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Adoptable rescue cats and kittens in Hamilton and Burlington, in one place. Updated regularly from the Hamilton-Burlington SPCA and Hamilton-area rescues.

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Simon - Domestic Shorthair/Mix cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Simon

2 years 2 months • Domestic Shorthair/Mix

Male
Brant County SPCA· Brantford
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Apollo - Domestic Shorthair/Mix cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Apollo

7 years 3 months • Domestic Shorthair/Mix

Male
Brant County SPCA· Brantford
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Cleo - Domestic Shorthair/Mix cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Cleo

3 months • Domestic Shorthair/Mix

FemaleHigh Energy
Brant County SPCA· Brantford
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Bob - Domestic Shorthair/Mix cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Bob

Unknown • Domestic Shorthair/Mix

Female
Brant County SPCA· Brantford
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Dolores - Domestic Shorthair cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Dolores

5 years • Domestic Shorthair

female
Hamilton-Burlington SPCA· Hamilton
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Pawla - Domestic Shorthair cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Pawla

1 year • Domestic Shorthair

female
Hamilton-Burlington SPCA· Hamilton
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Freya - Domestic Shorthair cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Freya

6 months • Domestic Shorthair

femaleHigh EnergyMissing a limb
Hamilton-Burlington SPCA· Hamilton
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Louise - Domestic Shorthair/Mix cat available for adoption in Calgary
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Louise

2 months • Domestic Shorthair/Mix

FemaleHigh Energy
Brant County SPCA· Brantford
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Adopting a cat in Hamilton

Hamilton has a steady cat adoption market anchored by the Hamilton-Burlington SPCA, which serves both Hamilton and Burlington. The HBSPCA takes in strays, owner surrenders, and transfers from overcrowded shelters across Southern Ontario, and runs a public catalogue you can browse online. Between its main intake and a handful of smaller foster-based rescues, the Hamilton area places many cats and kittens into local homes through the year.

LocalPetFinder is not a shelter. We do not house cats or process adoptions. We pull Hamilton-area cat listings into one searchable place and refresh them regularly. You apply through the shelter directly. The site is free and we never add a fee on top of the shelter's adoption cost.

Kittens versus adult cats

Ontario kitten season runs roughly April through October, with peak intake at Hamilton shelters in July and August. Summer brings litters of bottle-fed neonates and freshly weaned kittens, often pulled in alongside their unspayed mothers from transfers across the province. Winter inventory leans more toward adult cats whose temperament is already settled.

A kitten is mostly potential. You shape socialisation, but you do not yet know how the cat will end up with kids, dogs, or other cats. An adult cat is mostly known. The shelter has spent weeks watching how it behaves, which is the single best predictor of how the next year in your home goes. For a Hamilton adopter in an apartment or shared house, an adult cat is often the easier match.

What the adoption fee covers

A Hamilton cat adoption fee is not the cat's price. It offsets the medical work the shelter has already paid for. A Hamilton-Burlington SPCA cat adoption fee generally covers the spay or neuter surgery, core vaccinations including FVRCP and rabies, a microchip, deworming and basic parasite treatment, FIV and FeLV testing, and a veterinary health check before placement.

Senior cats and special-needs cats often have reduced fees, and shelters sometimes run periodic fee-waived adoption events. Confirm the current fee and inclusions on the cat's own listing.

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