Animal Care & Control Centre

What does the building offer?

Improved Animal Care

• Houses almost 8,000 lost pets found in Edmonton each year.
• Reduces animal stress and makes disease control easier and more effective.
• 2,120 square metre (22,800 square feet) building holds up to 120 dogs and 150 cats.
• Area specially designed for the other pets we occasionally find, like reptiles and rabbits.

Improved Service to Citizens

• A one-stop shop for adoption, licensing, stray animal care, and enforcement services.
• Animal Care & Control Officers are based at the centre.
• The Edmonton Humane Society is right next door.
• A large public service area, including two rooms where staff hold private meetings with pet owners when needed.
• Centre staff have a larger, brighter, and quieter workspace.

Environmentally Sustainable Design

The City's design for the Animal Care & Control Centre (ACCC) has targeted a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver Certification from the Canada Green Building Council. 

The ACCC's sustainable construction features include:

• Building materials manufactured with post consumer and pre-consumer recycled content.
• Geothermal heating and cooling, and digital climate controls, which reduce conventional energy consumption by more than 50%.
• 90% of all construction waste recycled to divert it from the landfill.
• Light sensors and skylights that reduce the need for artificial lighting.
• Landscaping with indigenous and drought-tolerant plants that do not require watering or an irrigation system.  
• Shielded and downward pointing exterior light fixtures to avoid light pollution.

Learn more in the presentation about the facility's design.

Cost of Construction

The Animal Care & Control Centre cost approximately $13.3 million to complete and will serve Edmontonians for the next 25-30 years. Council approved the funding for the project in December 2008.

The City of Edmonton contributed $4.5 million, the federal and provincial governments contributed a combined $2.8 million through the Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund, and the Government of Alberta contributed the remaining $6 million through the Municipal Sustainability Initiative.

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Animal Care & Control Centre