Animal Care & Control Centre

What does the building offer?

Animal Care

• Houses more than 6,000 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

Citizen Service

• A one-stop shop for pet 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

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.

The City 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.

For More Information

Animal Care & Control Centre