The Ontario SPCA’s 2025 New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year! How is it already 2025?! Since its inception in 1873, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has been a cornerstone for animals in need and continues to provide care, comfort and compassion to animals in communities across Ontario. We strive to keep pets with the people who love them through a variety of support services.
Here are just a few of our objectives for the upcoming year:
Adoptions
Every year, the Ontario SPCA helps thousands of animals find loving homes at its 12 animal centres across the province. This year, our goal is to adopt out 6000 cats, dogs and small animals, as well as further reduce their length of stay at our centres. View our animals available for adoption today!
In addition, we are on a mission to increase support in underserved communities by accepting more animal intakes from these regions. When a request for assistance comes in, we help in whatever way we can to change the lives of animals. With 12 animal centres across the province, we have the capacity to help give animals the second chance they deserve by transporting them to areas of Ontario where there are families waiting to adopt.
Basic veterinary services
The Ontario SPCA recognizes the importance of basic veterinary services to keep animals happy and healthy, and with the families who love them. That’s why we offer a variety of accessible spay/neuter and basic veterinary services, including our MASH-style clinics, which can be transported to wherever they are needed most; our SPCA Mobile Animal Wellness Services unit, which is currently stationed in Sudbury to provide support for the North; our Neuter Scooter program, which transports animals to spay/neuter clinics for care and delivers them back to their families; and two high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter clinics located in Barrie and York Region. Learn more about our spay/neuter and basic veterinary
This year, our goal is to perform 10,000 spay/neuter surgeries for cats and dogs, as well as provide basic veterinary services, such as vaccinations and microchipping, to 1567 pets.
Additionally, we have submitted a proposal for the 2025 provincial budget, calling on the province to create a granting program that will provide humane societies, SPCAs, municipalities, and First Nations communities with funding to increase veterinary access in underserved communities and in animal shelters. Add your voice!
Education
The Ontario SPCA is dedicated to sharing knowledge and educating about animal well-being. One of the ways we do this is through our AnimalSmart™ Humane Education program, offering presentations free of charge to schools and community groups in our animal centre regions for Grades 1-8 aged students. These presentations aim to foster meaningful conversations about animals through discussions, videos and activities with curriculum connections. Our goal this year is to deliver over 1000 presentations, reaching over 25,000 students!
We also have an exciting new initiative this year: We are launching an Animal Handling Program for staff and volunteers! The purpose of this program is to allow safer interactions with animals and reduce fear and stress in our furry friends.
The Ontario SPCA is a registered charity that has been changing the lives of animals for over 150 years. It does not receive annual government funding and relies on donations to provide programs and services to help animals in need. Please consider donating today.