Turn free evenings in Laval into house sitting income
Start with a stay or two near Chomedey and Sainte-Rose and grow as your reviews build. House sitting in Laval runs CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Laval
You sleep in the owner's house, so the cold is yours all night. January carries 4.5 nights with a wind chill under -30, and 7.6 land that way over a year. Snow of 5 cm or more falls 13.3 times a year, 2.9 of them in February, and the driveway is expected clear by morning. The last spring frost sits at April 29.
When demand peaks
Quebec's construction holiday closes the sites from July 25 to August 7, 2027, and that fortnight is when Laval houses sit empty. The winter shutdown runs December 20, 2026 to January 2, 2027, so the same streets go quiet twice. Both windows open on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, which sets the length of the stay.
Know your Laval areas
Duvernay is the largest of Laval's 14 quartiers by area, and its streets are houses with driveways. An owner there wants someone in the house overnight, not a drop-in. Sainte-Dorothée holds most of the permanent farmland in the west, where the next door is not close. Laval counts 113,005 owner households.
Breeds you will meet in Laval
Owners here mostly keep Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever, German Shepherd, French Bulldog. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
Bilingual owners book faster
Write your listing in French and keep your visit notes that way. The 2021 census counts 226,675 Laval residents with French as their only mother tongue against 34,175 for English, and 262,055 who can hold a conversation in both.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Laval. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
House sitting
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
Overnight boarding
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
Drop-in visits
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Dog walking
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Laval areas that book the most
House sitting in Laval is booked by owner households in Duvernay and Sainte-Dorothée who leave the pet at home when the sites close for the summer.
Quebec licenses no dog walkers or pet sitters. Laval by-law L-12430 requires a leash of 1.85 metres or less in public (article 48). Article 10 requires a permit and a city tag for each dog and cat within 30 days. Article 22 caps a dwelling at four animals and two dogs. 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. In Quebec the same threshold applies to QST.
Built for sitters in Laval
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.
Protection Plan for eligible vet costs
Owners booking through Petme have the Protection Plan, up to CAD 32,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.
House sitting jobs in Laval
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House sitting jobs near Laval
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Laval
Set your own rate. Protection Plan up to CAD 32,000, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
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