Species at risk: latest publications and news
Publications
July 2026
- 2026-07-22 Species at Risk Act Annual Report to Parliament for 2024
- 2026-07-18 Notice of intent — Consultation by Environment and Climate Change Canada on a proposal to develop a new regulation for the protection of critical habitat on applicable federal lands
- 2026-07-17 Discussion Paper: Proposed Critical Habitat Protection Regulations made under section 59 of the Species at Risk Act
- 2026-07-06 Conservation and management of Polar Bears in Canada: Questions and answers
- 2026-07-06 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Recovery Strategy for the Slender Popcornflower (Plagiobothrys tenellus) for the Period 2021 to 2025
June 2026
- 2026-06-30 Funding Agreement between Quebec and Canada to support Quebec’s implementation of its conservation, monitoring and protection measures for Caribou Populations
- 2026-06-30 Statement: Government of Canada’s Approach to Addressing the Imminent Threats to Boreal Caribou in Quebec
- 2026-06-25 Species at Risk Act Permitting and Best Management Practices for Monarch Habitat on Federal Lands – Mowing, Haying, Prescribed Fire, and Herbicides
- 2026-06-16 Progress Report on Steps Taken for Protection of Critical Habitat for Species at Risk in Canada (October 2025 to March 2026)
- 2026-06-15 Residence description for Northern Madtom (Noturus stigmosus) in Canada
- 2026-06-10 Program report: National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium, 2018 to 2026
- 2026-06-05 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Recovery Strategy for the Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Cottus sp.), Eastslope Populations, for the Period 2019 to 2024
May 2026
- 2026-05-20 Critical Habitat of the Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) Lake Erie Populations Order
- 2026-05-20 Critical Habitat of the Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) Lake Ontario Populations Order
- 2026-05-04 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Recovery Strategy for the Copper Redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi) for the Period 2019 to 2023
News
2025
- 2025-06-13 The Ville de Longueuil (the city of Longueuil) ordered to pay $30,000 for damaging or destroying at least one Bobolink nest
- 2025-04-30 Two Quebec-based companies and two individuals fined a total of $35,000 for violating the Species at Risk Act
- 2025-01-17 The Minister of the Environment's Response to Species at Risk Assessments submitted by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) on October 21, 2024
- 2025-01-15 Government of Canada designates Nova Scotia’s Country Island, Isle Haute, and St. Paul Island as Canada’s newest National Wildlife Areas
2024
- 2024-12-13 The Commission de la capitale nationale was ordered to pay a total of $75,000 for having violated the Species at Risk Act
- 2024-09-06 Supporting habitat stewardship projects for Monarchs and other species at risk in Ontario and across Canada
- 2024-08-30 Government of Canada invests more than $4.9 million to protect significant habitats in Mauricie
- 2024-08-21 Canadian and Colombian Environment Ministers Meet to Share International Leadership Ambition on Nature and Biodiversity
- 2024-08-07 Canada invests over $12.5 million to increase conserved areas primarily in southern Ontario
- 2024-07-18 Protecting nature in British Columbia and across Canada to help fight climate change and protect biodiversity
- 2024-07-08 A Quebec company was fined $12,500 for destroying nests of Bank Swallows, a threatened species
- 2024-07-08 Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announce new priority place to conserve species at risk
- 2024-06-27 Government of Canada announces funding for Indigenous communities to protect species at risk and their habitats
- 2024-06-20 Canada is supporting habitat stewardship projects for Monarchs and pollinators in southern Ontario
- 2024-06-19 Following the Government of Quebec’s failure, the federal government begins consultations on an emergency order to protect caribou
- 2024-05-16 Federal and Ontario governments agree to significant collaboration on caribou conservation
- 2024-05-10 Government of Canada releases report on national efforts toward Boreal Caribou recovery
- 2024-03-12 Canada and Ontario commit to significant collaboration on shared nature conservation goals
- 2024-03-11 Governments of Canada and Ontario join together to announce funding and collaboration for conservation areas in Ontario
- 2024-03-04 Empowering key regional environmental groups to protect habitats and species at risk in Quebec and across Canada
- 2024-03-04 List of 56 Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk projects 2023–2024
- 2024-02-14 Government of Canada invests $3 million in citizen science and open data for birds and biodiversity
- 2024-01-31 Forty-two Indigenous-led conservation projects across Canada receive federal funding to protect more nature