our rehoming service

My Grandfather’s Cat provides a free service to help seniors and terminally ill people arrange homes for their cats and dogs. Rather than housing animals in a foster system, we arrange for them to move directly from their home into a second forever home.

Our goal is for the animal to stay with their human up until the very last day to provide comfort and companionship to their human. We often help in situations where a senior is moving into a retirement home or care facility due to declining health, a person has been diagnosed with a terminal illness or a person has unexpectedly passed away and the family is unable to adopt their pet.

While we work to arrange second forever homes, the owner of the animal has the ultimate decision of who adopts their beloved pet. Our service is available in all Canadian provinces and territories. There are no costs associated with using our service or adopting from us.

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To date, we have found more than 175 second forever homes across Canada.

application process

We provide our rehoming service on a first come first serve basis. When an application is submitted, it is reviewed and added to our waitlist. The applicant is contacted when we have a volunteer able to help.

Due to the high demand for our service, it is approximately a two-week wait from the time an application is submitted until we are able to begin our process. We prioritize all applications that involve MAID.

  • “I don’t think I could have found a better home for my best friend’s cat, Bert, after she passed away. I am so grateful for My Grandfather’s Cat.”

    — Emilie, Bert’s humans best friend

  • ”Swiffer is adjusting well to her new home. She comes out for pets and does her little dance. I can’t wait to show my mom the pictures.”

    – Swiffer’s humans daughter

  • ”Tom has always held a special place in Nana’s life, and he is honestly what kept her going after my grandfather passed away. The task of rehoming him was so large and my place was already so full. You guys completely took all the stress related to that away.”

    — Amy, Tom’s humans granddaughter

  • “MGC has changed my life forever. Reminding me that there are still really, really good people left in the world. My dad would be smiling now looking down knowing that Belle and Shiloh have finally found their forever home.”

    — Erin, Shiloh and Belle’s humans daughter

how it got started

Our rehoming service was inspired by our founder’s experience adopting her grandfather’s cat, Mackenzie, when he passed away. Knowing the options were either to adopt her or take her to a shelter, she adopted her in December 2019.

After realizing many families go through a similar experience when their loved ones passes away, and many are not able to adopt the animal themselves, she launched My Grandfather’s Cat as a solution to this need on May 18, 2021, her grandfather’s birthday