What We Do

Toronto Wildlife Centre is here for you. Learn about the programs we offer and how you can join us in building a healthy community for people and wildlife!

Wildlife Hotline

Toronto Wildlife Centre’s Wildlife Hotline is the busiest service of its kind in Canada. Staff handle approximately 30,000 calls per year, advising the community about a huge diversity of wildlife situations—from medical emergencies to wildlife conflicts to natural history.

Wildlife Rescue

Climbing trees, wading into rivers, and crawling over ice—Toronto Wildlife Centre’s Rescue Team carries out challenging, life-saving wildlife rescues every day of the year.

Wildlife Hospital

Providing medical care for wildlife requires skill and innovation: repairing a crushed turtle shell, diagnosing lead poisoning in a loon, and stitching a fox’s severe wound is just a day in the life of Toronto Wildlife Centre’s expert Veterinary Team.

Wildlife Rehabilitation

From admission to release, Toronto Wildlife Centre’s skilled Wildlife Rehabilitation Team provides supportive care to thousands of animals a year, representing over 300 different species, including many listed as Species-at-Risk.

Education and Outreach

Toronto Wildlife Centre’s education program promotes healthy human-wildlife relationships through informational websites, media campaigns, presentations and workshops in schools and at local events, and through development of training tools and programs for educators.

Just a few decades ago, there was nowhere for sick, injured or orphaned wild animals to receive help in the GTA, and nowhere for the community to turn to when they encountered wildlife-related issues. Shocked by the lack of resources at the time, young biologist Nathalie Karvonen founded Toronto Wildlife Centre (TWC) in 1993.

Since then, as a registered charity supported entirely by donations, TWC has grown into one of the busiest wildlife centres on the continent! With an accredited and fully-equipped veterinary hospital, a wildlife rehabilitation and a rescue program, over 120,000 patients have received the care that would have otherwise not been available to them – saving many wild lives!

Join us as we journey back to where it all began and explore the vital programs and services that help TWC in its mission to build a healthy community for people and wildlife.

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