Species at risk: latest publications and news
Publications
March 2026
- 2026-03-12 Amended Recovery Strategy for the Spoon-leaved Moss (Bryoandersonia illecebra) in Canada [Proposed]
- 2026-03-10 Multi-species Action Plan for Thousand Islands National Park of Canada
- 2026-03-10 Piping Plovers in Canada - What you need to know
- 2026-03-05 Recovery Strategy for the Lake Huron Grasshopper (Trimerotropis huroniana) in Canada [Proposed]
- 2026-03-02 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
February 2026
- 2026-02-23 COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Cupped Fringe Lichen Heterodermia hypoleuca in Canada
- 2026-02-23 COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Eastern Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus in Canada
- 2026-02-23 COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Greenland Shark Somniosus microcephalus in Canada
- 2026-02-19 Management Plan for the Grasshopper Sparrow, pratensis subspecies (Ammodramus savannarum pratensis) in Canada [Proposed]
- 2026-02-16 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Recovery Strategy for Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus), Saskatchewan-Nelson Rivers populations
- 2026-02-11 Critical Habitat of the Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence Populations Order
- 2026-02-09 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in Canada (Ontario Populations) for the Period 2017 to 2022
January 2026
- 2026-01-30 Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act: Aquatic Species January 2026
- 2026-01-30 Lilliput: Consultations on down-listing on the List of Wildlife Species at Risk
- 2026-01-26 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for Sowerby’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) in Canada for the Period 2017 to 2022
- 2026-01-26 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in Canada for the period 2017 to 2021
- 2026-01-26 Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Shorthead Sculpin (Cottus confusus) in Canada for the Period 2019 to 2023
- 2026-01-26 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Lake Utopia Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax), Small-bodied Population (sympatric with the Large-bodied Population) in Canada, for the Period 2016 to 2023
- 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)
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