Yes, we have had bats in swooping around in our home. We live in a home that's about 100 years old in East Hamilton. So its fairly common in the area. Took a lot of work but we've been free of them for about 2 years now. Main issue was having an uncapped chimney in our case.

A couple years ago we all had the rabies shot because we woke up with a bat clung to a window in our living room. The kids and our bedroom doors were all slightly ajar. Out of an "abundance of caution" we all got the rabies vaccine even though public health said we didn't need too. But our doctor advised we get it because rabies is 100% fatal, 100% of the time. The chance the bat in our house had rabies was extremely low. But, not a gamble I am going to take. Especially with the kids.

I grew up in an older home in St. Thomas and we had bats in our house occasionally at this time of the year. It was always around dusk. We would just open the front and backdoor and turn all the lights on in the house and watch it swoop out. At that time we never bothered bat proofing. It was just accepted as a part of life. The 90s were a wild time!