Join your Toronto Zoo and Parks Canada as we recognize the 12th Blanding’s turtle release! Zoo guests are encouraged to stop by the Canadian Wetlands from 11:00am to 3:00pm daily to learn directly from the Guardians of Blanding’s Turtles through educational tables, activities, and interactive experiences!
Your Toronto Zoo and Parks Canada have a long-standing partnership that supports Blanding’s turtles in the Rouge National Urban Park (RNUP), and now is your opportunity to learn first-hand how this partnership has released 700+ Blanding’s turtles back into their natural habitat – a habitat that had as few as 10 Blanding’s turtles remaining!
To learn more about the Blanding’s turtle headstart and release program, please visit
The Blanding’s Turtle Headstart Program webpage
The 2024 Blanding’s Turtle Press Release
The 2023 Blanding’s Turtle Press Release
For more information on how to support the Blanding’s turtles, please consider symbolically adopting a Blanding’s turtle
