Bird boarding in Toronto

A room in our family home in Mississauga, set up for birds alone: filtered air, warmth and humidity held all winter, and out of the cage every day. Samantha and Amir look after every guest, with photos and videos in the BST Mobile App every day you are away.

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The Room

Where Your Bird Actually Stays

One room of our family home in Mississauga, set up for birds and nothing else: filtered air, warmth and humidity held through the winter, and other birds within earshot. We live here, so somebody is with the birds every day.

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Two HEPA Filters, Running Constantly
Birds have the most efficient respiratory system of any land animal and no way to cough dust out of it. Two filters rather than one is what lets the room keep up when it is full.
Humidity Held Up Through The Winter
A Canadian house in February runs dry enough to wreck feather condition and irritate airways. A humidifier runs in the room over the winter months for exactly that reason.
A Separate Heater For This Room Alone
The room does not depend on the rest of the house's thermostat, so a cold snap or a furnace problem elsewhere in the building does not reach the birds.
Cameras On The Room, Watched By Us
They are how the room is checked at night and between visits into it. They are not a client webcam — what you get is a photo and video update every day.
Room To Play, And Things Worth Shredding
Out-of-cage time every day, on a playstand, with bird-safe toys. A bird that has nothing to shred will start on itself or on its own feathers.
Cleaned Daily, Every Day Of The Stay
Cage papers, bowls and water. It is the least glamorous line on this page and it is the one that decides whether a room full of birds stays healthy.

Toronto to our door

Bay Street
Gardiner Expressway
Queen Elizabeth Way
Cawthra Road

30 min · 27.4 km

Bird vets nearest Toronto

Three clinics that say they see birds are within about 11 km of downtown. Greenwood Park Animal Hospital on Gerrard Street East is the closest, about 5 km, and Dr. Markus Luckwaldt there treats exotics. Boardwalk Animal Hospital in the Beaches doesn't publish its hours, so phone (416) 693-1615 before you go, and the Animal Hospital of High Park on Weston Road is open until 8pm on weekdays.

Only In Toronto

Toronto, On The Flyway

Toronto sits on Lake Ontario's north shore, where two major flyways meet. Twice a year millions of birds pass over the city: in spring from mid-March to early June, and in fall from mid-August to early November. Hawk counters on High Park's Hawk Hill tally them every autumn, and each May watchers at Colonel Samuel Smith Park scan the water at sunrise for whimbrel.

334bird species recorded at Tommy Thompson Park, the Leslie Street Spit
70,000+birds banded at the park's research station since 2003
2007the year Toronto wrote its first bird-friendly guidelines for glass

Your own bird keeps a calmer calendar: the same perch and the same flock with us, whatever is flying over the lake.

Sources: Tommy Thompson Park · TTP Bird Research Station · Toronto Ornithological Club: Hawk Watch · City of Toronto: Bird-Friendly Guidelines

Bird-Friendly Places Near Toronto

When A Bird Needs Help

City animal sheltersToronto Animal Services
The city's shelters take in stray and found animals. Call them first if a bird escapes or turns up.
Humane societyToronto Humane Society
Small-pet adoption, lost-and-found advice and supported rehoming.
11 River Street, Toronto

Where To See Wild Birds

Important Bird AreaTommy Thompson Park
An urban wilderness reaching about 5 km into the lake, with a bird research station.
South foot of Leslie Street

Bird People Nearby

Bird club since 1934Toronto Ornithological Club
Runs the High Park Hawk Watch, the Whimbrel Watch and Toronto's Christmas Bird Count.
Naturalist clubToronto Field Naturalists
Guided walks and outings around the city, for anyone who likes wild birds.

30 min Birds · from Toronto