A mother duck lead her family across a five-lane highway in Toronto and the heart-stopping action was caught on camera.

The feathered family crosses the first lane before being scattered by a passing truck. The family regroup and waddle on.

Halfway across the highway, they're almost flattened by an SUV but the driver takes evasive action.

Then the family are scattered again as a truck whizzes by, but the mother duck waits for her brood to regroup before tackling the last two lanes.

Do they make it? Check out the video to find out: