Cat Cafes in Montreal, Quebec

Montreal, Quebec

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

Montreal, Quebec

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