Please share your sightings with us to advance our abilities to save turtles, plan conservation efforts, analyze population trends and conserve habitat
If you found a turtle report the location and species here, to help biologists with data to recover populations
If you found a turtle, use our app in the field to report the location and species here, to help biologists with data to recover populations. Download the app and then scan this QR Code to access the survey form!
Injured turtles can recover from massive injuries. If it is safe to do so, please retrieve the turtle, put them in a dry box (no food or water), note the location you found them and call Ontario's only turtle hospital (the OTCC) at 705-741-5000. They have volunteers who can meet you wherever you need to go.
Otherwise, please text 705-854-2888 for guidance and support.
Are you a Turtle Guardians volunteer? Click on the button above to access the volunteer reporting form.
Adult turtles are essential to stabilize populations, with few natural predators and who may live well beyond 200 years. You will meet them each year in your neighbourhood
If you have witnessed a suspected infraction, or have a concern about turtle habitat/wetland conservation you can report them here but also, in Ontario call 1-877-TIPS-MNR and 1-866-MOE-TIPS