Rainbow Rat Refuge is a domestic rat rescue based out of Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, Ontario. Our rescue is a registered non-profit organization that opened in the summer of 2021. We are small-scale, volunteer-run, and foster-based. Our mission is to better the lives of rats through preventative efforts, crisis response, and lots of love. We serve the Peterborough, Northumberland, and Durham areas in Ontario.

We provide refuge to domestic rats in need, with our intakes currently coming from other overwhelmed rescues and shelters. We rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome through our Foster Program. Rats who are less adoptable may become permanent residents and live out their lives in the comfort of their Foster Family’s company.