Assessment

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) provides advice to government on the status of wildlife species and was established as a legal entity under the Species at Risk Act.

• Classification criteria used by COSEWIC
• COSEWIC guidelines for recognizing designatable units
• Visit the COSEWIC website

COSEWIC status reports

COSEWIC species assessments

Ministerial response statements

COSEWIC annual reports

List of wildlife species assessed

Wildlife species eligible for an amendment to the list of wildlife Species at Risk (Schedule 1) of SARA

Report on outstanding Species at Risk 2010 – archived

Report on outstanding Species at Risk 2008 – archived

Reports on the general status of wildlife species