Crazy Cat Rescue

Wasilla, Alaska · 33 mi / 52 km

The Alaska Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge on North Lucille Street in central Wasilla, about 40 minutes' drive from Anchorage. It was opened in July 2025 by Tahlya Rice, then a teenager, and all of the cafe's profits go to her nonprofit, The Cat Cottage, which rescues and cares for abandoned, stray and surrendered cats in the Mat-Su Valley. The cafe is open to everyone without a reservation and serves coffee, specialty drinks, sandwiches, soups and baked goods. The cat lounge is a separate paid room, booked for 30 or 60 minutes, with up to 12 guests per time slot. Reservations are strongly recommended. Children must stay with an adult. The cats come from The Cat Cottage, Clear Creek Cat Rescue and the Mat-Su Borough shelter and are adoptable. The cafe also hosts paint and sip nights and birthday parties.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Grande Prairie, Alberta · 1191 mi / 1916 km

Whiskers Cat Café is a cat cafe on 105 Street in the north of Grande Prairie, in Alberta's Peace Region. It was founded in 2019 by Angie Plante. The cafe serves espresso drinks and light snacks at the counter, and a separate cat lounge holds a rotating group of adoptable cats and kittens from local rescues, Bandaged Paws Animal Rescue and, since 2025, the Peace Regional SPCA. Entry to the lounge is a flat fee per person that includes a drink, and visitors can stay as long as they like; bookings can be made by phone. Adoptions are arranged with the partner rescues, and more than 1,500 cats have been adopted from the cafe. The lounge also hosts occasional community events such as children's story time with the Grande Prairie Public Library.

• Adoptable cats

Nanaimo, British Columbia · 1301 mi / 2094 km

Kitties & Cream is a cat shop and rescue adoption lounge on Fitzwilliam Street in Nanaimo's Old City Quarter, and Vancouver Island's first cat lounge. After moving to its current address, it runs a small drop-in meet-and-greet room with up to six adoptable cats at a time while it raises funds to build a full lounge. Visits to the room are by donation and need no booking. The cats come from partner rescues Brittany Niemi Rescues, CatSpan Ferals Registered Charity, Running Wild Rescue and SOS Prairie Rescue, and more than 900 cats have been adopted through Kitties & Cream. Adopters meet the cats in person and then apply. The shop sells cat food, litter, furniture and toys alongside cat-themed gifts, stickers and art from over 40 local makers, with free local delivery. There is no cafe service on site.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Vancouver, British Columbia · 1320 mi / 2125 km

Catfe is a cat cafe on the second floor of International Village Mall, the shopping centre also known as Tinseltown, at West Pender and Abbott Streets where Chinatown meets Gastown, a short walk from Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station. Opened in December 2015 as Vancouver's first cat cafe, it keeps around 15 to 25 adoptable rescue cats in a sunny lounge beside a vegetarian cafe and a shop of cat supplies and gifts. The cats come from Heart & Soul Dog & Cat Rescue in Abbotsford, and Catfe has rehomed more than 2,000 of them. Visits are booked online in slots of just under an hour, with cheaper half-hour visits on weekday mornings. Visitors must be at least 5, and children up to 10 need an adult. Cat yoga and art workshops are held in the lounge, and customers get free parking under the mall.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Vancouver, British Columbia · 1322 mi / 2127 km

Catoro Cafe is a rescue cat cafe, bubble tea shop and cat supply store on East Broadway in Mount Pleasant, East Vancouver. Its forest-themed lounge, the Cat Forest, houses 15 or more adoptable rescue cats who live there until they are adopted; the cats come from rescue partners and local surrender situations, including shy and semi-feral cats being socialized. Visits last 50 minutes and are charged per guest, and advance booking is strongly recommended. Children under 5, including infants, are not allowed in the Cat Forest, and visitors cannot bring their own pets. Up front it serves bubble tea and specialty drinks and sells cat supplies and merchandise. Opened in 2019 and run since 2023 by Annah van Eeghen and Daniel Wilson, Catoro has helped more than 1,800 cats find homes, and it hosts movie nights, craft afternoons, yoga and barre classes.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Richmond, British Columbia · 1325 mi / 2133 km

PETPLS is a pet food and supply store with a cat room on No. 3 Road in central Richmond, steps from Richmond-Brighouse Canada Line station. Behind the shop, visitors can book time in a cat room shared by a mix of cats, some of them adoptable rescue cats fostered for Mountainside Hope Rescue. Visits are sold in half-hour and one-hour sessions, with up to eight guests per session, and advance booking is strongly recommended. Children under 5 are not admitted, and children 5 to 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Guests wear socks and sanitized slippers in the cat room. Visitors who want to adopt apply online through the cat's profile, and adopters get a lifetime store discount. The store sells food, treats, litter and supplies, supports local rescues and offers cat boarding. Free two-hour parking is in the building's garage, entered from Cook Road.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended