ISSUES
Understanding the scale of feline overpopulation in Québec and its consequences.
Why We Walk
A Reality That Can No Longer Be Ignored
In Québec, feline overpopulation is no longer an isolated situation. It is visible across all regions and affects animals, shelters, and communities alike.
Cats live and reproduce outdoors, often without stable protection and exposed to hunger, disease, injuries, and the dangers of the street. At the same time, shelters regularly operate at full capacity and frontline organizations work with limited resources.
This situation is not the result of a single factor. It reflects a broader reality where abandonment, uncontrolled reproduction, and uneven regulations from one municipality to the next all intersect.
What we are witnessing today is a structural issue that goes beyond occasional efforts.
The Consequences
Feline overpopulation leads to very real consequences:
- avoidable animal suffering
- constant pressure on shelters and organizations
- significant human and financial costs for communities
- local tensions related to the management of cat colonies
- a cycle of reproduction that repeats year after year
Volunteers and organizations carry out remarkable work, but without a more coherent framework, their efforts remain fragmented.
It’s Me, a Community Cat
I live outdoors.
I did not choose this life.
I was born in an alley, behind a business, in a yard, or near an apartment building.
I hide to survive.
I search for food.
I am wary of humans, because I do not always know which ones are dangerous and which ones want to help me.
Sometimes someone feeds me.
Sometimes a volunteer tries to catch me to treat me or have me spayed or neutered.
I am neither completely wild nor truly domestic.
I live between two worlds.
My life depends on human decisions: decisions that help prevent abandonment, control reproduction, and better manage the presence of cats living outdoors.
I am not invisible.
Five cities. One voice.
The Great Walk for Our Community Cats
On April 4, 2026, citizens will walk simultaneously in several cities across Québec to bring visibility to the reality of community cats and to call for concrete measures to reduce feline overpopulation. A citizen mobilization across Québec.
MONTRÉAL
QUÉBEC CITY
SHERBROOKE
MONT-LAURIER
ÎLES-DE-LA-MADELEINE
The second edition of the Great Walk for Our Community Cats will take place in spring 2027. Stay tuned for updates.
ISSUES
Understand the scale of feline overpopulation and its consequences.
PROPOSALS
Explore the concrete measures proposed to address the problem at its source.
THE PETITION
Sign the provincial petition to support the implementation of sustainable solutions.
PARTNERS
Meet the organizations and citizens already supporting this mobilization.
For Those Who Live Outdoors
Thousands of cats today live between two worlds, neither fully wild nor truly protected.
Their future depends on the decisions we make collectively.
On April 4, citizens walked in several cities across Québec to remind everyone that their reality matters.
ALL TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMUNITY CATS
A citizen mobilization to raise awareness of the reality of community cats and call for concrete measures to reduce feline overpopulation in Québec.
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I am a living being.
I deserve a chance.
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