Earn caring for local pets in Burnaby
Start small near Metrotown and Brentwood and add services as your reviews build. Set your own rates and keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Burnaby
An overnight guest in Burnaby is a damp dog rather than a frozen one. December is the coldest month by daily mean, at 3.9C, and January mornings read 89 percent humidity at 6 am, so a towel and a dry bed by the heater earn their place. August gives 26 days above 20C, which pushes the last walk to after dinner.
When demand peaks
Long weekends set the overnight calendar here. Family Day is Monday February 15, 2027, and Victoria Day is Monday May 24, so each one hands a Burnaby household three days away. Good Friday falls on March 26 that year, and Canada Day on Thursday July 1, which stretches both of those weeks.
Know your Burnaby areas
Metrotown is where the owners are. Metropolis at Metrotown runs over 450 shops and services and is served by Metrotown station on the Expo Line, so a handover happens at a mall door rather than in a driveway. Deer Lake carries the stays, and the evening walk goes onto the park's trails.
Breeds you will meet in Burnaby
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
Some owners will message you in Mandarin or Cantonese. Burnaby counts 25,565 residents who speak Mandarin most often at home and 19,090 who speak Cantonese, and 16,060 who can hold a conversation in neither English nor French. A saved Chinese greeting in your first message saves a round trip.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Burnaby. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog walking
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Doggy daycare
CAD 30 to CAD 55 per day
Dog boarding
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
House sitting
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
Burnaby areas that book the most
Pet sitting in Burnaby is booked by Metrotown households going away for a long weekend, and the dog stays at a sitter's home near Deer Lake.
British Columbia licenses neither dog walkers nor pet sitters. Burnaby's Animal Control Bylaw 1991 licenses every dog over four months (s.3) and caps a leash at 2 m in public (s.5). A dwelling unit holds three dogs (s.6), and a home business needs a City licence. 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. Past 2 animals at one Burnaby address, Burnaby Animal Control Bylaw 1991 (No. 9609) calls it a kennel, and your own dogs are counted.
Built for sitters in Burnaby
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.
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Start earning in Burnaby
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.