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Join us on our small ranch in Alberta and get involved in hands-on work that changes with the seasons! Tasks include feeding and caring for animals, fencing, gardening, yard work, cleaning, repairs, and general ranch duties. Riding and cattle work may be possible, but they are not the main focus. We’re looking for reliable, practical volunteers who enjoy physical outdoor work and rural life. 🐴🌿
32 hours of help per week
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate English
Over 19 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We are a small, family-run ranch, home to cattle, horses, goats and ranch dogs and cats. Our volunteer program offers an authentic look into everyday ranch life and the seasonal work involved in caring for animals and maintaining a rural property.
Volunteers become part of our daily routine and help wherever support is currently needed. The work is practical and physical and often takes place outdoors in changing weather. A significant part of the program involves cleaning, tidying and organizing barns, pens, equipment and shared workspaces. Volunteers may also assist with feeding, animal care, fencing, maintenance and seasonal cattle work.
This is not a horseback-riding program. Riding may be possible depending on the volunteer’s experience, the horses available and the ranch workload, but it is never guaranteed and is not the main focus of the stay.
We are looking for reliable, respectful and hands-on people who genuinely enjoy animals, rural life and physical outdoor work. Previous ranch experience is helpful but not required, as long as volunteers are willing to listen, learn and follow instructions.
Volunteers usually help for approximately six hours per day, five days per week, with two days off. Work may be arranged as one main shift or divided between morning and afternoon animal-care shifts. Exact working times depend on the season, weather, animal needs and current ranch projects. Because animals do not always follow a schedule, some flexibility is required. Any major schedule changes will be communicated in advance whenever possible.
DAILY AND YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES
- Feeding and watering dogs, chickens, goats and other animals
- Checking animals and reporting injuries, illness or unusual behaviour
- Cleaning stalls, pens, shelters
- Tidying and organizing tack, tools, supplies and equipment
- Keeping storage areas and shared spaces clean
- Checking, building and repairing fences
- Picking up garbage, scrap materials and old fencing
- General yard work and property maintenance
- Cleaning tools and equipment after use
- Assisting with other practical ranch tasks as needed
SPRING ACTIVITIES
- Preparing pens and facilities for calving season
- Assisting with basic calving-season tasks under supervision
- Checking cows and calves and reporting any concerns
- Helping move animals to spring and summer pastures
- Completing general spring cleaning and organization projects
SUMMER ACTIVITIES
- Checking livestock, pastures and water sources
- Helping move, gather or sort cattle when required
- Assisting with branding or other seasonal cattle work
- Building, checking and repairing fences
- Maintaining barns, corrals, pens and outdoor areas
- Mowing, trimming weeds and completing general yard work
- Supporting ongoing maintenance and building projects
FALL ACTIVITIES
- Helping gather cattle from pastures
- Fall clean up
Follow instructions; ask before using machinery, vehicles, tools, handling, feeding, medicating or riding animals.
Treat people, animals and property respectfully.
Wear suitable clothing and sturdy closed-toe boots; report unsafe tasks, injuries, illness, damage or loose animals immediately.
Be punctual and reliable. Schedules may change due to weather, emergencies or animal needs.
Keep accommodation, barns, shared areas, tools and equipment clean and tidy.
No alcohol, drugs, smoking, vaping or similar.
Riding requires permission, depends on safety and availability, and is not guaranteed.
Ask before inviting visitors, using personal property or posting identifiable photos online.
Volunteers arrange their own transportation and activities on days off unless agreed otherwise.
Serious rule violations may end the volunteer stay early.
