Species at risk: latest publications and news
Publications
November 2025
- 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
October 2025
- 2025-10-23 Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) in Canada (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario populations)
- 2025-10-17 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Deepwater Sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii) in Canada (Great Lakes-Western St. Lawrence Populations) for the Period 2016 to 2021
- 2025-10-16 COSEWIC annual report 2024 to 2025
- 2025-10-16 Recovery Strategy for the Columbia Quillwort (Isoetes minima), Dwarf Hesperochiron (Hesperochiron pumilus), and Hairy Paintbrush (Castilleja tenuis) in Canada [Final]
- 2025-10-16 Recovery Strategy for the Nuttall’s Sheep Moth (Hemileuca nuttalli) in Canada [Final]
- 2025-10-14 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy and Action Plan Implementation for Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Onchorhynchus clarkii lewisi) Alberta Population in Canada for the Period 2019 to 2025
September 2025
- 2025-09-27 Notice of intent — Evaluation by Environment and Climate Change Canada of the ongoing need for the Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog Great Lakes / St. Lawrence – Canadian Shield Population (Longueuil)
- 2025-09-26 Scientific Review of Terrestrial Habitat Modelling to Support the Identification of Terrestrial Critical Habitat for the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
- 2025-09-22 Recovery Strategy for the Plains Minnow (Hybognathus placitus) in Canada
- 2025-09-24 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Wavyrayed Lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola) in Canada for the Period 2018 to 2023
- 2025-09-13 Description of Chestnut-collared Longspur critical habitat in the Longspur National Wildlife Area
- 2025-09-13 Description of critical habitat of Chestnut-collared Longspur in Grasslands National Park of Canada
- 2025-09-13 Description of Slender Mouse-ear-cress critical habitat in the Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area and Great Sandhills National Wildlife Area
- 2025-09-13 Description of Sprague’s Pipit and Swift Fox critical habitat in the Longspur National Wildlife Area
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