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Canids

Canidae · 7 species

In Québec, the family Canidae (order Carnivora) counts 7 species of mammals. The stars? Red Fox, Coyote and Wolf, the most often observed. The richest region: Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, with 5 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its sounds, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean5
  2. Mauricie5
  3. Outaouais5
  4. Nord-du-Québec5
  5. Lanaudière5
  6. Laurentides5
  7. Montérégie5
  8. Capitale-Nationale4
  9. Estrie4
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue4
  11. Côte-Nord4
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  13. Montréal2
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  15. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  16. Laval2
  17. Centre-du-Québec2

Canids 7

Carnivora
All91Carnivora30Artiodactyla25Rodentia18Chiroptera8Eulipotyphla5Lagomorpha4Didelphimorphia1
Canidae
All30Mustelidae8Canidae7Phocidae6Felidae4Ursidae2Mephitidae1Odobenidae1Procyonidae1
Red Fox1,685 observations
Coyote424 observations
Wolf90 observations
Gray Fox57 observations
Eastern Wolf33 observations
Arctic Fox19 observations
Domestic dog15 observations