Species at risk: latest publications and news
Publications
January 2026
- 2026-01-13 Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act: Terrestrial Species January 2026
- 2026-01-13 COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus in Canada
- 2026-01-13 COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population Scotian Shelf population in Canada
- 2026-01-13 COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus caurinus subspecies – Limnodromus griseus caurinus hendersoni/griseus – Limnodromus griseus hendersoni/griseus in Canada
- 2026-01-13 Cupped Fringe Lichen: Ministerial response statement (2026)
- 2026-01-13 Greenland Shark: Ministerial response statement (2026)
- 2026-01-13 Macropis Cuckoo Bee: Ministerial response statement (2026)
December 2025
- 2025-12-19 Progress Report on Steps Taken for Protection of Critical Habitat for Species at Risk in Canada (April 2025 to September 2025)
- 2025-12-17 Order Acknowledging Receipt of the Assessment Done Under Subsection 23(1) of the Species at Risk Act (American Eel)
- 2025-12-17 List of Wildlife Species at Risk (Decision Not to Add Certain Species) Order (American Eel)
- 2025-12-15 Recovery Strategy for the Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), Milk River populations, in Canada [Proposed]
- 2025-12-13 Description of critical habitat of Channel Darter, Lake Erie population, in Point Pelee National Park of Canada
- 2025-12-13 Description of Nuttall’s Sheep Moth critical habitat in the Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife Area and Vaseux Lake Bird Sanctuary
- 2025-12-11 Management Plan for the Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) (St. Lawrence populations) in Canada [Proposed]
- 2025-12-10 Amended Recovery Strategy and Amended Action Plan for the Piping Plover melodus subspecies (Charadrius melodus melodus) in Canada [Proposed]
- 2025-12-04 Multi-species Action Plan for Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada and National Historic Sites Administered by Parks Canada in Mainland Nova Scotia [Proposed]
- 2025-12-02 Legal Protection Statement for the Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus bohemicus) in Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada
- 2025-12-02 Progress Towards Implementation of the Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for Sable Island Sweat Bee
- 2025-12-01 Engagement and consultation regarding the potential listings of three Southern BC Chinook salmon designatable units under the Species at Risk Act
November 2025
- 2025-11-27 Action Plan for the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas), St. Lawrence Estuary Population in Canada
- 2025-11-17 Recovery Strategy for White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Atlantic Canadian Waters
- 2025-11-03 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Northern Wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus) and Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor), and Management Plan Implementation for Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) in Canada for the Period 2018 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