A mother squirrel collects her babies after their family was removed from the garage of a house in Toronto.

The footage filmed in April 2019 shows the mother approach the babies and one-by-one drag them away to its new nest.

According to the filmer, Brad Gates: "Squirrels are extremely maternal. As soon as the mother hears their babies cry out, they come running fast!

"This mother squirrel made her nest above the laundry room in a customer's home and the only access she had into this space was through the garage doors.

"When we arrived on site the customer explained that when he would come home a squirrel would be sitting at the closed garage doors waiting to be let back in.

"After removing the babies and their nest, we decided to take the opportunity to snap some photos of the babies.

"As we were doing so, the babies started to cry out with their high-pitch call for mom. Before we knew it the mother squirrel was right beside us staring at her babies. We immediately stepped away and allowed her to start her relocation process."