Spaying and neutering your pets means that you improve their health, save money on vet bills and help reduce pet overpopulation.
Do you need financial help to spay or neuter your pet? The following B.C. communities have low-cost spay/neuter programs available for cats, and on occasion, dogs and rabbits as well.
Not all programs listed are offered by the BC SPCA. Please contact the individual organization or group for details on eligibility, cost and availability.
Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast
- Abbotsford: Fill out application and send to abbotsford@spca.bc.ca, call 604-850-1584 for support
- Burnaby: The City of Burnaby offers a $15 rebate, redeemable at BC SPCA Burnaby for all cats spayed or neutered
- Chilliwack: Contact BC SPCA Chilliwack at chilliwack@spca.bc.ca or 604-823-6612
- Maple Ridge: Contact BC SPCA Maple Ridge at mapleridge@spca.bc.ca or 604-463-9511
- Powell River: Contact BC SPCA Powell River at powellriver@spca.bc.ca or 604-485-9252
- Sunshine Coast: Contact BC SPCA Sunshine Coast at sunshinecoast@spca.bc.ca or 604-740-0301
- Surrey: Contact the Surrey Community Cat Coalition at surreycats@shaw.ca or 778-589-8552; or contact BC SPCA Surrey at surrey@spca.bc.ca or 604-571-7711
- Squamish and area: Contact BC SPCA Sea to Sky at seatosky@spca.bc.ca or 604-898-9890
- Vancouver: Contact BC SPCA Animal Hospital at spcahosp@spca.bc.ca or 604-879-3571
Vancouver Island
- Gabriola Island: Contact Cats Alive at 250-816-2287 (CATS)
- Port Alberni: Contact BC SPCA Alberni-Clayoquot at alberni@spca.bc.ca or 250-723-5269
- Parksville: Contact BC SPCA Parksville-Qualicum Beach at parksville@spca.bc.ca or 250-248-3811
- Salt Spring Island: Contact BC SPCA Salt Spring Island saltspring@spca.bc.ca or 250-537-2123
B.C. Interior
- Castlegar & area: Castlegar & area: Apply online or contact BC SPCA West Kootenays at (250) 509-0297 or westkootenay@spca.bc.ca
- Cranbrook & area: Contact BC SPCA East Kootenay at 250-426-6751
- Creston: Call 250-428-2811 for an application
- Grand Forks: Contact Linda of Boundary Community Humane Society at linda@boundaryhs.com or 250-442-8636
- Fernie: Contact the Fernie Pets Society at pets@ferniepets.org
- Kamloops: Contact BC SPCA Kamloops Spay/Neuter Clinic at kamloopsclinic@spca.bc.ca or 250-376-6055. Check out our low income spay/neuter program for cats.
- Kelowna: Contact BC SPCA Kelowna at kelowna@spca.bc.ca or (250) 861-7722
- Nelson: Contact BC SPCA Nelson at nelson@spca.bc.ca or 250-352-7178
- Penticton: Contact BC SPCA Penticton Veterinary Hospital at pvh@spca.bc.ca or 250-493-1530. Check out our low income spay/neuter program for cats and dogs.
- Shuswap: Contact BC SPCA Shuswap at(250) 832-7376 or shuswap@spca.bc.ca
- Quesnel: Contact BC SPCA Quesnel at quesnel@spca.bc.ca or 250-992-7722
- West Kootenay: Call Daryl of Kootenay Animal Assistance Program at 250-551-1053
Northern B.C.
- Burns Lake: Contact Lakes Animal Friendship Society at info@lakesanimalfriendship.ca
- Dawson Creek: Contact BC SPCA South Peace at southpeace@spca.bc.ca or 250-782-2444
- Fort St. John: Contact BC SPCA North Peace at northpeace@spca.bc.ca or 250-785-7722
- Prince George: Contact BC SPCA Prince George Spay/Neuter Clinic at pgclinic@spca.bc.ca or 250-562-5556 or contact BC SPCA North Cariboo at northcariboo@spca.bc.ca or 250-562-5511. Check out our low income spay/neuter program for cats.
- Smithers: Contact Northwest Animal Society at info@nwas.ca
- Williams Lake: Apply online or contact BC SPCA Williams Lake at wmslake@spca.bc.ca or 250-392-2179
Don’t see your community listed? Check out our spay/neuter take action page to learn about what you can do to help.
If you are part of a municipality or organization: Offer a program but it’s not on the list? No longer have funds available for this purpose? Contact spayneuter@spca.bc.ca to have your program added or removed.