Flexible cat sitting jobs in Toronto
When Toronto owners travel, cats stay home, so you drop in near Liberty Village and Leslieville to feed and check in. Cat visits in Toronto run CAD 25 to CAD 45 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 Toronto
Indoor cats here ride out a January that averages -6.7 C overnight, and one January night a year drops below -20 C, so a visit checks the furnace before the litter. Snow lies 30 cm deep or more on one January day in a normal year. July turns it around, with 20.4 days carrying a humidex of 30 or more.
When demand peaks
The school calendar sets this one. The Toronto District School Board mid-winter break runs March 15 to 19, 2027, and that week goes early. The winter break, December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027, is the other heavy stretch. University of Toronto winter classes end April 9, 2027, and student households leave then.
Know your Toronto areas
Yorkville and King West are condo clusters, where a fob code covers a week of visits and nobody hands a key over in person. The Annex and Cabbagetown sit on older residential streets, so a visit there also picks up mail and takes a look at the pipes.
Cat homes in Toronto
High-rise apartments are 46.7% of Toronto's 1,160,890 occupied homes, against 23.3% detached houses, so most cats here live indoors in a tower. A January visit checks the heat and the water bowl before the litter, with overnight lows at -6.7 C.
Bilingual owners book faster
Some owners will not message you in English. At home, 44.9% of Toronto residents speak a non-official language, 86,150 of them Mandarin and 74,845 Cantonese. Across the whole city, 4.5% of Torontonians know neither English nor French.
What a cat sitting job in Toronto 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 Toronto 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 Toronto 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 Toronto. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
CAD 25 to CAD 45 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
CAD 50 to CAD 90 per night
Overnight boarding
CAD 50 to CAD 85 per night
A typical Toronto week: two cats, two visits a day, five days, CAD 35 per visit. 20 visits, CAD 700, up to 90% kept. The visits take twenty to thirty minutes each and cluster where you already are.
Toronto areas that book the most
Cat sitting bookings in Toronto come from condo households around Yorkville and King West and from travel-heavy houses in The Annex.
Ontario licenses no dog walkers or pet sitters. Toronto Municipal Code 349-11 licenses every dog, and 349-12.1A holds a leash to two metres off the owner's property. Chapter 349-5A caps a dwelling at three dogs, and controlling more than three at once needs a commercial dog walker permit. 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 Toronto
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 Toronto 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 Toronto, 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 Toronto
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 Toronto 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 Toronto
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Toronto
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.