The Outdoor Edit

Wild Neighbours: A Sensible Guide to Ontario Wildlife Encounters

By James Mclean

June 17, 2026

"Nature is genuinely magnificent. It also occasionally weighs 600 kilograms and has a very bad attitude about your dog."

Let's be honest about something: the wildlife is one of the reasons we're out here. The heron lifting off the water at dawn, the flash of an otter along the riverbank, the moose standing impossibly large at the edge of a morning lake — these are the moments we come home talking about. Nature is genuinely magnificent. It also occasionally weighs 600 kilograms and has a very bad attitude about your…