog running at large. Home Occupation is a discretionary use in the Residential 1 zone table, decided by Council. 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 St. John's
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 St. John's 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 St. John's, 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 St. John's
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 St. John's 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 St. John's
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Start earning in St. John's
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.