The Owl Foundation is a registered Canadian charitable organization that helps wild Canadian owls and other raptors that are injured or orphaned. The Foundation operates a rehabilitation center located in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.

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We help owls and other raptors that are injured, diseased, or starving, to get back to a condition where they can survive on their own and can be released. Some owls with permanent disabilities that are otherwise healthy are kept and used as foster parents, raising orphaned owl chicks in natural-type enclosures. Once old enough, these young birds learn to hunt live prey while still in captivity. The young owls are released when they are able to survive on their own. Where suitable pairs can be formed among the owls with permanent disabilities, the birds are given the opportunity and conditions to breed and raise their own young, which are later released. We provide spacious outdoor enclosures for the owls, permitting flight over a distance and providing a variety of perches and degrees of cover.

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We receive many injured and orphaned raptors each year. Injuries are most often the result of being hit by vehicles and occur predominantly when owls are hunting near roads. Volunteer drivers transport birds to the Foundation. Our staff works closely with a number of veterinarians to provide treatment to owls in distress.

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We have experience with all Canadian owl species. Many of these are represented among the permanent residents, including migratory species and those that breed in the far north. When owls of northern species are released, they are shipped by air to volunteers in suitable northern locations for release. All other species are released within a reasonable distance of where they were recovered.

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The Owl Foundation has a few full-time and part-time staff but also relies on volunteer effort in many ways. Most of the Foundation's funding comes from individuals, with some from corporations and granting foundations.

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The Owl Foundation was founded by Kay and Larry McKeever in the 1970s. They received awards and honorary degrees for their work. Originally The Owl Foundation was an Ontario corporation and was called the Owl Rehabilitation Research Foundation. It was re-incorporated in 1994 under federal law as a Canadian corporation with the current name.