Heartwarming footage has emerged from Old Toronto, Canada, of a baby racoon being reunited with his mum.

The video, filmed recently, shows the mother racoon picking up her baby from a box and running off down an alleyway.

The racoon was found lying alone on a road by a woman when she was walking her dog.

The filmer wrote: ''My girlfriend was walking the dog when she spotted a baby racoon lying in the grass all alone.

"After keeping it warm in a blanket at a neighbours house for a short time, we spotted the mama racoon a few houses down."

''We put out the box with the baby racoon so that the mum would be able to get her little one back," he continued.

"We watched as the mum racoon picked up her baby and ran off.''

My girlfriend was walking the dog when she spotted a baby racoon lying in the grass all alone. After keeping it warm in a blanket at a neighbours house for a short time, we spotted the mama racoon a few houses down. We put out the box with the baby racoon so that the mum would be able to get her little one back. We watched as the mum racoon picked up her baby and ran off.