Authorized pets

The following species:

• dogs (except hybrids, for example, a dog that is a cross between a wolf and a domestic dog)
• cats
• rabbit
• ferret or other domestic rodent weighing less than 1.5 kg
• sugar glider born in captivity
• hedgehog born in captivity, except one from the genus Erinaceus

Birds born in captivity, except the following species:

• ostrich
• duck
• goose
• cassowary
• swan
• turkey
• emu
• pheasant
• screamer and other waterfowl
• kiwi
• rhea
• goose
• flightless birds and other Struthioniformes
• Guinea fowl
• hen
• grouse and other Galliformes

Reptiles born in captivity, except the following species: 

• alligators
• crocodiles, gavials and other crocodilians
• lizard whose length, at adult age, reaches more than two metres
• venomous lizards
• snake whose length, at adult age, reaches more than three metres
• venomous snakes
• turtles in the Trionychidae family
• marine turtles

The following species:

• American toad
• wood frog
• north frog
• northern leopard frog
• green frog
• mudpuppy
• bullfrog
• eastern newt
• all exotic amphibians, except venomous amphibians

Fish permitted to be kept in captivity in accordance with the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife.