How Your Donations Help Animals
As Ontario’s animal welfare charity, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is able to deliver core programs and services, thanks to donations from caring donors like you.
Your donations demonstrate your trust in our volunteers and team members to carry out this critical work. And, in return, we are committed to transparency regarding how your donations are put into action.
Here are some of the activities you support:
- Sheltering and adoption of animals at locations across the province
- Reuniting lost pets with their owners
- Humane education
- Community outreach services, including emergency sheltering, feral cat management programs, animal transfers and food distribution
- Animal advocacy
- Spay/neuter services
Your 2023 Impact
Animals Adopted
- 4,041 animals found loving new homes
- 1,166 dogs adopted
- 2,617 cats adopted
- 250 small animals adopted
- 8 birds adopted
Community Support Services
- 1,549 days of emergency boarding provided to displaced animals
- 737 lost animals reunited with their families
- 27 cats adopted through the working cat program
- 181 winter shelters built for feral cats
- 528,290 lbs of food distributed
- 160% increase in food support from 2022
- 1 million meals provided to hungry animals
Provincial Dog Rehabilitation
- 40 dogs supported
- 25 dogs adopted
- 160hrs avg. TLC per dog
Pet Population Management
Spay/Neuter Services:
- 7,152 spay/neuter surgeries
- 2,360 microchips
- 5,502 vaccinations
- 410,000+ potentially unwanted offspring prevented
MASH-Style Spay/Neuter Clinics:
- 7 community events
- 280 spay/neuter surgeries
- 42 microchips
- 123 vaccinations
- 19,000+ potentially unwanted offspring prevented
SPCA Mobile Animal Wellness Services Unit:
- 570 spay/neuter surgeries
- 791 vaccinations
- 237 wellness appointments
- 139 microchips
- 34,000+ potentially unwanted offspring prevented
Humane Education
Northern Outreach
- 232 animals transferred to find new homes
- 30 communities supported with pet food and supplies
- 6 trips totalling 24,307kms
- 232,432lbs of food distributed
- 567,838 meals to keep furry bellies full
