Le Café Refuge

Quebec City · 8 mi / 13 km

Café Félin Chats-Nous is a small cat cafe on Rue Saint-Olivier in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste neighbourhood of Québec's Haute-Ville, a few minutes' walk from Rue Saint-Jean and the walls of Old Québec. It occupies an 1860 house that was a corner grocery for most of its history, and the stone and brick walls, exposed beams and old butcher-shop door are still in place. Seven resident cats live in the cafe and wander freely among the tables, often lounging in the front windows. There is no entry fee; visitors order from a cafe menu of paninis, soups, salads, pastries, coffee drinks, smoothies and homemade lemonade, and on weekends a brunch menu of waffles, crêpes and French toast is served, with reservations taken by phone. Board games are available, and the owners sell mugs and colouring books, with part of the proceeds going to a cat shelter. The cafe is closed on Mondays.

• Booking recommended

Quebec City · 9 mi / 14 km

Café Félin Ma Langue Aux Chats is a cat cafe on Rue Saint-Paul in the Vieux-Port area of Old Québec, near the Marché du Vieux-Port and the Old Port waterfront. The cafe is decorated like a chalet living room, and its resident animals are 14 purebred cats and one small dog that roam freely among the tables. There is no separate cat room: visitors order from the menu of coffee, tea, lattes, homemade lemonade, hot chocolate, desserts, paninis, grilled cheese, soups and salads, with vegetarian and vegan options, and the cats come and go as they please. Shoes are removed in the entrance vestibule, and children are welcome on request. The owner, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who took over the cafe in 2019, runs it with an animal-therapy mission and employs people on the autism spectrum or living with mental health conditions. It is open every day.

Beauceville, Quebec · 42 mi / 68 km

ChatFé is a volunteer-run cat cafe in Beauceville, in the Beauce region south of Québec City, operated by Refuge Ami-Maux, a shelter for stray cats. Visitors pay a small entry fee that includes a drink or a snack, then spend time with the shelter's kittens, juniors and adult cats in a bright room where the cats mix freely with guests. All the cats are up for adoption, and adoptions can be arranged on site; the money raised goes straight to rescuing and caring for stray cats in the Beauce. Cat-themed products are sold as well. The volunteers put the cats' health and safety first, so visitors are asked to follow their guidance. Opening hours vary with volunteer availability and are posted on Refuge Ami-Maux's Facebook page and the ChatFé Instagram account, so it is best to check before visiting.

• Adoptable cats

Sherbrooke, Quebec · 93 mi / 149 km

Refuge de la Faune de l'Estrie is a non-profit animal shelter on Rue Achille-Barrière in Sherbrooke, right on a cycling path, that runs a cat cafe area and a large outdoor catio. In 2026 the Refuge Le Château cat shelter and its Café Chat L'Étoile moved here, and the cats now live uncaged, with access to the catio where visitors can sit with them. A small contribution covers a coffee, another drink or an ice cream and lets visitors stay with the cats for as long as they like. A paid guided tour of the shelter, which also cares for dogs, small animals and injured wildlife such as birds, ducks and deer, includes catio access and a drink. The cats are available for adoption. Visiting times depend on volunteers and are posted on the shelter's Facebook page, so it is best to check before going.

• Adoptable cats

Montreal, Quebec · 136 mi / 219 km

The Rue Ontario branch of Café Chat L'Heureux is a cat cafe and restaurant on Rue Ontario Est in Centre-Sud, on the edge of Montreal's Village. It opened in October 2024 as the second location of the Plateau cat cafe that has operated on Avenue Duluth since 2014, in a space designed around the cats, with climbing areas and quiet zones out of reach of visitors. The cats come from shelters in Greater Montreal; some are permanent residents, while others are young cats from the Proanima shelter that can be adopted. The menu is the same as at the original cafe, with homemade sandwiches, grilled cheese, soups, desserts, smoothies, coffee and vegan options. There are no reservations or entry fee, and visitors can stay as long as they like. Guests are asked not to pick up, wake or feed the cats and to keep children supervised.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Montreal, Quebec · 137 mi / 220 km

Café Chat L'Heureux, also known as Happy Cat Café, is a cat cafe and restaurant on Avenue Duluth Est in the Plateau-Mont-Royal, a short walk from Boulevard Saint-Laurent. Opened in 2014, it was one of the first cat cafes in North America and is the original of its two branches. About eight resident cats, all adopted from shelters in Greater Montreal, roam the dining room, and since 2015 the cafe has also fostered young cats from the Proanima shelter in Boucherville until they are adopted. There is no booking: visitors walk in, order from a homemade menu of sandwiches, soups, salads, desserts, smoothies and coffee, with waits likely on weekend afternoons. House rules ask guests not to pick up, wake or feed the cats, to avoid camera flash and to supervise children. In winter, shoes come off at the door because road salt is toxic to cats.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome