Edmonton Cat Fest

Making a Pawsitive ID with Animal Care and Control

It’s no secret: the biggest focus for the City of Edmonton Animal Care and Control Centre is making sure all pets in Edmonton have an up-to-date pet licence.

Number one — it’s the law.

The City of Edmonton’s Animal Care and Control Bylaw requires every cat and dog over the age of 6 months to be licensed.

Why?

An up-to-date licence is your cat’s fastest way home to you should they find themselves lost or on an unplanned solo adventure and comes with some pretty pawsome features including: a free ride home if your cat or dog is found in the community and a microchip.

Your pet licence also helps other animals in need, with fees supporting animal welfare, providing food, shelter, enrichment and safe harbour for lost and stray animals and those that are victims of cruelty, neglect and abandonment. It also pawsitively supports local animal rescues and low-income spay/neuter programs.

For $23 — less than the cost of four fancy coffees — you get peace of mind and make a difference in the life of your cat and others.

Click to learn more!

The Animal Care & Control Centre is a proud sponsor of the Edmonton International Cat Festival and we look forward to seeing you all at the festival!

The Edmonton Cat Festival Main Stage is presented by Animal Care & Control Centre. Check out the Main Stage line-up and full festival program and plan your visit!

The 2026 Edmonton International Cat Festival runs May 2-31, 2026 with cat-themed festivities throughout Edmonton all month long, culminating in our Festival Finale in downtown Edmonton!

Our festival includes: A cat-themed Vendor Meowcatplace (vendors + shopping) featuring nearly 100 cat-themed vendors, rescues, purr-tners, and more, various cat crafts and CATivities, cat-themed presentations and workshops, celebrity cat meet & greets, plenty of adoptable cats and kittens, and so meowch more!

Join us at the EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL CAT FESTIVAL FINALE, Canada’s biggest & longest-running cat pawty, on May 31.

See the May 31 Festival Schedule

PRE-PURRCHASE FESTIVAL TICKETS

ABOUT CITY OF EDMONTON ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL CENTRE

Animal Care & Control Centre is where Edmonton’s stray and lost pets are housed. The facility takes care of animals until their rightful owners can be found or until they are transferred to a partner rescue to find their furever home. Our goal is to reunite domestic pets with their owners.

Learn more about the City of Edmonton Animal Care and Control

ABOUT THE CAT FESTIVAL:

The Edmonton International Cat Festival is the biggest event of its kind in Canada, and was the first cat festival in the country when it began in 2014. The Edmonton Cat Festival brings together cat lovers to celebrate cats and cat culture, while raising money and awareness for cat rescues! 100% of proceeds from the festival is donated to rescues and there are A TON of CATivities, cat-themed vendors, and all-things CATS happening on site.

Since 2014, the festival has raised $187,000 for local rescues!

Previously supported rescues include the Edmonton Humane Society, Little Cats Lost, SAFE Team Rescue, Zoe’s Animal Rescue, Community Cats Edmonton, Furget Me Not Animal Rescue, A Pet’s Pantry, Enoch Animal Services & more!

ABOUT THE 2026 EVENT:

The 2026 Cat Festival runs May 2-31 ( a MONTH of cat-themed activities!) with the big festival finale taking place on Sunday, May 31, 2026 in Downtown Edmonton at MacEwan Robbins Health Centre.