Pets

Pets in Grimsby

A town of 28,883 whose shelter sits one town over — the Humane Society of Greater Niagara covers Grimsby from St. Catharines, stated as the arrangement it is — with two pet stores, a wildlife rehab and a named leash-free dog park seated in town: five verified listings.

Photos for Grimsby are still on their way. Every listing below is real.

Pets in a town whose shelter sits one town over — and whose own pet layer is real

Start with the honest shape of it, because the directories blur it. No companion-animal shelter is seated in Grimsby. The town's animal control and humane services are provided — on the provider's own Grimsby page — by the Humane Society of Greater Niagara, and its shelter and pound sit in St. Catharines. That arrangement is documented on this page as an arrangement, never dressed up as a Grimsby address. What Grimsby does have, seated in town and verified, is its own working pet layer: two chain pet stores, a wildlife rehabilitation centre, and a named leash-free dog park on Lake Street. The 2021 census counted 28,883 people in the Town of Grimsby; this page is about their animals.

One correction up front: the Niagara SPCA is not Grimsby's provider — its published service list was tested and omits Grimsby entirely. The two societies are different organisations serving different towns, and this page never blurs them.

Animal control and adoptions: the serving arrangement

Humane Society of Greater Niagara — Grimsby's animal-control provider (shelter in St. Catharines)

Animal control for Grimsby: +1 905-682-0767, 24/7/365 per the society · Shelter & pound: 160 Fourth Ave, St. Catharines — not a Grimsby address

The society's own Animal Control Grimsby page states that it provides full animal control and humane services for the Town of Grimsby, including 24/7, 365-day pickup of injured, sick or unowned animals — the number above is the door to use for a stray, a lost dog or an animal in trouble in Grimsby. The organisation is the former Lincoln County Humane Society, renamed in 2023; the Town's animal by-law still defines it under the old name, and the two names are one society, recorded side by side. Its shelter sits at 160 Fourth Avenue in St. Catharines, which is why this card is framed the way it is: the coverage is Grimsby's, the building is St. Catharines', and adoptions happen there. No dated adoption event in Grimsby was published for the autumn of 2026, and none is invented here; the town's Pet Valu advertises cat adoptions at store level, with no date taken from that claim. The society's Animal Control Grimsby page.

Pet shops seated in Grimsby

Pet Valu, store 2233 — the chain pet store (seat variant flagged)

42 St Andrews Ave N, Grimsby (the chain locator's form, store 2233) · +1 905-309-1485 · Seat variant flagged — see card

Grimsby's full-service chain pet store, carried on the chain's own locator as Bosley's – Pet Valu, store 2233. One flag rides with the card, printed rather than resolved: the locator seats the store at 42 St Andrews Avenue North, while the Grimsby Square tenant list seats a Pet Valu at 44 Livingston Avenue. Both addresses are in Grimsby, so the town is not in doubt — the storefront is, and the two forms were never merged; the locator's form is printed above and the variant stands here until a direct read of the chain's page settles it. The store's own locator blurb advertises cat adoptions and events at store level — candidacy noted, no date taken. Pet Valu's Grimsby store page.

Ruffin's Pet Centres — the Main West pet store

63 Main St W, Grimsby · +1 905-945-0794

The Ontario pet chain's Grimsby store, on Main Street West in the downtown core — food, supplies and small-animal stock a short walk from the Judge and Jester. Its seat is corroborated on its own domain and in the directories; no hours were published at a grade this page prints, so none are asserted. Ruffin's Pet Centres' site.

Wildlife, in town

Urban Wildlife Care — the wildlife rehabilitation centre on Betts Ave

23 Betts Ave, Grimsby · +1 905-818-5708 · Wildlife only — not a companion-animal shelter

A different class of animal service, seated right in Grimsby: a wildlife rehabilitation and rescue facility for injured and orphaned wild animals — the place a found baby raccoon or a stunned bird goes, not a lost dog. It carries no adoption layer and is not a shelter for pets, and it is carded as exactly what it is, because in a town under the Escarpment, wildlife calls are the common ones. Urban Wildlife Care's site.

Dogs off leash

Steve McDonnell Leash-Free Dog Park — the town's off-leash park

170 Lake St, Grimsby

Grimsby's named leash-free dog park, carried in the Town's own recreation layer, down on Lake Street near the docks — the same street as JJ's and the marina. Unlike several sibling towns in this series, Grimsby's off-leash answer is verified and named, so it is listed plainly: this is where the town's dogs run.

Named, not carded

Two further Grimsby pet businesses are named at directory strength and held for a listing-grade pass: Pet Country Market (406 Winston Rd, in the Winston Road retail cluster; +1 289-235-8441) and Just For Dogs Boutique (91 Livingston Ave, Unit 4). Neither carried an operator surface this pass strong enough to card, and neither is dressed up as more than it is. And the refusal, for the record: no St. Catharines, Beamsville or Hamilton pet business appears on this page as a Grimsby listing — the shelter arrangement above is documented as an arrangement precisely so it never has to be.

Common questions

I found a stray or injured animal in Grimsby. Who do I call?

The Humane Society of Greater Niagara, which provides Grimsby's animal control on its own published page: +1 905-682-0767, with 24/7/365 pickup of injured, sick or unowned animals. Its shelter is at 160 Fourth Ave in St. Catharines. Not the Niagara SPCA — its service list does not include Grimsby.

Can I adopt a pet in Grimsby?

Adoptions run through the Humane Society of Greater Niagara's shelter in St. Catharines (160 Fourth Ave) — Grimsby has no shelter of its own. In town, the Pet Valu store advertises cat adoptions at store level; no dated Grimsby adoption event was published for autumn 2026, so none is listed here.

Is there a dog park in Grimsby?

Yes — the Steve McDonnell Leash-Free Dog Park at 170 Lake St, carried in the Town's own recreation layer, near the marina and the docks.

Who helps injured wildlife in Grimsby?

Urban Wildlife Care, a wildlife rehabilitation centre seated in Grimsby at 23 Betts Ave (+1 905-818-5708). It treats wild animals only — it is not a shelter for lost pets, which are the Humane Society of Greater Niagara's line.

Where do I buy pet supplies in Grimsby?

At Pet Valu store 2233 (42 St Andrews Ave N on the chain's locator — its Grimsby Square tenant list carries a 44 Livingston Ave form, flagged unmerged on the card) and Ruffin's Pet Centres (63 Main St W), with Pet Country Market (406 Winston Rd) and Just For Dogs Boutique (91 Livingston Ave) named at directory strength.

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