Tabby Kittens & Cats for Adoption in Quebec

As of November 2026, 116 Tabbies are available for adoption in Quebec across 9 rescues on LocalPetFinder. Listings update regularly as cats are adopted and new ones arrive — browse the current Tabbies above and apply directly through the rescue.

LocalPetFinder gathers adoptable tabbys from the Quebec rescue organizations we cover, most of them Montreal-area, into one list. Listings refresh regularly and each profile links straight to the organization so you apply directly with them. Colour comes from each rescue's own description, so it is worth checking the full Quebec listings too.

No. Tabby is a coat pattern found across almost all domestic cats, and it is the ancestral wild-type marking of the species. Almost every tabby in Quebec rescue is a domestic shorthair. The pattern says nothing about behaviour; early handling, age and prior experience with people and animals are what shape a cat.

Because colour is not a field most shelters fill in. We read it from the written description, so a cat whose write-up never mentions its markings will not appear on a colour page even though it may well be that colour. Several Quebec shelters publish no physical description at all, and a few publish no description whatsoever, so their cats are under-represented on these pages. A short list is a limit of the source listings, not a shortage of cats.

Adopting a Tabby in Quebec typically costs $100 to $350, and kittens usually carry a premium at $175 to $400. The exact fee varies by rescue, and older cats are often reduced. That fee is not a purchase price. It covers work already done on the cat: spay or neuter, vaccinations, deworming, microchip, and a basic vet workup, which would cost several hundred dollars more if you arranged it yourself after buying. Colour is not a breed, so there is no breeder route to this coat specifically, and the fee reflects the cat's age and the veterinary work already done rather than its markings. Ask the rescue what is included before you apply, since a few include extras like a starter bag of food or a first-month insurance trial.

Not for sale, for adoption, which is usually the better deal. Every tabby cat here comes from a Quebec rescue or shelter, not a breeder, pet store, or classified seller. Adoption fees are typically $100 to $350, with kittens at $175 to $400 and already include vaccinations, deworming, microchip and spay or neuter when age-appropriate, versus roughly well over $1,000 to buy a tabby cat from a breeder. If you searched "tabby cat for sale quebec" or "tabby kittens for sale," adopting gets you a healthy, vetted cat for a fraction of the price.

Adoption is the closest honest answer, and it is not free. A rescue tabby cat in Quebec typically costs $100 to $350, with kittens at $175 to $400, which is comfortably under the "$500" people search for. What the fee buys is work already done, the vaccinations, deworming, microchip and spay or neuter, which would cost more than the fee itself if you arranged it yourself, and it is still far below breeder prices. Be wary of genuinely free tabby cat listings. An animal advertised free to a good home has usually not been vetted, and free rehoming ads are the route flippers and unregistered breeders use to move animals with no health guarantee and no recourse. Paying a rescue fee buys you a cat someone has already examined, treated, and been honest with you about.

Both, but adults far outnumber kittens, and it is worth knowing that before you start looking. Most tabby cats arriving in Quebec rescue are adolescents and adults, because that is the age at which first homes tend to give up. Kittens do come through, usually as accidental litters or with a surrendered mother, and they are typically spoken for quickly. Setting an alert beats refreshing the page. It is also worth asking whether you actually want one: an adult arrives with a temperament a foster has already observed and described, where a tabby kitten is a prediction, and for this colour in particular knowing what you are getting is the more useful thing.

Start with the listings on this page, which pull from Quebec rescues and shelters and are refreshed regularly, so what you see is what is genuinely available rather than a stale directory. If nothing suits today, that is normal for this colour: rescue intake is intermittent rather than steady, and a colour with none listed this week often has several next month. Setting an alert beats checking back, and it is worth widening to nearby towns, since most rescues serving Quebec will adopt out across a reasonable driving distance rather than only inside one municipality.