Book cover for The Cat Did It: Tails of Marvellous Canadian Cats by Nancy Silcox

The Cat Did It

Tails of Marvellous Canadian Cats

2026 Released
180 Pages
4-5 Hours
Ebook Available November 17, 2026
Audiobook Unavailable
Paperback Available December 15, 2026
Hardback Unavailable
Dundurn PressISBN 9781459757646

You’ll be amazed by these stories of incredible felines from Canada.

Travel the country — from Newfoundland to the Yukon to British Columbia — to meet over forty Canadian cats that ski the Rockies, paddle-board Pacific waves, ride scooters, sing on albums, intuit illnesses, and even run for elections.

Learn some Canadian cat history along the way. What politician brought the first house cat to Canada? What faithful cat-panion helped save a woman abandoned by crewmates in the Arctic? What is the only cat breed developed in Canada? And why do marmalade cats often have six toes? Stop and visit the best cat cafés in Canada, too.

Be amazed by the smartest, bravest, most delightful felines in this heartwarming collection, including orange cats, hairless cats, fat cats, six-legged cats, and the one and only Nico, pet to Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Nancy Silcox

Nancy Silcox, a former secondary school teacher, university counsellor, and newspaper columnist, has always been hooked on real-life Canadian stories — whether they be about people or pets. She has written eighteen books from her rural home west of Kitchener–Waterloo.

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