Refuge de la Faune de l'Estrie

Beauceville, Quebec · 77 mi / 123 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

Montreal, Quebec · 80 mi / 129 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

Verdun, Quebec · 81 mi / 130 km

Café Chato is a vegetarian cat cafe on Rue de Verdun, the main commercial street of Montreal's Verdun borough. Opened in 2018 and run as a cooperative, it works exclusively with Refuge Animex, and every cat in the cafe is available for adoption. Around ten cats live there at a time, so the residents change as they find homes. Cats roam freely among the tables, and the back of the cafe is reserved as a quiet area for them and the staff. There is no entry fee or booking: visitors order coffee, pastries or vegetarian dishes such as paninis, soups and curry, and purchases help fund the cats' care. Rules ask guests not to pick up or feed the cats, to keep noise down and to supervise children. Wi-Fi and outlets make it popular for studying, and private events can be booked after hours.

• Adoptable cats

Montreal, Quebec · 81 mi / 130 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

Barre, Vermont · 90 mi / 145 km

Kitty Korner Cafe is a cat cafe on North Main Street in downtown Barre, opened in 2020 by Alexis Dexter as Vermont's first cat cafe. Half of the building is a cafe serving coffee and other drinks with locally sourced baked goods and lunch options, including some vegan choices; the other half is a cat lounge filled with adoptable shelter cats looking for homes. Lounge sessions start on the hour and half hour, and the small per-person fee for a half-hour visit goes to the cats' care and health. Weekday visits can be reserved online, while weekend reservations are made in person or by phone. Visitors can come to adopt or simply spend time with the cats, and the cafe runs fundraisers such as seasonal pie sales and publishes a newsletter.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Burlington, Vermont · 91 mi / 147 km

Queen City Cat Lounge is a cat lounge on North Avenue in Burlington's New North End, opened in July 2024 by certified feline behaviorists Miche Faust and Kristina Madarang Stahl as the city's first cat lounge. Adoptable Vermont cats from the nonprofit Queen City Cats live in the lounge, and approved adopters can take one home through the rescue. Visits are 50-minute sessions with up to eight guests, priced separately for adults and children; reservations are encouraged and walk-ins are taken when there is room. It is a bring-your-own food and drink space, with self-serve snacks and drinks in the gift shop. Shoes come off, hands are sanitized and cats are not picked up. Children 6 and over are welcome during morning kids' hours. The lounge closes from 1 to 2 PM for cat naps, and hosts cat yoga, paint and sips, meditation and Dungeons and Dragons nights.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended