In Ontario, as it is in most provinces, native raccoons are generally classified as native wildlife. This essentially means that unless you run a zoo or are a scientist working on something that requires keeping raccoons in a lab you will not be allowed to own them as a pet. Now you are allowed to feed them but this is generally when the trouble starts. Do not feed them if you don’t want them to try to find you or follow you home. They are normally almost starving with very little access to food and if you feed them they may think you are a food source like a parent or guardian of them. If you do this somewhere far from home, preferably more than a kilometre away as that is generally the physical area of a single male raccoon and not during baby season. During baby season their length of travel can further in an attempt to find a better mate. The raccoon female will have already found a den, either naturally occurring or under a deck, shed, house or in an attic. The raccoon male will be invited in and then mating will occur. The female will then violently chase the male out of the den. This is because raccoon males take no part in the raising of babies. They instead attempt to improve the survivability and access to food and water to give to their children. They do this by killing the babies of other raccoon males. This is a common behaviour in many mammals and is called kinship or altruistic behaviour towards other members of your species. This is how elephants and birds live. It is not how most reptiles live. This is called Hamilton’s rule, if two members of a species share enough DNA then they are likely a cooperative species like humans are. If they do not, like male raccoons, then they are non-cooperative and try to be adversarial to other raccoons in the hope of benefiting their species.
This is a scientific way of saying that some wildlife behaves in a way that is like a family and a village. They help each other and forgo mating wither others if one of their siblings has children and needs assistance. Female raccoons do this with children but are often solitary as well due to the threat of the males. This is one very good reason why having a raccoon as a pet can be a problem. Getting in heat can make them relentless and mating with a wild raccoon could be dangerous for your family due to the chances of rabies and roundworm.