Pet Licences

The Responsible Pet Owners By-law states that all cats and dogs must have a licence in Oshawa. Licensing your pet will increase being reunited with your pet if they ever become lost. The City offers both lifetime and annual licences for pets. You can buy your licence online, by phone or in-person. 

Licensing your pet provides the following benefits:

• One free ride home each year if your pet strays from your property and is wearing their licence tag
• Contact if your pet gets injured while straying from home
• The ability for a community member who finds a stray pet to call Animal Services so the pet can be reunited with you

If you already have a licence and would like to update any information about you or your pet, please e-mail [email protected].

Pet Licence Fees

Replacement Tags for all licence types are $5

Information required at time of purchase:

• Date of most recent rabies vaccination and expiry date of the vaccination
• Microchip number (for lifetime licence only)

How to purchase your pet licence

Online

Renew Existing Pet Licence

To easily renew your pet licence, please create a portal account through Oshawa Application Portal and email [email protected] to have your account linked to existing pet licences. Once linked, navigate to My Items in portal and choose the licence you would like to renew. 

Purchase New Pet Licence

To purchase a new pet licence for an animal that has not been previously registered with the City of Oshawa, please complete an application through Oshawa Application Portal.

Veterinary offices:

(Please phone veterinary offices for hours and methods of payment accepted)

• Bloor Street Animal Hospital: 214 Bloor St. E., 905-728-6000
• Callbeck Animal Hospital: 575 Thornton Rd. N., 905-438-1144
• Central Oshawa Animal Hospital: 68 Centre St. N., 905-436-0844
• East Oshawa Animal Hospital: 1 Townline Rd. N., 905-576-3344
• Grandview Bloor Animal Clinic: 600 Grandview St. S., 905-720-4888