Canadian Resources

[Starfish]

Didn't see a list except for one in the archives (http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-18021.html)... may have missed it.


From 2007 so I don't know it's still good:
http://www.naturecanada.ca/enews_july07_sickanimal.asp
Alberta

Province-wide: Alberta Society for Injured Birds of Prey
Tel: 780-922-3024
E-mail: asibp@tic.ab.ca

Calgary: Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (CWRS)
Tel: 403-239-2488
E-mail: calgaryw@telus.net
Web: www.calgarywildlife.org

Cochrane: Cochrane Ecological Institute – Cochrane Wildlife Reserve
Tel: 403-932-5632
E-mail: cei@nucleus.com
Web: www.ceinst.org
Accept migratory/ song birds, as well as terrestrial wildlife ranging from small to large mammals, native amphibians, and avian wildlife.

Edmonton: Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton
Tel: 780-914-4118
E-mail: WRSE@oanet.com
Web: www.wildlife-edm.ca
Accept all species of birds and small mammals, excluding adult skunks (babies are accepted), bats, pigeons, larger mammals such as deer, moose, etc.

Lethbridge area: Coaldale Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: 403-345-4262
Email: info@burrowingowl.com
Web: www.burrowingowl.com/about/contact.php
Specializing in Raptors, do not accept migratory/ song birds, or other types of animals. Can provide contact information. Provide environmental learning sessions from May 10 to September 10.

Red Deer: Medicine River Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: 403-728-3467
E-mail: info@mrwc.ca
Web: www.medicineriverwildlifecentre.ca
Accept migratory/ songbirds, raptors, all wildlife from the area.

British Columbia

Province-wide: Wildlife Rehabilitators Network of British Columbia
Tel: 250-847-5101
E-mail: info@wrnbc.org

Abbotsford: Elizabeth's Wildlife Centre Society
Tel: 604-852-9173
E-mail: elizmelnick@shaw.ca
*Use phone number for emergencies*
Web: www.elizabethswildlifecenter.org
Accept (specialize in) migratory/ song birds as well as small mammals (squirrels, possums, rabbits)

Courtenay: Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society
Tel: 250-337-2021
Email: mars@wingtips.org
Web: www.wingtips.org
Accept migratory/ songbirds. Accept deer during the summer, other wildlife is accepted for transport.

Delta: O.W.L. Rehab Society
Tel: 604-946-3171
E-mail: owlrehab@dccnet.com
Web: www.owlcanada.org
Birds of prey only, no migratory/ song birds (only dead ones to be used as food).

Langley: Critter Care Wildlife Society
Tel: 604-530-2064
E-mail: crittercare1@shaw.ca
Web: www.crittercarewildlife.org/index.php
Rehabilitate native animals ranging from squirrels to black bear cubs. Do not accept birds.

Prince Rupert: Prince Rupert Wildlife Rehab Shelter
Tel: 250-624-4159
E-mail: wildlife@citytel.net
Web: www.prwildlifeshelter.org/
This location accepts migratory/song birds as well as all other types of wildlife.

Vancouver: Marine Mammal Rescue, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
Tel: 604-258-SEAL (7325)
E-mail: rescue@vanaqua.org
Web: www.vanaqua.org/
Only marine mammals and sea turtles accepted at this location

Victoria: BC SPCA Wild Arc - Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: 250-478-9453
E-mail: info@wildarc.com
Web: www.spca.bc.ca/branches/wild-arc/
Accepts migratory/ song birds, as well as mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Able to treat native and non-native species, with the exception of predatory species (bears, cougars, wolves).
Manitoba

Winnipeg: Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: 204-510-1855
email: pwrcentre@gmail.com
Web: www.pwildlife.ca
This location accepts all species of birds including migratory/ song birds, as well as reptiles, and small to medium sized mammals (excluding deer, skunks, and raccoons).
Winnipeg: The Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: 204-878-3740
email: info@wildlifehaven.ca
Web: www.wildlifehaven.ca
This location receives approximately 1700 animals each year. The Centre is equipped to handle all avian species, including large birds of prey and herons, as well as most native Manitoba mammals.

New Brunswick

Moncton: Greater Moncton SPCA
Tel: (506) 857-8698
Email: Nanette@monctonspca.ca
Web: www.monctonspca.ca/
House wildlife and transfer to rehabilitation centre.

Sackville: Atlantic Wildlife Institute
Tel: (506) 364-1902
E-mail: awi@xplornet.com
Web: atlanticwildlife.ca
Accept migratory/ song birds, all species of wildlife including species at risk.
Nova Scotia

Colchester county (Hilden): Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Tel: 902 893-0253
E-mail: cwrc@cwrc.net
Web: cwrc.net/cms/wp/
This location accepts all bird species including migratory/ song birds, as well as small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.

Seaforth: Hope for Wildlife Society
Tel: 902-407-WILD(9453)
E-mail: info@hopeforwildlife.net
Web: www.hopeforwildlife.net/
They accept all native Nova Scotia wildlife, including migratory/ songbirds.

Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park
Tel: (902) 758-2040
E-mail: visserbj@gov.ns.ca
Web: wildlifepark.gov.ns.ca
This location accepts all indigenous wildlife as well as migratory/ songbirds.
Ontario

Province of Ontario: Ontario Wildlife Rescue
Tel: 416-436-9892
Email: info@ontariowildliferescue.ca
Web: www.ontariowildliferescue.ca/

Kitchener-Waterloo: Turtle Haven
Tel: 519-745-4334
Email: uros@sympatico.ca
Web: www.turtlehaven.ca/
Focus on native turtles. Possesses a list of wildlife custodians in the Waterloo Region that will accept migratory/ songbirds.

Ottawa: Wild Bird Care Centre
Tel: 613-828-2849
Email: mojo@wildbirdcarecentre.org
Web: www.wildbirdcarecentre.org/
This location accepts all species of birds including raptors, waterfowl, and migratory/ song birds.

Ottawa County (North Gower): Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Tel: 613-258-9480
E-mail: rideauwildlife@ripnet.com
Web: www.rideauwildlife.org/
Accept wild mammals and turtles.

Rockwood: SOAR - Songbirds Only Avian Rehabilitation
Tel: 519-856-4510
E-mail: drake@sentex.net
Web: soar-southernontario.org/
Only migratory/ songbirds accepted.

Toronto: Toronto Wildlife Centre
Tel: 416-631-0662
Web: www.torontowildlifecentre.com/

Utterson: A Wing And A Prayer, Muskoka Centre for Wild Birds
Tel: 705-385-1488
Accept all species of birds, as well as migratory/ songbirds. Can refer mammals and other wildlife to regional wildlife centres.

Windsor: Erie Wildlife Rescue, Inc.
Tel: 519-969-3919
Email: ewr@bellnet.ca
Web: www.eriewildliferescue.ca/
Accept all native species to the region, as well as migratory/ songbirds.

Quebec

Montreal: Urban Animal Advocates, Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: 514-366-9965
Email: urbananimaladvocates@hotmail.com
Web: www.urbananimaladvocates.ca/
Accept all species, including migratory/ songbirds

Southwest region, Montérégie (Hudson) : Le Nichoir Bird Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: 450-458-2809
Web: lenichoir.org/
Accept birds, as well as migratory/ songbirds
Saskatchewan

Province of Saskatchewan: Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan
Tel: 306-242-7177
Email: info@wrsos.org
Web: www.wrsos.org

Moose Jaw: Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre
Tel: 306-692-8710
E-mail: sboic@sasktel.net
Web: www.skburrowingowl.ca/
This is not a rehabilitation centre, but an educational centre. They will accept burrowing owls for rehabilitation only.

Yukon

Whitehorse: Yukon Wildlife Preserve
Tel: 867-456-7328
Web: www.yukonwildlife.ca/

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https://www.humanesociety.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3394:quebec-wildlife-rehabilitation&catid=90&Itemid=288

Quebec Wildlife Rehabilitation

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Created on Monday, 20 June 2011 14:51
Written by Ian
Action pour les Animaux Urbains - Centre de Sauvetage et de Rehabilitation de la Faune

C.P. 664 Station Snowdon
Montreal QC H3X 3X8
514-366-9965
uaawildlife@yahoo.com


Adopt-A-Chimp (Fauna Foundation)

P.O. Box 33
Chambly QC J3L 4B1
450-658-1844
http://www.faunafoundation.org/
fauna.found@sympatico.ca


Animafaune - Le Moulin des decouvertes

34, Route 132 Quest, C.P. 139
Saint-Fabien QC GPL 2Z0
418-869-2222



Ecole De Medecine Veterinaire

PO Box 5000 Stn Bureau-Chef
Saint-Hyacinthe QC J2S 7C6
514-345-8521x8427



Fondation Mitou

1550, rue des Peupliers
Manseau QC G0X 1V0
1-819-356-2538



Frontier Animal Society

PO Box 2505
Stanstead QC J0B 3E5
819-876-7785



Humane Wildlife Control Inc.

50 Chemin Bates
Outremont QC H2V 1A8
877-222-9453


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List of wildlife rehabilitation network
http://www.wrnbc.org/links/


CANADA (to locate a rehabilitator in a particular province)
Alberta – Alberta Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Association
Saskatchewan – Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan
Manitoba - Manitoba Wildlife Rehabilitation Organization
Ontario – Ontario Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Network
Quebec – Union québécoise de réhabilitation des oiseaux de proie (Montreal)
- Le Nichoir (Hudson)
Nova Scotia – (Nature Canada’s List of NS rehabilitators)
New Brunswick – Atlantic Wildlife Institute
Newfoundland – Salmonier Nature Park Wildlife Care and Rehabilitation Program
Yukon – Yukon Wildlife Preserve

International
International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC)
National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA)

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Canada Wildlife Rehabilitators
http://wildlife.rescueshelter.com/ca



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Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
http://www.gibsonswildliferehabcentre.org/

[astra]

personally, wouldn't use an unverified resource, unless there is no, absolutely no other way.
Most wildlife centers euthanize in a heartbeat, esp. squirrels and other "pest" animals, or animals that they think/assume will not be releasable.
Most wildlife centers do not have enough resources and hands to provide around the clock care for orphaned babies.
Toronto Wildlife Centre is evil. Especially, when it comes to squirrels - they think squirrels are a dime a dozen and there are too many of them, and they never have enough staff to care for orphaned babies.

[Fireweed]

Thanks for putting this together, Starfish! :thumbsup
There's sure to be a few good centres on the list. :dono
People always need to make sure they know exactly what will happen to their squirrel before taking them to any centre, or to any rehabber for that matter. It's important finders are really careful about who they leave their squirrel with!

The Yukon listing will take larger animals. I've never had success with them taking birds or squirrels. In fact, the vet/rehabber there has instructed me on how to help the smaller animals myself because she just can't take them.

If anyone has dealt with any of these places and has had a positive experience, please let us know!

[Starfish]

Good point.

Also the list is only meant as a starting point for making phone calls. Sometimes they can't offer to take the animal but may have suggestions of who can.

I myself found it frustrating getting started and not knowing where to start. Luckily, there was TSB. :)

[Silverline]

Hello,
How does one become licensed to look after animals in Canada. Me and my partner are becoming licensed here in New York as we are currently over-wintering a baby squirrel that we found last fall with the guidance of the licensed New York members of this site and have done months of studying for the exams. We will be taking in more squirrels in the near future to help out the New York team here. However, within a couple years after we are done school we will be moving back to Canada (Calgary) and would like to continue in our new found passion with and caring for baby squirrels or any other critter that needs our help.

The problem is that there only seems to be these societies and they seem to be very few and very inclusive. It looks like You must become a volunteer with them or an employee and work directly at their facility under the guidance of a director. I have tried to phone one and the lady was not very helpful or resourceful. All she said was that the volunteer applications are closed and there is a very long waiting list and to call back sometime in the future and hung up. LOL.

I'm sorry, but the last time I checked injured animals and orphan babies don't have the chance to be put on a waiting list (I sure hope not anyways). I thought the more help the better? I have also heard that there are some nasty places with in Canada that are not very ethical towards squirrels and other rodents, I don't know if Calgary falls in within this scope or not. As noted by astra's post, some are EVIL. (Makes me wonder why those people even get into this line of work).

Anyways, with the education (and soon to be NY license), tools, and resources, and around the clock care that we can provide. I believe we are just as well suited for home-based squirrel rehabilitation as we are in New York, and would like to continue doing so where ever we end up. Is this possible in Canada? or is saving a life deemed as a special privilege that one is lucky to be given by being invited into an all mighty and inclusive society?

Another thing to point out is that the very few Squirrel Board rehabilitators here in small upstate New York MANY squirrels in just one season, one is taking care of up to 30 squirrels! They are short on rehabilitators! Where as the Calgary based society has about 1 or 2 litters per season. Surely there are so many more squirrels out there in need of care. Calgary is HUGE with tons of vast wilderness, mountains, and national parks. How do they not at least have the equivalent number of squirrels as the home-based rehabbers here in NY do?

Any input or advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you :)

[LittleB]

I think one way is to call the city in your region (just don't mention about squirrels). I'm sure they will point you in the right direction and if they ask, just say "oh, you know, a frog here, a bird there, they're all so cute don't you think??" You can also call the U of Guelph. They have a vet program and probably student services with this sort of information.