Make money looking after cats in Greater Sudbury
The coldest January on record in Greater Sudbury is minus 42.8, so a winter cat visit starts at the thermostat. Cat visits in Greater Sudbury 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 Greater Sudbury
The coldest January reading on record in Greater Sudbury is minus 42.8, and a furnace that quits at that temperature becomes a pipe problem before it bothers the cat. Read the thermostat first on every winter visit, then run a tap. July highs reach 25, so test the air conditioning before an August trip. Visits stack up from December to March.
When demand peaks
March break runs 15 to 19 March 2027 in Sudbury schools, and it fills a week of twice-daily visits. The long stretch is July and August, after classes end in late June. December bookings start on 21 December, when the school break opens, and run into the first week of January.
Know your Greater Sudbury areas
Downtown Sudbury and the Flour Mill are the key-handover addresses, close enough that two flats fit in one stop. Apartments are 23.5 percent of the city's 71,476 occupied homes. Lockerby clients in the South End travel over the winter term.
Cat homes in Greater Sudbury
Greater Sudbury is a house city. Single-detached homes are 60.6 percent of its 71,476 occupied dwellings, against 23.5 percent apartments. Cats stay in from December to March, when the overnight normal runs from minus 17.5 in January to minus 10.2 in March.
Bilingual owners book faster
Expect bookings written in French, most of all around the Flour Mill, which Sudbury's Franco-Ontarian community grew around. Of 164,135 residents counted in 2021, 60,035 can hold a conversation in French and 17,465 speak it most often at home.
What a cat sitting job in Greater Sudbury 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 Greater Sudbury 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 Greater Sudbury 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 Greater Sudbury. 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
A typical Greater Sudbury week: two cats, two visits a day, five days, CAD 28 per visit. 20 visits, CAD 560, up to 90% kept. The visits take twenty to thirty minutes each and cluster where you already are.
Greater Sudbury areas that book the most
Cat sitting in Greater Sudbury comes mostly from apartment households near the core, 23.5 percent of the city's 71,476 occupied homes.
No Ontario licence covers dog walking or pet sitting. Animal Care and Control By-law 2017-22 sets the leash at 2 metres and bars a dog at large outside a leash-free park. Section 6(1) licenses every dog and cat by 12 weeks; section 16(1) allows two unaltered dogs per dwelling. 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 Greater Sudbury
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 Greater Sudbury 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 Greater Sudbury, 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 Greater Sudbury
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 Greater Sudbury 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 Greater Sudbury
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Greater Sudbury.
Cat sitting pay in Greater Sudbury: how much per visit?
Drop-in cat visits on Petme in Greater Sudbury run CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit. You set your own rate per visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Where is cat sitting demand strongest in Greater Sudbury?
Cat sitting in Greater Sudbury comes mostly from apartment households near the core, 23.5 percent of the city's 71,476 occupied homes. Most cat owners book a sitter within their own neighborhood, so listing the areas you cover sharpens your visibility.
What do I actually do on a cat visit in Greater Sudbury?
A standard drop-in runs 20 to 30 minutes: feeding, fresh water, litter scooping, playtime, and a photo update to the owner in chat. Many Greater Sudbury owners book one or two visits a day while they travel.
Can I choose which cat visits I accept in Greater Sudbury?
Yes. You set your available hours and accept or decline each request. Morning and evening visit slots fill first, and you can stack several nearby visits around Downtown Sudbury and Flour Mill into one efficient round.
Is there any cover for the cat while I am sitting it?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including drop-in visits, includes CAD 32,000 in Protection Plan for the cat in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you sit in Downtown Sudbury or Flour Mill.
Is this a part-time or full-time job in Greater Sudbury?
Neither in the employment sense. You work in Greater Sudbury as a self-employed sitter, so there are no assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Some people take a couple of bookings a week around another job, others fill a full week. You scale it up or down yourself.
What do I need to start pet care work in Greater Sudbury?
You need to be 18 or over, have a smartphone with the Petme app, and pass ID verification. Owners choose on reviews, availability and a complete profile, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.
How do I apply?
Apply through the Petme become a pet sitter page for Canada, then build your profile: the services you want to offer, your own rate for each, and the Greater Sudbury areas you cover. Owners nearby send you booking requests, and you accept or decline each one.
How do I get paid for bookings in Greater Sudbury?
Payment runs through the app rather than cash at the door. Each confirmed Greater Sudbury booking is paid out to your bank account, and you keep up to 90% of what the owner pays. You set the rate for every service yourself.
Who books cat sitting in Sudbury over March break?
Parents working around the school calendar. Rainbow District and Sudbury Catholic schools close from 15 to 19 March 2027, and that week is the busiest cat sitting stretch before summer. Most of it is two visits a day in Downtown Sudbury and New Sudbury, with the heat checked on each one.
What are cat sitting visits like in Greater Sudbury?
Greater Sudbury is a house city. Single-detached homes are 60.6 percent of its 71,476 occupied dwellings, against 23.5 percent apartments. Cats stay in from December to March, when the overnight normal runs from minus 17.5 in January to minus 10.2 in March.
Cat sitting jobs near Greater Sudbury
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Greater Sudbury
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.