Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk 2019

Committee on the status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
October 2019

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This publication is updated annually and includes minor revisions to COSEWIC information that occur throughout the year.

This publication can be cited as follows: COSEWIC. 2019. Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. [accessed 10 September 2019]

COSEWIC Status Reports are available from the Species at Risk Public Registry.

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About COSEWIC

COSEWIC mandate

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assesses the national status of wild species, subspecies, varieties, or other designatable units that are considered to be at risk in Canada. Designations are made on native species for the following taxonomic groups: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, arthropods, molluscs, vascular plants, mosses, and lichens.

COSEWIC membership

COSEWIC comprises members from each provincial and territorial government wildlife agency, four federal entities (Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership, chaired by the Canadian Museum of Nature), three non-government science members and the co-chairs of the species specialist subcommittees and the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge subcommittee. The Committee meets to consider status reports on candidate species.

Definitions

The following definitions are used by COSEWIC:

Wildlife species
A species, subspecies, variety, or geographically or genetically distinct population of animal, plant or other organism, other than a bacterium or virus, that is wild by nature and is either native to Canada or has extended its range into Canada without human intervention and has been present in Canada for at least 50 years.
Extinct (X)
A wildlife species that no longer exists.
Extirpated (XT)
A wildlife species no longer existing in the wild in Canada, but occurring elsewhere.
Endangered (E)
A wildlife species facing imminent extirpation or extinction.
Threatened (T)
A wildlife species likely to become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed.
Special concern (SC)
(Note: Formerly described as “Vulnerable” from 1990 to 1999, or “Rare” prior to 1990.)
A wildlife species that may become a threatened or an endangered species because of a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats.
Not at risk (NAR)
(Note: Formerly described as “Not In Any Category”, or “No Designation Required.”)
A wildlife species that has been evaluated and found to be not at risk of extinction given the current circumstances.
Data deficient (DD)
(Note: Formerly described as "Indeterminate" from 1994 to 1999 or "ISIBD" (insufficient scientific information on which to base a designation) prior to 1994.)
A category that applies when the available information is insufficient (a) to resolve a species’ eligibility for assessment or (b) to permit an assessment of the species’ risk of extinction.

Summary tables

Wildlife species designated in the "risk" and the Extinct categories, as well as the Not at Risk and Data Deficient categories

Table 1a. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the “risk” categories (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern) (799 wildlife species) and for the Extinct category (18 wildlife species). The results are up to and including the May 2019 meeting
Taxon Extinct Extripated Endangered Threatened Special consern Totals
Mammals 4 2 31 16 31 84
Birds 3 2 31 30 26 92
Reptiles 0 5 17 10 16 48
Amphibians 0 1 13 5 9 28
Fishes 9 2 79 54 58 202
Arthropods 0 4 43 8 16 71
Molluscs 1 2 20 5 13 41
Vascular Plants 0 3 106 49 49 207
Mosses 1 1 10 4 5 21
Lichens 0 0 6 8 9 23
Totals 18 22 356 189 232 817
Table 1b. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the “risk” categories (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern) (790 wildlife species) and for the Extinct category (18 wildlife species). The results are up to and including the November 2018 meeting
Taxon Extinct Extripated Endangered Threatened Special consern Totals
Mammals 4 2 30 17 30 83
Birds 3 2 31 29 26 91
Reptiles 0 5 17 10 16 48
Amphibians 0 1 13 5 9 28
Fishes 9 2 78 54 59 202
Arthropods 0 4 43 8 16 71
Molluscs 1 2 20 5 13 41
Vascular Plants 0 3 103 50 48 204
Mosses 1 1 7 4 5 18
Lichens 0 0 6 6 10 22
Totals 18 22 348 188 232 808
Table 2a. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Not at Risk category. The results are up to and including the May 2019 meeting
Taxon Not at risk
Mammals 44
Birds 37
Reptiles 5
Amphibians 15
Fishes 66
Arthropods 2
Molluscs 3
Vascular Plants 23
Mosses 3
Lichens 1
Totals 199
Table 2b. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Not at Risk category. The results are up to and including the November 2018 meeting
Taxon Not at risk
Mammals 44
Birds 37
Reptiles 5
Amphibians 15
Fishes 66
Arthropods 2
Molluscs 3
Vascular Plants 23
Mosses 3
Lichens 1
Totals 199
Table 3a. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Data Deficient category. The results are up to and including the May 2019 meeting
Taxon Data deficient
Mammals 7
Birds 2
Reptiles 0
Amphibians 1
Fishes 31
Arthropods 4
Molluscs 5
Vascular Plants 5
Mosses 1
Lichens 3
Totals 59
Table 3b. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Data Deficient category. The results are up to and including the November 2018 meeting
Taxon Data deficient
Mammals 8
Birds 2
Reptiles 0
Amphibians 1
Fishes 31
Arthropods 4
Molluscs 5
Vascular Plants 5
Mosses 1
Lichens 3
Totals 60
Table 4a. May 2019 results by category and taxon
Taxon Extinct Extripated Endangered Threatened Special consern Not at risk Data deficient Totals
Mammals 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 5
Birds 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Reptiles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amphibians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fishes 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
Arthropods 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Molluscs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vascular Plants 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4
Mosses 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Lichens 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 0 4 9 3 4 0 0 20
Table 4b. November 2018 results by category and taxon
Taxon Extinct Extripated Endangered Threatened Special consern Not at risk Data deficient Totals
Mammals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Birds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reptiles 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Amphibians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fishes 0 0 11 6 1 2 2 22
Arthropods 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 5
Molluscs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vascular Plants 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5
Mosses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lichens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 1 15 8 8 2 2 36
Table 5a. May 2019 results by category and type of change
Type of change Symbols Extinct Extripated Endangered Threatened Special consern Not at risk Data deficient Totals
New (no symbol) 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 8
In a higher risk category 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
In a lower risk category 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Changed 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
No Change 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 7
Reassigned
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No longer at risk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals Not applicable 0 4 9 3 4 0 0 20
Table 5b. November 2018 results by category and type of change
Type of change Symbols Extinct Extripated Endangered Threatened Special consern Not at risk Data deficient Totals
New (no symbol) 0 0 10 5 3 1 2 21
In a higher risk category 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
In a lower risk category 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Changed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No Change 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 8
Reassigned 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
No longer at risk 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals Not applicable 0 1 15 8 8 2 2 36
Explanation of wildlife species status terminology and symbols
Symbols Explanation
Wildlife species placed in a higher risk category after review of classification on the date shown.
Wildlife species placed in a lower risk category after review of classification on the date shown.
Wildlife species stays in the same category after review of classification on the date shown.
Wildlife species moved to the Data Deficient category from a risk category, or to a risk category from the Data Deficient category on the date shown.
Wildlife species that has been assigned to a different designatable unit than previously on the date shown.
Wildlife species moved to the Not at Risk category from a risk category on the date shown.
(no symbol) New wildlife species examined on the date shown.

COSEWIC assessment results

The tables that follow (tables 6-9) are organized by status category and then by taxonomic group. For each wildlife species, the information provided includes the common name, scientific name, population name, and range of occurrence in Canada (by province, territory or ocean). The most recent date of COSEWIC assessment is shown. The symbols on the left provide information on the outcome of reviews of classification (see explanation of symbols on page three).

The first COSEWIC "Endangered Wildlife Species List" was issued in 1978. In 1990, it was decided that all wildlife species considered by COSEWIC should be included in this document even if the wildlife species were in the Not at Risk or Data Deficient categories. Therefore, this document is divided into four sections. The first section (Table 6) includes wildlife species assessed and designated as Extinct. The second section (Table 7) includes wildlife species assessed and designated as Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern. The third section (Table 8) includes wildlife species assessed and found to be in the Not at Risk category. The fourth section (Table 9) includes wildlife species considered by COSEWIC and placed in the Data Deficient category because of insufficient scientific information to resolve a wildlife species' eligibility for assessment or to assess risk of extinction.

Information used for assessment

COSEWIC uses the best available information when assessing the status of a wildlife species, usually summarized in a COSEWIC status report. Assessments involve consideration of several factors, including the wildlife species’ eligibility for assessment and the status suggested by application of the quantitative COSEWIC criteria (adapted from those used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN). Further information on status reports and the assessment process may be found on the COSEWIC website.

Range of occurrence

The geographical distribution of each wildlife species is defined in terms of the provinces, territories and oceans in which the wildlife species occurs. This information should not be treated as a complete listing of the jurisdictions that may be legally responsible for the conservation and management of a wildlife species. Several guidelines are followed when determining the range of occurrence of a wildlife species: for birds, it includes the Canadian breeding and wintering distribution; for marine species, it includes the oceans in which the species occurs (Arctic, Pacific or Atlantic); for freshwater species, it includes the province or territory in which the waterbody occurs; and, for species that occur in brackish waters, move between marine and freshwater environments, or move between oceans and land (for example, Atlantic Walrus), range of occurrence includes a list of both the oceans and provinces in which the wildlife species occurs.

Abbreviations for provinces and territories
Abbreviation Province
AB Alberta
BC British Columbia
MB Manitoba
NB New Brunswick
NL Newfoundland and Labrador
NS Nova Scotia
NT Northwest Territories
NU Nunavut
ON Ontario
PE Prince Edward Island
QC Québec
SK Saskatchewan
YT Yukon Territory

About the legal listing of wildlife species assessed by COSEWIC

COSEWIC meets twice a year to assess the status of wildlife species. Since 2004, COSEWIC submits an annual report to the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, which includes all assessment results for wildlife species that COSEWIC has assessed since its last report.

Wildlife species assessed by COSEWIC as Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern will be considered for legal protection and recovery (or management) under the SARA. Based in part on COSEWIC's status assessment, the government may decide to add a wildlife species to SARA's List of Wildlife Species at Risk, to not add a wildlife species to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk, or to refer the matter back to COSEWIC for further information or consideration.

More information on the SARA listing process may be found on the SAR Public Registry.

Table 6. Wildlife species assessed and designated Extinct, with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean) and date of last assessment. The historical range of occurrence and the approximate date of disappearance are shown (18 wildlife species). Extinct category (18)
Taxon Assessment Details Common Name Scientific Name Population Name Historical Range of Occurrence Extinction Date Assessment Date
Mammals Bear, Grizzly Ursus arctos Ungava population QC NL Not applicable May 2012
Mammals Caribou dawsoni subspecies Rangifer tarandus dawsoni Not applicable BC 1920s May 2000
Mammals Mink, Sea Mustela macrodon Not applicable NB NS Atlantic Ocean 1894 May 2000
Mammals Walrus, Atlantic Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Nova Scotia - Newfoundland - Gulf of St Lawrence population QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean Not applicable April 2017
Birds Auk, Great Pinguinus impennis Not applicable QC NB NS NL 1844 May 2000
Birds Duck, Labrador Camptorhynchus labradorius Not applicable QC NB NS NL 1875 May 2000
Birds Pigeon, Passenger Ectopistes migratorius Not applicable SK MB ON QC NB PE NS 1914 May 2000
Reptiles Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Amphibians Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Fishes Cisco, Deepwater Coregonus johannae Not applicable ON 1952 May 2000
Fishes Dace, Banff Longnose Rhinichthys cataractae smithi Not applicable AB 1986 May 2000
Fishes Kiyi, Lake Ontario Coregonus kiyi orientalis Not applicable ON 1964 May 2005
Fishes Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Lake Ontario population ON Atlantic Ocean Last reported in 1898 November 2010
Fishes Stickleback, Hadley Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC 1999 May 2000
Fishes Stickleback, Hadley Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC 1999 May 2000
Fishes Walleye, Blue Sander vitreus glaucus Not applicable ON 1965 May 2000
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Como Lake small-bodied population ON Not applicable April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Como Lake small-bodied population ON Not applicable April 2018
Arthropods Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Molluscs Limpet, Eelgrass Lottia alveus alveus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean 1929 May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Macoun's Shining Neomacounia nitida Not applicable ON not observed since 1864 November 2002
Lichens Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Table 7. Wildlife species assessed and designated in a "risk category" (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern) (799 wildlife species), with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of assessment. For Extirpated wildlife species, the historical range of occurrence and the approximate date of disappearance from Canada are shown. Extirpated category (22)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Extirpation Date Assessment Date
Mammals Ferret, Black-footed Mustela nigripes Not applicable AB SK 1974 April 2009
Mammals Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean before end of 1800s November 2009
Birds Prairie-Chicken, Greater Tympanuchus cupido Not applicable AB SK MB ON last reported in 1987 in Saskatchewan November 2009
Birds Sage-Grouse phaios subspecies, Greater Centrocercus urophasianus phaios Not applicable BC not observed since 1960s April 2008
Reptiles Gophersnake, Pacific Pituophis catenifer catenifer Not applicable BC not observed since 1957 May 2012
Reptiles Lizard, Pygmy Short-horned Phrynosoma douglasii Not applicable BC last reported in 1898, near Osoyoos, BC April 2007
Reptiles Rattlesnake, Timber Crotalus horridus Not applicable ON 1941 November 2010
Reptiles Turtle, Eastern Box Terrapene carolina Not applicable ON Not applicable November 2014
Reptiles Turtle, Pacific Pond Actinemys marmorata Not applicable BC not observed since 1959 May 2012
Amphibians Salamander, Eastern Tiger Ambystoma tigrinum Carolinian population ON 1915 November 2012
Fishes Chub, Gravel Erimystax x-punctatus Not applicable ON last reported in 1958, Thames River drainage April 2008
Fishes Paddlefish Polyodon spathula Not applicable ON 1917 April 2008
Arthropods Blue, Karner Lycaeides melissa samuelis Not applicable ON 1991 April 2010
Arthropods (no symbol) Burying Beetle, American Nicrophorus americanus Not applicable ON QC Not applicable November 2011
Arthropods Elfin, Frosted Callophrys irus Not applicable ON 1988 April 2010
Arthropods Marble, Island Euchloe ausonides insulanus Not applicable BC before 1910 April 2010
Molluscs Puget Oregonian Cryptomastix devia Not applicable BC not observed since 1905 May 2013
Molluscs Wedgemussel, Dwarf Alasmidonta heterodon Not applicable NB 1968 November 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Lupine, Oregon Lupinus oreganus Not applicable BC Last recorded in 1929 November 2008
Vascular Plants Spring Blue-eyed Mary Collinsia verna Not applicable ON not observed since 1954 May 2000
Vascular Plants Tick-trefoil, Illinois Desmodium illinoense Not applicable ON not observed since 1888 May 2000
Mosses Moss, Incurved Grizzled Ptychomitrium incurvum Not applicable ON 1828 May 2012
Lichens Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Table 7. Wildlife species assessed and designated in a "risk category" (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern) (799 wildlife species), with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of assessment. For Extirpated wildlife species, the historical range of occurrence and the approximate date of disappearance from Canada are shown. Total: Endangered category (356)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Assessment date
Mammals Badger jacksoni subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jacksoni Not applicable ON November 2012
Mammals Badger jeffersonii subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jeffersonii Western population BC November 2012
Mammals Badger jeffersonii subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jeffersonii Eastern population BC November 2012
Mammals Bat, Tri-colored Perimyotis subflavus Not applicable ON QC NB NS November 2013
Mammals Caribou Rangifer tarandus Dolphin and Union population NT NU November 2017
Mammals Caribou Rangifer tarandus Central Mountain population BC AB May 2014
Mammals Caribou Rangifer tarandus Southern Mountain population BC May 2014
Mammals (no symbol) Caribou Rangifer tarandus Eastern Migratory population MB ON QC NL April 2017
Mammals (no symbol) Caribou Rangifer tarandus Torngat Mountains population NU QC NL November 2016
Mammals Caribou Rangifer tarandus Atlantic-Gaspésie population QC November 2014
Mammals Kangaroo Rat, Ord's Dipodomys ordii Not applicable AB SK April 2017
Mammals Marmot, Vancouver Island Marmota vancouverensis Not applicable BC May 2019
Mammals Mole, Townsend's Scapanus townsendii Not applicable BC November 2014
Mammals Mouse dychei subspecies, Western Harvest Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei Not applicable AB April 2007
Mammals Myotis, Little Brown Myotis lucifugus Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL November 2013
Mammals Myotis, Northern Myotis septentrionalis Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL November 2013
Mammals Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies, Harbour Phoca vitulina mellonae Not applicable QC April 2018
Mammals Shrew, Pacific Water Sorex bendirii Not applicable BC April 2016
Mammals Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas St. Lawrence Estuary population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2014
Mammals Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Eastern Hudson Bay population NU QC Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2004
Mammals Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Ungava Bay population QC Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2004
Mammals Whale, Blue Balaenoptera musculus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Mammals Whale, Blue Balaenoptera musculus Pacific population Pacific Ocean May 2012
Mammals Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Pacific Coast Feeding Group population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Western Pacific population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Mammals Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific southern resident population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Mammals Whale, North Atlantic Right Eubalaena glacialis Not applicable Atlantic Ocean November 2013
Mammals Whale, North Pacific Right Eubalaena japonica Not applicable Pacific Ocean May 2015
Mammals Whale, Northern Bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus Scotian Shelf population Atlantic Ocean May 2011
Mammals Whale, Sei Balaenoptera borealis Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean May 2019
Mammals Whale, Sei Balaenoptera borealis Pacific population Pacific Ocean May 2013
Birds Bobwhite, Northern Colinus virginianus Not applicable ON May 2013
Birds Chat auricollis subspecies, Yellow-breasted Icteria virens auricollis Southern Mountain population BC November 2011
Birds Chat virens subspecies, Yellow-breasted Icteria virens virens Not applicable ON November 2011
Birds Crane, Whooping Grus americana Not applicable NT AB SK MB April 2010
Birds Curlew, Eskimo Numenius borealis Not applicable YT NT NU AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL November 2009
Birds Flycatcher, Acadian Empidonax virescens Not applicable ON April 2010
Birds (no symbol) Grebe, Horned Podiceps auritus Magdalen Islands population QC April 2009
Birds Gull, Ivory Pagophila eburnea Not applicable NT NU NL April 2006
Birds (no symbol) Knot rufa subspecies, Red Calidris canutus rufa Not applicable NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2007
Birds Lark, Streaked Horned Eremophila alpestris strigata Not applicable BC April 2018
Birds Owl caurina subspecies, Spotted Strix occidentalis caurina Not applicable BC April 2008
Birds Owl, Barn Tyto alba Eastern population ON November 2010
Birds Owl, Burrowing Athene cunicularia Not applicable BC AB SK MB April 2017
Birds Plover circumcinctus subspecies, Piping Charadrius melodus circumcinctus Not applicable AB SK MB ON November 2013
Birds Plover melodus subspecies, Piping Charadrius melodus melodus Not applicable QC NB PE NS NL November 2013
Birds Plover, Mountain Charadrius montanus Not applicable AB SK November 2009
Birds Rail, King Rallus elegans Not applicable ON May 2011
Birds Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies, Greater Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus Not applicable AB SK April 2008
Birds Sapsucker, Williamson's Sphyrapicus thyroideus Not applicable BC November 2017
Birds Shearwater, Pink-footed Ardenna creatopus Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean November 2016
Birds Shrike Eastern subspecies, Loggerhead Lanius ludovicianus ssp. Not applicable ON QC May 2014
Birds Sparrow, Coastal Vesper Pooecetes gramineus affinis Not applicable BC April 2018
Birds Sparrow, Henslow's Ammodramus henslowii Not applicable ON QC May 2011
Birds (no symbol) Swift, Black Cypseloides niger Not applicable BC AB May 2015
Birds Tern, Roseate Sterna dougallii Not applicable QC NB NS April 2009
Birds Thrasher, Sage Oreoscoptes montanus Not applicable BC AB SK November 2010
Birds Warbler, Cerulean Setophaga cerulea Not applicable ON QC November 2010
Birds Warbler, Kirtland's Setophaga kirtlandii Not applicable ON April 2008
Birds Warbler, Prothonotary Protonotaria citrea Not applicable ON November 2016
Birds Woodpecker, Red-headed Melanerpes erythrocephalus Not applicable SK MB ON QC April 2018
Birds Woodpecker, White-headed Picoides albolarvatus Not applicable BC November 2010
Reptiles Foxsnake, Eastern Pantherophis gloydi Carolinian population ON April 2008
Reptiles Foxsnake, Eastern Pantherophis gloydi Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population ON April 2008
Reptiles Gartersnake, Butler's Thamnophis butleri Not applicable ON November 2010
Reptiles Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Carolinian population ON November 2012
Reptiles Nightsnake, Desert Hypsiglena chlorophaea Not applicable BC May 2011
Reptiles Queensnake Regina septemvittata Not applicable ON April 2010
Reptiles Racer, Blue Coluber constrictor foxii Not applicable ON May 2012
Reptiles Ratsnake, Gray Pantherophis spiloides Carolinian population ON April 2018
Reptiles Sea Turtle, Leatherback Dermochelys coriacea Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Reptiles Sea Turtle, Leatherback Dermochelys coriacea Pacific population Pacific Ocean May 2012
Reptiles (no symbol) Sea Turtle, Loggerhead Caretta caretta Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Reptiles Skink, Five-lined Plestiodon fasciatus Carolinian population ON April 2007
Reptiles Snake, Sharp-tailed Contia tenuis Not applicable BC November 2009
Reptiles Softshell, Spiny Apalone spinifera Not applicable ON QC April 2016
Reptiles Turtle, Blanding's Emydoidea blandingii Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population ON QC November 2016
Reptiles Turtle, Blanding's Emydoidea blandingii Nova Scotia population NS November 2016
Reptiles Turtle, Spotted Clemmys guttata Not applicable ON QC November 2014
Amphibians (no symbol) Unisexual Ambystoma Ambystoma laterale - texanum Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population ON April 2016
Amphibians (no symbol) Unisexual Ambystoma Ambystoma laterale - (2) jeffersonianum Jefferson Salamander dependent population ON April 2016
Amphibians Frog, Blanchard's Cricket Acris blanchardi Not applicable ON May 2011
Amphibians Frog, Northern Leopard Lithobates pipiens Rocky Mountain population BC April 2009
Amphibians Frog, Oregon Spotted Rana pretiosa Not applicable BC May 2011
Amphibians Salamander, Allegheny Mountain Dusky Desmognathus ochrophaeus Carolinian population ON April 2018
Amphibians Salamander, Allegheny Mountain Dusky Desmognathus ochrophaeus Appalachian population QC April 2018
Amphibians Salamander, Eastern Tiger Ambystoma tigrinum Prairie population MB November 2013
Amphibians Salamander, Jefferson Ambystoma jeffersonianum Not applicable ON November 2010
Amphibians Salamander, Northern Dusky Desmognathus fuscus Carolinian population ON May 2012
Amphibians Salamander, Small-mouthed Ambystoma texanum Not applicable ON May 2014
Amphibians Salamander, Western Tiger Ambystoma mavortium Southern Mountain population BC November 2012
Amphibians Toad, Fowler's Anaxyrus fowleri Not applicable ON April 2010
Fishes Bass, Striped Morone saxatilis Bay of Fundy population NB NS Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Fishes Bass, Striped Morone saxatilis St. Lawrence River population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Bluefin Tuna, Atlantic Thunnus thynnus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean May 2011
Fishes Bocaccio Sebastes paucispinis Not applicable Pacific Ocean November 2013
Fishes Chub, Silver Macrhybopsis storeriana Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON May 2012
Fishes Chubsucker, Lake Erimyzon sucetta Not applicable ON November 2008
Fishes Cisco, Shortnose Coregonus reighardi Not applicable ON April 2017
Fishes Cisco, Spring Coregonus sp. Not applicable QC April 2009
Fishes Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Newfoundland and Labrador population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Laurentian North population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Laurentian South population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Southern population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Cusk Brosme brosme Not applicable Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Fishes Dace, Nooksack Rhinichthys cataractae Not applicable BC November 2018
Fishes Dace, Redside Clinostomus elongatus Not applicable ON November 2017
Fishes Dace, Speckled Rhinichthys osculus Not applicable BC November 2016
Fishes Darter, Channel Percina copelandi Lake Erie populations ON November 2016
Fishes Darter, Channel Percina copelandi Lake Ontario populations ON November 2016
Fishes Darter, River Percina shumardi Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON April 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Central Pacific Coast population BC Pacific Ocean May 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Fraser River population BC Pacific Ocean May 2011
Fishes Gar, Spotted Lepisosteus oculatus Not applicable ON November 2015
Fishes (no symbol) Grenadier, Roundnose Coryphaenoides rupestris Not applicable Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2008
Fishes (no symbol) Hake,White Urophycis tenuis Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population Atlantic Ocean November 2013
Fishes Lamprey, Western Brook Lampetra richardsoni Morrison Creek population BC April 2010
Fishes Madtom, Northern Noturus stigmosus Not applicable ON May 2012
Fishes Mako, Shortfin Isurus oxyrinchus Atlantic population QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean May 2019
Fishes Porbeagle Lamna nasus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean May 2014
Fishes (no symbol) Redfish, Deepwater Sebastes mentella Gulf of St. Lawrence - Laurentian Channel population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Redhorse, Copper Moxostoma hubbsi Not applicable QC May 2014
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Anticosti Island population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Eastern Cape Breton population NS Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Nova Scotia Southern Upland population NS Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Outer Bay of Fundy population NB Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Inner Bay of Fundy population NB NS Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Okanagan population BC Pacific Ocean April 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt) population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Upper Fraser, Stream, Spring population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2 population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha North Thompson, Stream, Spring population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha North Thompson, Stream, Summer population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha East Vancouver Island, Stream, Spring population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Bowron-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Harrison (U/S)-L population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Quesnel-S population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Seton-L population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Takla-Trembleur-EStu population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Takla-Trembleur-Stuart-S population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Taseko-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Sakinaw population BC Pacific Ocean April 2016
Fishes Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Cultus-L population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes Shark, Basking Cetorhinus maximus Pacific population BC Pacific Ocean April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, White Carcharodon carcharias Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean April 2006
Fishes Shiner, Carmine Notropis percobromus Not applicable MB April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Smooth Malacoraja senta Funk Island Deep population NL Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes Skate, Winter Leucoraja ocellata Gulf of St. Lawrence population Atlantic Ocean May 2015
Fishes Skate, Winter Leucoraja ocellata Eastern Scotian Shelf - Newfoundland population Atlantic Ocean May 2015
Fishes Smelt, Rainbow Osmerus mordax Lake Utopia large-bodied population NB November 2018
Fishes Smelt, Rainbow Osmerus mordax Lake Utopia small-bodied population NB November 2018
Fishes Stickleback, Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC May 2012
Fishes Stickleback, Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Stickleback, Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC November 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Stickleback, Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC November 2006
Fishes Stickleback, Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC April 2010
Fishes Stickleback, Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC April 2010
Fishes Stickleback, Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC April 2010
Fishes Stickleback, Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC April 2010
Fishes Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Western Hudson Bay populations SK MB April 2017
Fishes Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations AB SK MB ON April 2017
Fishes Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus Upper Kootenay River population BC November 2012
Fishes Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus Upper Fraser River population BC November 2012
Fishes Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus Upper Columbia River population BC November 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Rainbow Oncorhynchus mykiss Athabasca River populations AB May 2014
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss Thompson River population BC Pacific Ocean January 10 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss Chilcotin River population BC Pacific Ocean January 10 2018
Fishes Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Not applicable ON May 2015
Fishes Whitefish, Atlantic Coregonus huntsmani Not applicable NS November 2010
Arthropods Blue, Island Plebejus saepiolus insulanus Not applicable BC May 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Borer, Aweme Papaipema aweme Not applicable ON April 2006
Arthropods (no symbol) Borer, Hoptree Prays atomocella Not applicable ON November 2015
Arthropods (no symbol) Buckmoth, Bogbean Hemileuca sp. Not applicable ON November 2009
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bombus bohemicus Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL May 2014
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee, Rusty-patched Bombus affinis Not applicable ON QC April 2010
Arthropods Checkerspot, Taylor's Euphydryas editha taylori Not applicable BC May 2011
Arthropods (no symbol) Clubtail, Laura's Stylurus laurae Not applicable ON April 2010
Arthropods (no symbol) Clubtail, Olive Stylurus olivaceus Not applicable BC May 2011
Arthropods Clubtail, Rapids Phanogomphus quadricolor Not applicable ON November 2018
Arthropods (no symbol) Clubtail, Riverine Stylurus amnicola Great Lakes Plains population ON November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Clubtail, Skillet Gomphus ventricosus Not applicable NB November 2010
Arthropods (no symbol) Crawling Water Beetle, Hungerford's Brychius hungerfordi Not applicable ON May 2011
Arthropods (no symbol) Cuckoo Bee, Macropis Epeoloides pilosulus Not applicable NS May 2011
Arthropods (no symbol) Diving Beetle, Bert's Predaceous Sanfilippodytes bertae Not applicable AB November 2009
Arthropods Duskywing, Eastern Persius Erynnis persius persius Not applicable ON April 2016
Arthropods (no symbol) Duskywing, Mottled Erynnis martialis Great Lakes Plains population ON QC November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Duskywing, Mottled Erynnis martialis Boreal population MB November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Efferia, Okanagan Efferia okanagana Not applicable BC November 2011
Arthropods (no symbol) Emerald, Hine's Somatochlora hineana Not applicable ON May 2011
Arthropods Flower Moth, White Schinia bimatris Not applicable MB November 2014
Arthropods Gold-edged Gem Schinia avemensis Not applicable AB SK MB November 2016
Arthropods Hairstreak, Behr's Satyrium behrii Not applicable BC May 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Hairstreak, Half-moon Satyrium semiluna Not applicable BC AB April 2006
Arthropods (no symbol) Lady Beetle, Nine-spotted Coccinella novemnotata Not applicable BC AB SK MB ON QC April 2016
Arthropods Metalmark, Mormon Apodemia mormo Southern Mountain population BC May 2014
Arthropods Monarch Danaus plexippus Not applicable BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS November 2016
Arthropods (no symbol) Moth, Dusky Dune Copablepharon longipenne Not applicable AB SK MB November 2007
Arthropods (no symbol) Moth, Edwards' Beach Anarta edwardsii Not applicable BC April 2009
Arthropods Moth, Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Prodoxus quinquepunctellus Not applicable AB May 2013
Arthropods Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Tegeticula corruptrix Not applicable AB May 2013
Arthropods Moth, Sand-verbena Copablepharon fuscum Not applicable BC November 2013
Arthropods Moth, Yucca Tegeticula yuccasella Not applicable AB May 2013
Arthropods Ringlet, Maritime Coenonympha nipisiquit Not applicable QC NB April 2009
Arthropods (no symbol) Sheep Moth, Nuttall's Hemileuca nuttalli Not applicable BC November 2015
Arthropods Skipper, Dakota Hesperia dacotae Not applicable SK MB May 2014
Arthropods (no symbol) Skipper, Oregon Branded Hesperia colorado oregonia Not applicable BC November 2013
Arthropods Skipper, Ottoe Hesperia ottoe Not applicable MB May 2015
Arthropods Skipperling, Poweshiek Oarisma poweshiek Not applicable MB November 2014
Arthropods (no symbol) Sun Moth, False-foxglove Pyrrhia aurantiago Not applicable ON April 2018
Arthropods (no symbol) Tiger Beetle, Cobblestone Cicindela marginipennis Not applicable NB November 2008
Arthropods (no symbol) Tiger Beetle, Northern Barrens Cicindela patruela Not applicable ON QC November 2009
Arthropods (no symbol) Tiger Beetle, Wallis' Dark Saltflat Cicindela parowana wallisi Not applicable BC November 2009
Molluscs Abalone, Northern Haliotis kamtschatkana Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean April 2009
Molluscs Bean, Rayed Villosa fabalis Not applicable ON April 2010
Molluscs (no symbol) Fawnsfoot Truncilla donaciformis Not applicable ON April 2008
Molluscs (no symbol) Forestsnail, Broad-banded Allogona profunda Not applicable ON November 2014
Molluscs Forestsnail, Oregon Allogona townsendiana Not applicable BC May 2013
Molluscs (no symbol) Globelet, Proud Patera pennsylvanica Not applicable ON May 2015
Molluscs (no symbol) Hickorynut Obovaria olivaria Not applicable ON QC May 2011
Molluscs Hickorynut, Round Obovaria subrotunda Not applicable ON May 2013
Molluscs Kidneyshell Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Not applicable ON May 2013
Molluscs (no symbol) Lanx, Shortface Fisherola nuttallii Not applicable BC April 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Lilliput Toxolasma parvum Not applicable ON May 2013
Molluscs Mussel, Rocky Mountain Ridged Gonidea angulata Not applicable BC November 2010
Molluscs Mussel, Salamander Simpsonaias ambigua Not applicable ON May 2011
Molluscs Physa, Hotwater Physella wrighti Not applicable BC April 2008
Molluscs Pigtoe, Round Pleurobema sintoxia Not applicable ON May 2014
Molluscs Riffleshell, Northern Epioblasma torulosa Not applicable ON April 2010
Molluscs Snail, Banff Springs Physella johnsoni Not applicable AB April 2018
Molluscs Snuffbox Epioblasma triquetra Not applicable ON November 2011
Molluscs (no symbol) Striped Whitelip Webbhelix multilineata Not applicable ON April 2018
Molluscs (no symbol) Tigersnail, Eastern Banded Anguispira kochi kochi Not applicable ON April 2017
Vascular Plants Agalinis, Gattinger's Agalinis gattingeri Not applicable MB ON May 2001
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Agalinis, Rough Agalinis aspera Not applicable MB April 2006
Vascular Plants Agalinis, Skinner's Agalinis skinneriana Not applicable ON November 2010
Vascular Plants Ammannia, Scarlet Ammannia robusta Not applicable BC ON May 2001
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Short-rayed Alkali Symphyotrichum frondosum Not applicable BC April 2006
Vascular Plants Avens, Eastern Mountain Geum peckii Not applicable NS April 2010
Vascular Plants Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamorhiza deltoidea Not applicable BC April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Beakrush, Tall Rhynchospora macrostachya Not applicable NS November 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Birch, Cherry Betula lenta Not applicable ON April 2006
Vascular Plants Bluehearts Buchnera americana Not applicable ON November 2011
Vascular Plants Braya, Fernald's Braya fernaldii Not applicable NL November 2012
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Braya, Hairy Braya pilosa Not applicable NT May 2013
Vascular Plants Braya, Long's Braya longii Not applicable NL May 2011
Vascular Plants Bugbane, Tall Actaea elata Not applicable BC April 2018
Vascular Plants Bulrush, Bashful Trichophorum planifolium Not applicable ON May 2000
Vascular Plants Bush-clover, Slender Lespedeza virginica Not applicable ON May 2013
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Buttercup, California Ranunculus californicus Not applicable BC November 2008
Vascular Plants Buttercup, Water-plantain Ranunculus alismifolius Not applicable BC April 2009
Vascular Plants Butternut Juglans cinerea Not applicable ON QC NB April 2017
Vascular Plants Cactus, Eastern Prickly Pear Opuntia humifusa Not applicable ON April 2010
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Campion, Spalding's Silene spaldingii Not applicable BC May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Catchfly, Coastal Scouler's Silene scouleri ssp. grandis Not applicable BC May 2003
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Centaury, Muhlenberg's Centaurium muehlenbergii Not applicable BC April 2008
Vascular Plants Chestnut, American Castanea dentata Not applicable ON November 2004
Vascular Plants Colicroot Aletris farinosa Not applicable ON November 2015
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Collomia, Slender Collomia tenella Not applicable BC November 2003
Vascular Plants Columbo, American Frasera caroliniensis Not applicable ON April 2006
Vascular Plants Coreopsis, Pink Coreopsis rosea Not applicable NS November 2012
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Dogwood, Eastern Flowering Cornus florida Not applicable ON April 2007
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Evening-primrose, Contorted-pod Camissonia contorta Not applicable BC April 2006
Vascular Plants Fern, Southern Maidenhair Adiantum capillus-veneris Not applicable BC May 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Foxglove, Downy Yellow False Aureolaria virginica Not applicable ON April 2018
Vascular Plants Gentian, Plymouth Sabatia kennedyana Not applicable NS November 2012
Vascular Plants Gentian, White Prairie Gentiana alba Not applicable ON November 2010
Vascular Plants Ginseng, American Panax quinquefolius Not applicable ON QC May 2000
Vascular Plants Goat's-rue, Virginia Tephrosia virginiana Not applicable ON November 2009
Vascular Plants Goldenrod, Showy Solidago speciosa Great Lakes Plains population ON November 2010
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldfields, Rayless Lasthenia glaberrima Not applicable BC April 2008
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Grass, Forked Three-awned Aristida basiramea Not applicable ON QC November 2002
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Hesperochiron, Dwarf Hesperochiron pumilus Not applicable BC May 2019
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Ironweed, Fascicled Vernonia fasciculata Not applicable MB November 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Ladies’–tresses, Ute Spiranthes diluvialis Not applicable BC November 2018
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Lewisia, Tweedy's Lewisiopsis tweedyi Not applicable BC November 2013
Vascular Plants Lipocarpha, Small-flowered Lipocarpha micrantha Not applicable BC ON November 2002
Vascular Plants Lotus, Seaside Birds-foot Lotus formosissimus Not applicable BC November 2010
Vascular Plants Lousewort, Furbish's Pedicularis furbishiae Not applicable NB May 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Lupine, Dense-flowered Lupinus densiflorus Not applicable BC May 2005
Vascular Plants Lupine, Prairie Lupinus lepidus Not applicable BC April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Lupine, Streambank Lupinus rivularis Not applicable BC November 2002
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Mallow, Virginia Sida hermaphrodita Not applicable ON April 2010
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Manroot, Coast Marah oregana Not applicable BC November 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Meconella, White Meconella oregana Not applicable BC May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Microseris, Coast Microseris bigelovii Not applicable BC April 2006
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Milkweed, Four-leaved Asclepias quadrifolia Not applicable ON April 2010
Vascular Plants Milkwort, Pink Polygala incarnata Not applicable ON November 2009
Vascular Plants Mountain-mint, Hoary Pycnanthemum incanum Not applicable ON November 2011
Vascular Plants Mulberry, Red Morus rubra Not applicable ON November 2014
Vascular Plants Orchid, Eastern Prairie Fringed Platanthera leucophaea Not applicable ON May 2003
Vascular Plants Orchid, Phantom Cephalanthera austiniae Not applicable BC November 2014
Vascular Plants Orchid, Western Prairie Fringed Platanthera praeclara Not applicable MB November 2016
Vascular Plants Owl-clover, Bearded Triphysaria versicolor Not applicable BC November 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Owl-clover, Grand Coulee Orthocarpus barbatus Not applicable BC May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Owl-clover, Rosy Orthocarpus bracteosus Not applicable BC May 2004
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Owl-clover, Victoria's Castilleja victoriae Not applicable BC April 2010
Vascular Plants Paintbrush, Golden Castilleja levisecta Not applicable BC November 2007
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Paintbrush, Hairy Castilleja tenuis Not applicable BC May 2019
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Phacelia, Branched Phacelia ramosissima Not applicable BC May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pine, Limber Pinus flexilis Not applicable BC AB November 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pine, Whitebark Pinus albicaulis Not applicable BC AB April 2010
Vascular Plants Plantain, Heart-leaved Plantago cordata Not applicable ON November 2011
Vascular Plants Pogonia, Large Whorled Isotria verticillata Not applicable ON November 2011
Vascular Plants Pogonia, Nodding Triphora trianthophoros Not applicable ON November 2010
Vascular Plants Pogonia, Small Whorled Isotria medeoloides Not applicable ON May 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pondweed, Ogden's Potamogeton ogdenii Not applicable ON April 2007
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Popcornflower, Fragrant Plagiobothrys figuratus Not applicable BC April 2008
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pussytoes, Stoloniferous Antennaria flagellaris Not applicable BC May 2004
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Quillwort, Columbia Isoetes minima Not applicable BC May 2019
Vascular Plants Quillwort, Engelmann's Isoetes engelmannii Not applicable ON May 2001
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Rockcress, Quebec Boechera quebecensis Not applicable QC November 2017
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Rush, Kellogg's Juncus kelloggii Not applicable BC May 2003
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sand-verbena, Pink Abronia umbellata Not applicable BC May 2004
Vascular Plants Sand-verbena, Small-flowered Tripterocalyx micranthus Not applicable AB SK November 2002
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sandwort, Dwarf Minuartia pusilla Not applicable BC May 2004
Vascular Plants Sedge, False Hop Carex lupuliformis Not applicable ON QC November 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sedge, Foothill Carex tumulicola Not applicable BC April 2008
Vascular Plants Sedge, Juniper Carex juniperorum Not applicable ON May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Silverpuffs, Lindley's False Uropappus lindleyi Not applicable BC April 2008
Vascular Plants Spike-primrose, Brook Epilobium torreyi Not applicable BC November 2018
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Spike-primrose, Dense Epilobium densiflorum Not applicable BC May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Spike-rush, Bent Eleocharis geniculata Southern Mountain population BC April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Spike-rush, Bent Eleocharis geniculata Great Lakes Plains population ON April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Spike-rush, Horsetail Eleocharis equisetoides Not applicable ON November 2000
Vascular Plants Sundew, Thread-leaved Drosera filiformis Not applicable NS May 2001
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Tonella, Small-flowered Tonella tenella Not applicable BC November 2003
Vascular Plants Toothcup Rotala ramosior Southern Mountain population BC November 2014
Vascular Plants Tree, Cucumber Magnolia acuminata Not applicable ON April 2010
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Trefoil, Bog Bird’s-foot Lotus pinnatus Not applicable BC May 2004
Vascular Plants Trillium, Drooping Trillium flexipes Not applicable ON April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Triteleia, Howell's Triteleia howellii Not applicable BC May 2003
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Valerian, Hairy Valeriana edulis ssp. ciliata Not applicable ON November 2018
Vascular Plants Violet praemorsa subspecies, Yellow Montane Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa Not applicable BC November 2007
Vascular Plants Violet, Bird's-foot Viola pedata Not applicable ON May 2002
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Willow, Barrens Salix jejuna Not applicable NL May 2001
Vascular Plants Wood-poppy Stylophorum diphyllum Not applicable ON November 2007
Vascular Plants Woolly-heads, Dwarf Psilocarphus brevissimus Southern Mountain population BC April 2006
Vascular Plants Woolly-heads, Tall Psilocarphus elatior Not applicable BC April 2018
Mosses (no symbol) Beard-moss, Drooping-leaved Oxystegus recurvifolius Not applicable BC May 2019
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Acuteleaf Small Limestone Seligeria acutifolia Not applicable BC April 2018
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Carey’s Small Limestone Seligeria careyana Not applicable BC May 2019
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Dalton's Daltonia splachnoides Not applicable BC May 2019
Mosses Moss, Margined Streamside Scouleria marginata Not applicable BC May 2012
Mosses Moss, Nugget Microbryum vlassovii Not applicable BC November 2016
Mosses Moss, Poor Pocket Fissidens pauperculus Not applicable BC May 2011
Mosses Moss, Rigid Apple Bartramia aprica Not applicable BC November 2009
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Roell's Brotherella Brotherella roellii Not applicable BC November 2010
Mosses Moss, Silver Hair Fabronia pusilla Not applicable BC May 2012
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Batwing Vinyl Leptogium platynum Not applicable BC May 2011
Lichens Lichen, Boreal Felt Erioderma pedicellatum Atlantic population NB NS November 2014
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Golden-eye Teloschistes chrysophthalmus Great Lakes population ON November 2016
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Pale-bellied Frost Physconia subpallida Not applicable ON QC November 2009
Lichens Lichen, Seaside Centipede Heterodermia sitchensis Not applicable BC April 2006
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Vole Ears Erioderma mollissimum Not applicable NB NS NL November 2009
Table 7. Wildlife species assessed and designated in a "risk category" (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern) (799 wildlife species), with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of assessment. For Extirpated wildlife species, the historical range of occurrence and the approximate date of disappearance from Canada are shown. Total: Threatened category (189)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Assessment date
Mammals Bat, Pallid Antrozous pallidus Not applicable BC November 2010
Mammals Bison, Plains Bison bison bison Not applicable BC AB SK November 2013
Mammals Caribou Rangifer tarandus Boreal population YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NL November 2014
Mammals (no symbol) Caribou Rangifer tarandus Barren-ground population YT NT NU AB SK MB November 2016
Mammals Caribou, Peary Rangifer tarandus pearyi Not applicable NT NU November 2015
Mammals Ermine haidarum subspecies Mustela erminea haidarum Not applicable BC May 2015
Mammals Fox, Gray Urocyon cinereoargenteus Not applicable ON November 2015
Mammals Fox, Swift Vulpes velox Not applicable AB SK November 2009
Mammals Marten, American Martes americana atrata Newfoundland population NL April 2007
Mammals Prairie Dog, Black-tailed Cynomys ludovicianus Not applicable SK November 2011
Mammals Seal, Northern Fur Callorhinus ursinus Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean November 2010
Mammals Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Cumberland Sound population NU Arctic Ocean May 2004
Mammals Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific transient population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Mammals Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific northern resident population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Mammals Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific offshore population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Mammals Wolf, Eastern Canis sp. cf. lycaon Not applicable ON QC May 2015
Birds Albatross, Short-tailed Phoebastria albatrus Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean November 2013
Birds Bittern, Least Ixobrychus exilis Not applicable MB ON QC NB NS April 2009
Birds (no symbol) Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Not applicable BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2010
Birds (no symbol) Bunting, Lark Calamospiza melanocorys Not applicable AB SK MB April 2017
Birds Crossbill percna subspecies, Red Loxia curvirostra percna Not applicable QC NL April 2016
Birds (no symbol) Godwit, Hudsonian Limosa haemastica Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL May 2019
Birds Goshawk laingi subspecies, Northern Accipiter gentilis laingi Not applicable BC May 2013
Birds Gull, Ross's Rhodostethia rosea Not applicable NU MB April 2007
Birds Hawk, Ferruginous Buteo regalis Not applicable AB SK MB April 2008
Birds (no symbol) Knot roselaari type, Red Calidris canutus roselaari type Not applicable YT NT BC April 2007
Birds (no symbol) Longspur, Chestnut-collared Calcarius ornatus Not applicable AB SK MB November 2009
Birds Longspur, McCown's Rhynchophanes mccownii Not applicable AB SK April 2016
Birds (no symbol) Meadowlark, Eastern Sturnella magna Not applicable ON QC NB NS May 2011
Birds Murrelet, Marbled Brachyramphus marmoratus Not applicable BC May 2012
Birds Owl brooksi subspecies, Northern Saw-whet Aegolius acadicus brooksi Not applicable BC November 2017
Birds Owl, Barn Tyto alba Western population BC November 2010
Birds Pipit, Sprague's Anthus spragueii Not applicable AB SK MB April 2010
Birds Screech-owl kennicottii subspecies, Western Megascops kennicottii kennicottii Not applicable BC May 2012
Birds Screech-owl macfarlanei subspecies, Western Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei Not applicable BC May 2012
Birds Shrike Prairie subspecies, Loggerhead Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides Not applicable AB SK MB May 2014
Birds (no symbol) Swallow, Bank Riparia riparia Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL May 2013
Birds (no symbol) Swallow, Barn Hirundo rustica Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL May 2011
Birds Swift, Chimney Chaetura pelagica Not applicable SK MB ON QC NB NS April 2018
Birds Thrush, Bicknell's Catharus bicknelli Not applicable QC NB NS November 2009
Birds (no symbol) Thrush, Wood Hylocichla mustelina Not applicable ON QC NB NS November 2012
Birds (no symbol) Warbler, Canada Cardellina canadensis Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS April 2008
Birds (no symbol) Warbler, Golden-winged Vermivora chrysoptera Not applicable MB ON QC April 2006
Birds Waterthrush, Louisiana Parkesia motacilla Not applicable ON QC November 2015
Birds (no symbol) Whip-poor-will, Eastern Antrostomus vociferus Not applicable SK MB ON QC NB NS April 2009
Birds Woodpecker, Lewis's Melanerpes lewis Not applicable BC April 2010
Reptiles Gophersnake, Great Basin Pituophis catenifer deserticola Not applicable BC May 2013
Reptiles Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population ON November 2012
Reptiles Racer, Eastern Yellow-bellied Coluber constrictor flaviventris Not applicable AB SK November 2015
Reptiles Racer, Western Yellow-bellied Coluber constrictor mormon Not applicable BC November 2015
Reptiles Ratsnake, Gray Pantherophis spiloides Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population ON April 2018
Reptiles Rattlesnake, Western Crotalus oreganus Not applicable BC May 2015
Reptiles Ribbonsnake, Eastern Thamnophis sauritus Atlantic population NS November 2012
Reptiles Snake, Eastern Hog-nosed Heterodon platirhinos Not applicable ON November 2007
Reptiles Turtle, Western Painted Chrysemys picta bellii Pacific Coast population BC November 2016
Reptiles Turtle, Wood Glyptemys insculpta Not applicable ON QC NB NS November 2018
Amphibians Frog, Rocky Mountain Tailed Ascaphus montanus Not applicable BC November 2013
Amphibians
Frog, Western Chorus Pseudacris triseriata Great Lakes / St. Lawrence - Canadian Shield population ON QC April 2008
Amphibians Salamander, Coastal Giant Dicamptodon tenebrosus Not applicable BC May 2014
Amphibians Salamander, Spring Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Adirondack / Appalachian population QC May 2011
Amphibians Spadefoot, Great Basin Spea intermontana Not applicable BC April 2007
Fishes Chub, Lake Couesius plumbeus Liard Hot Springs populations BC November 2018
Fishes Chub, Lake Couesius plumbeus Atlin Warm Springs populations BC November 2018
Fishes Cisco, Shortjaw Coregonus zenithicus Not applicable NT AB SK MB ON May 2003
Fishes Dace, Umatilla Rhinichthys umatilla Not applicable BC April 2010
Fishes Darter, Eastern Sand Ammocrypta pellucida Ontario populations ON November 2009
Fishes
Darter, Eastern Sand Ammocrypta pellucida Quebec populations QC November 2009
Fishes Eel, American Anguilla rostrata Not applicable ON QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Hake,White Urophycis tenuis Atlantic and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence population Atlantic Ocean November 2013
Fishes Lamprey, Vancouver Entosphenus macrostomus Not applicable BC November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus Not applicable NU MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Minnow, Plains Hybognathus placitus Not applicable SK May 2012
Fishes Minnow, Pugnose Opsopoeodus emiliae Not applicable ON May 2012
Fishes Minnow, Western Silvery Hybognathus argyritis Not applicable AB November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Plaice, American Hippoglossoides platessoides Newfoundland and Labrador population Atlantic Ocean April 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Plaice, American Hippoglossoides platessoides Maritime population Atlantic Ocean April 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Redfish, Acadian Sebastes fasciatus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Redfish, Deepwater Sebastes mentella Northern population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Redhorse, Black Moxostoma duquesnei Not applicable ON May 2015
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Canary Sebastes pinniger Not applicable Pacific Ocean November 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Quillback Sebastes maliger Not applicable Pacific Ocean November 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Yellowmouth Sebastes reedi Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar South Newfoundland population NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Lower Fraser, Ocean, Fall population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr) population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Middle Fraser, Stream, Summer population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes Salmon, Coho Oncorhynchus kisutch Interior Fraser population BC Pacific Ocean November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka North Barriere-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Widgeon (River-Type) population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes Sculpin, Coastrange Cottus aleuticus Cultus population BC April 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Rocky Mountain Cottus sp. Eastslope populations AB May 2005
Fishes Shiner, Pugnose Notropis anogenus Not applicable ON May 2013
Fishes Shiner, Silver Notropis photogenis Not applicable ON May 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Stickleback, Little Quarry Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC November 2015
Fishes (no symbol) Stickleback, Little Quarry Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC November 2015
Fishes (no symbol) Sturgeon, Atlantic Acipenser oxyrinchus St. Lawrence populations QC Atlantic Ocean May 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Sturgeon, Atlantic Acipenser oxyrinchus Maritimes populations NB NS Atlantic Ocean May 2011
Fishes Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC April 2017
Fishes
Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus Lower Fraser River population BC November 2012
Fishes Sucker, Mountain Catostomus platyrhynchus Milk River populations AB SK November 2010
Fishes Sucker, Salish Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus Not applicable BC November 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations AB November 2012
Fishes Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations AB November 2016
Fishes Whitefish, European Coregonus lavaretus Squanga Lake small-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes Whitefish, European Coregonus lavaretus Little Teslin Lake small-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes
Whitefish, European Coregonus lavaretus Dezadeash Lake small-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, European Coregonus lavaretus Dezadeash Lake large-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Squanga Lake large-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Opeongo Lake small-bodied population ON April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Opeongo Lake large-bodied population ON April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Little Teslin Lake large-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Pygmy Prosopium coulterii Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON November 2016
Fishes Wolffish, Northern Anarhichas denticulatus Not applicable Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Fishes Wolffish, Spotted Anarhichas minor Not applicable Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee occidentalis subspecies, Western Bombus occidentalis occidentalis Not applicable BC AB SK May 2014
Arthropods Flower Moth, Verna's Schinia verna Not applicable AB SK MB November 2017
Arthropods (no symbol) Grasshopper, Lake Huron Trimerotropis huroniana Not applicable ON November 2015
Arthropods Skipper vestris subspecies, Dun Euphyes vestris vestris Not applicable BC May 2013
Arthropods (no symbol) Sweat Bee, Sable Island Lasioglossum sablense Not applicable NS November 2014
Arthropods (no symbol) Tiger Beetle, Audouin’s Night-stalking Omus audouini Not applicable BC November 2013
Arthropods (no symbol) Tiger Beetle, Gibson's Big Sand Cicindela formosa gibsoni Not applicable AB SK November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Tiger Moth, Island Grammia complicata Not applicable BC May 2013
Molluscs Jumping-slug, Dromedary Hemphillia dromedarius Not applicable BC May 2014
Molluscs Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula Saskatchewan – Nelson Rivers population MB November 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Mud-piddock, Atlantic Barnea truncata Not applicable Atlantic Ocean November 2009
Molluscs Taildropper, Blue-grey Prophysaon coeruleum Not applicable BC April 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Wartyback, Threehorn Obliquaria reflexa Not applicable ON May 2013
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Arnica, Griscom's Arnica griscomii ssp. griscomii Not applicable QC NL November 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Ash, Black Fraxinus nigra Not applicable MB ON QC NB PE NS NL November 2018
Vascular Plants Ash, Blue Fraxinus quadrangulata Not applicable ON November 2014
Vascular Plants Aster, Gulf of St. Lawrence Symphyotrichum laurentianum Not applicable QC NB PE May 2004
Vascular Plants Aster, Western Silvery Symphyotrichum sericeum Not applicable MB ON May 2000
Vascular Plants Aster, White Wood Eurybia divaricata Not applicable ON QC November 2002
Vascular Plants Aster, Willowleaf Symphyotrichum praealtum Not applicable ON May 2003
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Baccharis, Eastern Baccharis halimifolia Not applicable NS November 2011
Vascular Plants Bartonia, Branched Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata Not applicable ON November 2003
Vascular Plants Blazing Star, Dense Liatris spicata Not applicable ON April 2010
Vascular Plants Coffee-tree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus Not applicable ON November 2000
Vascular Plants Cryptantha, Tiny Cryptantha minima Not applicable AB SK May 2012
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Daisy, Lakeside Tetraneuris herbacea Not applicable ON May 2002
Vascular Plants Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum Not applicable ON November 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Desert-parsley, Gray's Lomatium grayi Not applicable BC November 2008
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fern, Lemmon's Holly Polystichum lemmonii Not applicable BC May 2003
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fern, Mountain Holly Polystichum scopulinum Not applicable BC QC NL May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Foxglove, Fern-leaved Yellow False Aureolaria pedicularia Not applicable ON April 2018
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Foxglove, Smooth Yellow False Aureolaria flava Not applicable ON April 2018
Vascular Plants Gentian, Victorin's Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii Not applicable QC May 2004
Vascular Plants Goldenrod, Showy Solidago speciosa Boreal population ON November 2010
Vascular Plants Goosefoot, Smooth Chenopodium subglabrum Not applicable AB SK MB April 2006
Vascular Plants Greenbrier, Round-leaved Smilax rotundifolia Great Lakes Plains population ON November 2007
Vascular Plants Hackberry, Dwarf Celtis tenuifolia Not applicable ON November 2003
Vascular Plants Hyacinth, Wild Camassia scilloides Not applicable ON May 2002
Vascular Plants Jacob's-ladder, Van Brunt's Polemonium vanbruntiae Not applicable QC November 2002
Vascular Plants Lady's-slipper, Small White Cypripedium candidum Not applicable MB ON November 2014
Vascular Plants Locoweed, Hare-footed Oxytropis lagopus Not applicable AB May 2014
Vascular Plants Meadowfoam, Macoun's Limnanthes macounii Not applicable BC November 2004
Vascular Plants Mosquito-fern, Mexican Azolla mexicana Not applicable BC November 2008
Vascular Plants Mouse-ear-cress, Slender Halimolobos virgata Not applicable AB SK May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Paintbrush, Cliff Castilleja rupicola Not applicable BC May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pea, Silky Beach Lathyrus littoralis Not applicable BC May 2013
Vascular Plants Pepperbush, Sweet Clethra alnifolia Not applicable NS May 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Phlox, Showy Phlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis Not applicable BC November 2004
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Popcornflower, Slender Plagiobothrys tenellus Not applicable BC November 2008
Vascular Plants Quillwort, Bolander's Isoetes bolanderi Not applicable AB April 2006
Vascular Plants Rue-anemone, False Enemion biternatum Not applicable ON May 2005
Vascular Plants Sanicle, Bear's-foot Sanicula arctopoides Not applicable BC November 2015
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sanicle, Purple Sanicula bipinnatifida Not applicable BC May 2001
Vascular Plants Soapweed Yucca glauca Not applicable AB SK May 2013
Vascular Plants Spiderwort, Western Tradescantia occidentalis Not applicable AB SK MB November 2002
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Thistle, Hill's Cirsium hillii Not applicable ON November 2004
Vascular Plants Toothcup Rotala ramosior Great Lakes Plains population ON November 2014
Vascular Plants Twayblade, Purple Liparis liliifolia Not applicable ON QC November 2010
Vascular Plants Water-willow, American Justicia americana Not applicable ON QC May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Willow, Green-scaled Salix chlorolepis Not applicable QC April 2006
Vascular Plants Wintergreen, Spotted Chimaphila maculata Not applicable ON QC April 2017
Vascular Plants Woodsia, Blunt-lobed Woodsia obtusa Not applicable ON QC April 2007
Mosses Bryum, Porsild's Haplodontium macrocarpum Not applicable NU BC AB NL November 2017
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Alkaline Wing-nerved Pterygoneurum kozlovii Not applicable BC SK November 2004
Mosses Moss, Haller's Apple Bartramia halleriana Not applicable BC AB November 2011
Mosses Moss, Spoon-leaved Bryoandersonia illecebra Not applicable ON November 2017
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Black-foam Anzia colpodes Not applicable ON QC NB NS May 2015
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Crumpled Tarpaper Collema coniophilum Not applicable BC November 2010
Lichens Lichen, Cryptic Paw Nephroma occultum Not applicable BC May 2019
Lichens Lichen, Seaside Bone Hypogymnia heterophylla Not applicable BC April 2008
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Smoker’s Lung Lobaria retigera Not applicable BC April 2018
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, White-rimmed Shingle Fuscopannaria leucosticta Not applicable ON QC NB NS May 2019
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Wrinkled Shingle Pannaria lurida Not applicable NB PE NS NL April 2016
Lichens (no symbol) Waterfan, Eastern Peltigera hydrothyria Not applicable QC NB NS November 2013
Table 7. Wildlife species assessed and designated in a "risk category" (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern) (799 wildlife species), with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of assessment. For Extirpated wildlife species, the historical range of occurrence and the approximate date of disappearance from Canada are shown. Total: Special concern category (232)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Assessment date
Mammals Badger taxus subspecies, American Taxidea taxus taxus Not applicable AB SK MB ON November 2012
Mammals Bat, Spotted Euderma maculatum Not applicable BC November 2014
Mammals Bear, Grizzly Ursus arctos Western population YT NT NU BC AB SK MB May 2012
Mammals Bear, Polar Ursus maritimus Not applicable YT NT NU MB ON QC NL Arctic Ocean November 2018
Mammals Beaver, Mountain Aplodontia rufa Not applicable BC May 2012
Mammals Bison, Wood Bison bison athabascae Not applicable YT NT BC AB MB November 2013
Mammals Caribou Rangifer tarandus Newfoundland population NL November 2014
Mammals
Caribou Rangifer tarandus Northern Mountain population YT NT BC May 2014
Mammals Cottontail nuttallii subspecies, Nuttall's Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii Not applicable BC November 2016
Mammals Mole, Eastern Scalopus aquaticus Not applicable ON November 2010
Mammals Mouse megalotis subspecies, Western Harvest Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis Not applicable BC April 2007
Mammals Narwhal Monodon monoceros Not applicable Arctic Ocean November 2004
Mammals Otter, Sea Enhydra lutris Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean April 2007
Mammals (no symbol) Pika, Collared Ochotona collaris Not applicable YT NT BC November 2011
Mammals Porpoise, Harbour Phocoena phocoena vomerina Pacific Ocean population BC Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean April 2016
Mammals Porpoise, Harbour Phocoena phocoena Northwest Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean April 2006
Mammals Sea Lion, Steller Eumetopias jubatus Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean November 2013
Mammals Vole, Woodland Microtus pinetorum Not applicable ON QC November 2010
Mammals Walrus, Atlantic Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus High Arctic population NU Arctic Ocean April 2017
Mammals Walrus, Atlantic Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Central / Low Arctic population NU MB ON QC NL Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 2017
Mammals Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Western Hudson Bay population NU MB ON Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2004
Mammals Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Eastern High Arctic - Baffin Bay population NU Arctic Ocean May 2004
Mammals Whale, Bowhead Balaena mysticetus Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population Arctic Ocean April 2009
Mammals Whale, Bowhead Balaena mysticetus Eastern Canada-West Greenland population Arctic Ocean April 2009
Mammals Whale, Fin Balaenoptera physalus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean May 2019
Mammals Whale, Fin Balaenoptera physalus Pacific population Pacific Ocean May 2019
Mammals Whale, Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae North Pacific population Pacific Ocean May 2011
Mammals Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2008
Mammals Whale, Northern Bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population Atlantic Ocean May 2011
Mammals Whale, Sowerby's Beaked Mesoplodon bidens Not applicable Atlantic Ocean May 2019
Mammals Wolverine Gulo gulo Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL May 2014
Birds (no symbol) Albatross, Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Birds (no symbol) Auklet, Cassin's Ptychoramphus aleuticus Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean November 2014
Birds Blackbird, Rusty Euphagus carolinus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2017
Birds Curlew, Long-billed Numenius americanus Not applicable BC AB SK May 2011
Birds Duck, Harlequin Histrionicus histrionicus Eastern population NU QC NB NS NL November 2013
Birds Falcon pealei subspecies, Peregrine Falco peregrinus pealei Not applicable BC November 2017
Birds Flycatcher, Olive-sided Contopus cooperi Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2018
Birds Goldeneye, Barrow's Bucephala islandica Eastern population QC NB PE NS NL May 2011
Birds (no symbol) Grebe, Horned Podiceps auritus Western population YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON April 2009
Birds (no symbol) Grebe, Western Aechmophorus occidentalis Not applicable BC AB SK MB May 2014
Birds (no symbol) Grosbeak, Evening Coccothraustes vespertinus Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL November 2016
Birds Heron fannini subspecies, Great Blue Ardea herodias fannini Not applicable BC April 2008
Birds (no symbol) Knot islandica subspecies, Red Calidris canutus islandica Not applicable NT NU April 2007
Birds Murrelet, Ancient Synthliboramphus antiquus Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean November 2014
Birds Nighthawk, Common Chordeiles minor Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2018
Birds Owl, Flammulated Otus flammeolus Not applicable BC April 2010
Birds Owl, Short-eared Asio flammeus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2008
Birds (no symbol) Phalarope, Red-necked Phalaropus lobatus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2014
Birds (no symbol) Pigeon, Band-tailed Patagioenas fasciata Not applicable BC November 2008
Birds Rail, Yellow Coturnicops noveboracensis Not applicable NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB November 2009
Birds (no symbol) Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Tryngites subruficollis Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC May 2012
Birds (no symbol) Sparrow pratensis subspecies, Grasshopper Ammodramus savannarum pratensis Not applicable ON QC November 2013
Birds Sparrow princeps subspecies, Savannah Passerculus sandwichensis princeps Not applicable NS November 2009
Birds Sparrow, Baird's Ammodramus bairdii Not applicable AB SK MB May 2012
Birds (no symbol) Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Not applicable NT NU AB SK MB ON April 2017
Birds (no symbol) Wood-pewee, Eastern Contopus virens Not applicable SK MB ON QC NB PE NS November 2012
Reptiles Boa, Northern Rubber Charina bottae Not applicable BC April 2016
Reptiles Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer sayi Not applicable AB SK April 2017
Reptiles Lizard, Greater Short-horned Phrynosoma hernandesi Not applicable AB SK November 2018
Reptiles Milksnake, Eastern Lampropeltis triangulum Not applicable ON QC May 2014
Reptiles (no symbol) Rattlesnake, Prairie Crotalus viridis Not applicable AB SK May 2015
Reptiles Ribbonsnake, Eastern Thamnophis sauritus Great Lakes population ON QC November 2012
Reptiles
Skink, Five-lined Plestiodon fasciatus Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population ON April 2007
Reptiles Skink, Prairie Plestiodon septentrionalis Not applicable MB November 2017
Reptiles Skink, Western Plestiodon skiltonianus Not applicable BC November 2014
Reptiles Turtle, Eastern Musk Sternotherus odoratus Not applicable ON QC November 2012
Reptiles (no symbol) Turtle, Eastern Painted Chrysemys picta picta Not applicable QC NB NS April 2018
Reptiles (no symbol) Turtle, Midland Painted Chrysemys picta marginata Not applicable ON QC April 2018
Reptiles Turtle, Northern Map Graptemys geographica Not applicable ON QC November 2012
Reptiles (no symbol) Turtle, Snapping Chelydra serpentina Not applicable SK MB ON QC NB NS November 2008
Reptiles Turtle, Western Painted Chrysemys picta bellii Intermountain - Rocky Mountain population BC November 2016
Reptiles Watersnake, Lake Erie Nerodia sipedon insularum Not applicable ON November 2015
Amphibians Frog, Coastal Tailed Ascaphus truei Not applicable BC November 2011
Amphibians Frog, Northern Leopard Lithobates pipiens Western Boreal/Prairie populations NT AB SK MB April 2009
Amphibians Frog, Northern Red-legged Rana aurora Not applicable BC May 2015
Amphibians Salamander, Coeur d'Alene Plethodon idahoensis Not applicable BC November 2007
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Wandering Aneides vagrans Not applicable BC May 2014
Amphibians Salamander, Western Tiger Ambystoma mavortium Prairie / Boreal population AB SK MB November 2012
Amphibians Toad, Great Plains Anaxyrus cognatus Not applicable AB SK MB April 2010
Amphibians Toad, Western Anaxyrus boreas Non-calling population YT NT BC AB November 2012
Amphibians Toad, Western Anaxyrus boreas Calling population BC AB November 2012
Fishes Bass, Striped Morone saxatilis Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Fishes Buffalo, Bigmouth Ictiobus cyprinellus Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations SK MB April 2009
Fishes Cisco, Bering Coregonus laurettae Not applicable YT November 2017
Fishes Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Arctic Lakes population NU April 2010
Fishes Darter, Channel Percina copelandi St. Lawrence populations ON QC November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Dogfish, North Pacific Spiny Squalus suckleyi Not applicable Pacific Ocean November 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Dogfish, Spiny Squalus acanthias Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma malma Western Arctic populations YT NT November 2010
Fishes Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Nass / Skeena Rivers population BC Pacific Ocean May 2013
Fishes Killifish, Banded Fundulus diaphanus Newfoundland populations NL May 2014
Fishes Kiyi, Upper Great Lakes Coregonus kiyi kiyi Not applicable ON May 2005
Fishes
Lamprey, Northern Brook Ichthyomyzon fossor Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Lamprey, Silver Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC May 2011
Fishes Minnow, Cutlip Exoglossum maxillingua Not applicable ON QC November 2013
Fishes Pickerel, Grass Esox americanus vermiculatus Not applicable ON QC November 2014
Fishes (no symbol) Redfish, Acadian Sebastes fasciatus Bonne Bay population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Redhorse, River Moxostoma carinatum Not applicable ON QC November 2015
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish type I, Rougheye Sebastes sp. type I Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish type II, Rougheye Sebastes sp. type II Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Darkblotched Sebastes crameri Not applicable Pacific Ocean November 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus Pacific Ocean outside waters population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus Pacific Ocean inside waters population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Quebec Eastern North Shore population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Quebec Western North Shore population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Inner St. Lawrence population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Gaspe-Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Lower Fraser, Stream, Spring population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Francois-Fraser-S population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Harrison (D/S)-L population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Kamloops-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Lillooet-Harrison-L population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Nahatlatch-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes Sculpin, Columbia Cottus hubbsi Not applicable BC November 2010
Fishes Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC April 2017
Fishes Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Waterton Lake population AB April 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Rocky Mountain Cottus sp. Westslope populations BC April 2010
Fishes Sculpin, Shorthead Cottus confusus Not applicable BC November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, Basking Cetorhinus maximus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean November 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, Bluntnose Sixgill Hexanchus griseus Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes Shiner, Bridle Notropis bifrenatus Not applicable ON QC May 2013
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Smooth Malacoraja senta Laurentian-Scotian population QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Thorny Amblyraja radiata Not applicable NU QC NB PE NS NL Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes Stickleback, Giant Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC November 2013
Fishes Stickleback, Unarmoured Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC November 2013
Fishes Sturgeon, Green Acipenser medirostris Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean November 2013
Fishes Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations MB ON QC April 2017
Fishes Sturgeon, Shortnose Acipenser brevirostrum Not applicable NB NS May 2015
Fishes Sucker, Mountain Catostomus platyrhynchus Pacific populations BC November 2010
Fishes Sucker, Spotted Minytrema melanops Not applicable ON November 2014
Fishes Sunfish, Northern Lepomis peltastes Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC April 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Thornyhead, Longspine Sebastolobus altivelis Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Tope Galeorhinus galeus Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes Topminnow, Blackstripe Fundulus notatus Not applicable ON May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus South Coast British Columbia populations BC November 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus Western Arctic populations YT NT BC AB November 2012
Fishes Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi Pacific populations BC November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Pygmy Prosopium coulterii Waterton Lake population AB November 2016
Fishes Wolffish, Atlantic Anarhichas lupus Not applicable Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Arthropods Admiral, Weidemeyer's Limenitis weidemeyerii Not applicable AB May 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee mckayi subspecies, Western Bombus occidentalis mckayi Not applicable YT NT BC May 2014
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee, American Bombus pensylvanicus Not applicable ON QC November 2018
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee, Yellow-banded Bombus terricola Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL May 2015
Arthropods (no symbol) Dancer, Vivid Argia vivida Not applicable BC AB May 2015
Arthropods (no symbol) Grasshopper, Greenish-white Hypochlora alba Not applicable AB SK MB November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Grasshopper, Magdalen Islands Melanoplus madeleineae Not applicable QC November 2016
Arthropods (no symbol) Lady Beetle, Transverse Coccinella transversoguttata Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL November 2016
Arthropods (no symbol) Leafhopper, Red-tailed Aflexia rubranura Prairie population MB April 2018
Arthropods (no symbol) Leafhopper, Red-tailed Aflexia rubranura Great Lakes Plains population ON November 2017
Arthropods Metalmark, Mormon Apodemia mormo Prairie population SK May 2014
Arthropods Moth, Pale Yellow Dune Copablepharon grandis Not applicable AB SK MB November 2018
Arthropods Snaketail, Pygmy Ophiogomphus howei Not applicable ON NB November 2018
Arthropods (no symbol) Spider, Georgia Basin Bog Gnaphosa snohomish Not applicable BC November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Tachinid Fly, Dune Germaria angustata Not applicable YT May 2011
Arthropods (no symbol) Wasp, Yellow Scarab Hunter Dielis pilipes Not applicable BC November 2018
Molluscs (no symbol) Floater, Brook Alasmidonta varicosa Not applicable NB NS April 2009
Molluscs Jumping-slug, Warty Hemphillia glandulosa Not applicable BC May 2013
Molluscs Lampmussel, Wavy-rayed Lampsilis fasciola Not applicable ON April 2010
Molluscs Lampmussel, Yellow Lampsilis cariosa Not applicable NB NS November 2013
Molluscs (no symbol) Mantleslug, Magnum Magnipelta mycophaga Not applicable BC May 2012
Molluscs Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population ON November 2016
Molluscs Oyster, Olympia Ostrea lurida Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean May 2011
Molluscs Pondmussel, Eastern Ligumia nasuta Not applicable ON April 2017
Molluscs Rainbow Villosa iris Not applicable ON November 2015
Molluscs (no symbol) Slug, Haida Gwaii Staala gwaii Not applicable BC May 2013
Molluscs (no symbol) Slug, Pygmy Kootenaia burkei Not applicable BC April 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Slug, Sheathed Zacoleus idahoensis Not applicable BC April 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Vertigo, Threaded Nearctula sp. Not applicable BC April 2010
Vascular Plants Aster, Anticosti Symphyotrichum anticostense Not applicable QC NB April 2017
Vascular Plants Aster, Crooked-stem Symphyotrichum prenanthoides Not applicable ON November 2012
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Nahanni Symphyotrichum nahanniense Not applicable NT May 2014
Vascular Plants Aster, White-top Sericocarpus rigidus Not applicable BC April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Beggarticks, Vancouver Island Bidens amplissima Not applicable BC November 2001
Vascular Plants Blue Flag, Western Iris missouriensis Not applicable AB April 2010
Vascular Plants Buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides Not applicable SK MB November 2011
Vascular Plants Bulrush, Long's Scirpus longii Not applicable NS April 2017
Vascular Plants Draba, Yukon Draba yukonensis Not applicable YT November 2018
Vascular Plants Fern, American Hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum Not applicable ON November 2016
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fern, Broad Beech Phegopteris hexagonoptera Not applicable ON QC April 1983
Vascular Plants Fern, Coastal Wood Dryopteris arguta Not applicable BC November 2001
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fleabane, Provancher's Erigeron philadelphicus var. provancheri Not applicable QC April 1992
Vascular Plants Goldencrest Lophiola aurea Not applicable NS May 2012
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldenrod, Houghton's Solidago houghtonii Not applicable ON May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldenrod, Riddell's Solidago riddellii Not applicable MB ON November 2000
Vascular Plants Goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis Not applicable ON May 2019
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Green Dragon Arisaema dracontium Not applicable ON QC April 1984
Vascular Plants Hairgrass, Mackenzie Deschampsia mackenzieana Not applicable NT SK April 2018
Vascular Plants Hoptree, Common Ptelea trifoliata Not applicable ON November 2015
Vascular Plants Indian-plantain, Tuberous Arnoglossum plantagineum Not applicable ON May 2002
Vascular Plants Iris, Dwarf Lake Iris lacustris Not applicable ON November 2010
Vascular Plants Lilaeopsis, Eastern Lilaeopsis chinensis Not applicable NS May 2004
Vascular Plants Lily, Lyall's Mariposa Calochortus lyallii Not applicable BC May 2011
Vascular Plants Milk-vetch, Fernald's Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii Not applicable QC NL November 2001
Vascular Plants Oak, Shumard Quercus shumardii Not applicable ON April 1999
Vascular Plants Pennywort, Water Hydrocotyle umbellata Not applicable NS May 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pinweed, Beach Lechea maritima Not applicable NB PE April 2008
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Podistera, Yukon Podistera yukonensis Not applicable YT November 2014
Vascular Plants Pondweed, Hill's Potamogeton hillii Not applicable ON May 2005
Vascular Plants Prairie-clover, Hairy Dalea villosa Not applicable SK MB November 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Quillwort, Prototype Isoetes prototypus Not applicable NB NS May 2005
Vascular Plants Redroot Lachnanthes caroliniana Not applicable NS November 2009
Vascular Plants Rose, Climbing Prairie Rosa setigera Not applicable ON May 2003
Vascular Plants Rose-mallow, Swamp Hibiscus moscheutos Not applicable ON November 2004
Vascular Plants Rush, New Jersey Juncus caesariensis Not applicable NS May 2004
Vascular Plants Saxifrage, Spiked Micranthes spicata Not applicable YT May 2015
Vascular Plants Sedge, Baikal Carex sabulosa Not applicable YT April 2016
Vascular Plants Spike-rush, Tubercled Eleocharis tuberculosa Not applicable NS April 2010
Vascular Plants Tansy, Floccose Tanacetum huronense var. floccosum Not applicable AB SK April 2018
Vascular Plants Thistle, Pitcher's Cirsium pitcheri Not applicable ON November 2010
Vascular Plants Thrift, Athabasca Armeria maritima ssp. interior Not applicable SK April 2018
Vascular Plants Water-hemlock, Victorin's Cicuta maculata var. victorinii Not applicable QC May 2004
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Wild Buckwheat, Yukon Eriogonum flavum var. aquilinum Not applicable YT November 2017
Vascular Plants Willow, Blanket-leaved Salix silicicola Not applicable SK April 2018
Vascular Plants Willow, Sand-dune Short-capsuled Salix brachycarpa var. psammophila Not applicable SK April 2018
Vascular Plants Willow, Turnor's Salix turnorii Not applicable SK April 2018
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Woolly-heads, Dwarf Psilocarphus brevissimus Prairie population AB SK April 2006
Vascular Plants Yarrow, Large-headed Woolly Achillea millefolium var. megacephala Not applicable SK April 2018
Mosses Cord-moss, Banded Entosthodon fascicularis Not applicable BC May 2015
Mosses Cord-moss, Rusty Entosthodon rubiginosus Not applicable BC SK April 2017
Mosses Moss, Columbian Carpet Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum Not applicable BC November 2014
Mosses Moss, Twisted Oak Syntrichia laevipila Not applicable BC November 2014
Mosses (no symbol) Tassel, Tiny Crossidium seriatum Not applicable BC November 2014
Lichens Flooded Jellyskin Leptogium rivulare Not applicable MB ON QC November 2015
Lichens Frosted Glass-whiskers Sclerophora peronella Atlantic population NS November 2014
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Blue Felt Degelia plumbea Not applicable NB NS NL November 2010
Lichens Lichen, Boreal Felt Erioderma pedicellatum Boreal population NL November 2014
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Golden-eye Teloschistes chrysophthalmus Prairie / Boreal population MB ON November 2016
Lichens Lichen, Oldgrowth Specklebelly Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis Not applicable BC April 2010
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Peacock Vinyl Leptogium polycarpum Not applicable BC May 2011
Lichens (no symbol) Mountain Crab-eye Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides Not applicable BC April 2016
Lichens (no symbol) Waterfan, Western Peltigera gowardii Not applicable BC November 2013
Table 8. Wildlife species assessed by COSEWIC and found to be in the Not at Risk category, with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean) and date of last assessment (199 wildlife species). Note that wildlife species in the Not at Risk category will normally only be reassessed if new information suggests that the wildlife species is at risk (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern), or Extinct. Not at risk category (199)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Assessment date
Mammals Bear, American Black Ursus americanus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NL April 1999
Mammals ↔  Cottontail pinetis subspecies, Nuttall's Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis Not applicable AB SK April 1994
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Atlantic White-sided Lagenorhynchus acutus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 1991
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Bottlenose Tursiops truncatus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Common Delphinus delphis Not applicable Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1991
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Northern Right Whale Lissodelphis borealis Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Pacific White-sided Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Risso's Grampus griseus Not applicable Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Striped Stenella coeruleoalba Not applicable Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, White-beaked Lagenorhynchus albirostris Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 1998
Mammals Gopher, Plains Pocket Geomys bursarius Not applicable MB April 1998
Mammals ↔  Lynx, Canada Lynx canadensis Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NL May 2001
Mammals (no symbol) Porpoise, Dall's Phocoenoides dalli Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Sea Lion, California Zalophus californianus Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean April 1987
Mammals Seal Altantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies, Harbour Phoca vitulina concolor Not applicable NU MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2007
Mammals (no symbol) Seal Pacific subspecies, Harbour Phoca vitulina richardsi Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean April 1999
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Grey Halichoerus grypus Not applicable QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean April 1999
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Hooded Cystophora cristata Not applicable Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1986
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Northern Elephant Mirounga angustirostris Not applicable BC Pacific Ocean April 1986
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Ringed Phoca hispida Not applicable Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Mammals Shrew, Gaspé Sorex gaspensis Not applicable QC NB NS April 2006
Mammals (no symbol) Squirrel, Cascade Mantled Ground Spermophilus saturatus Not applicable BC April 1992
Mammals (no symbol) Squirrel, Fox Sciurus niger Not applicable MB ON April 1979
Mammals Squirrel, Southern Flying Glaucomys volans Great Lakes Plains population ON QC April 2006
Mammals Squirrel, Southern Flying Glaucomys volans Atlantic (Nova Scotia) population NS April 2006
Mammals Weasel, Prairie Long-tailed Mustela frenata longicauda Not applicable AB SK MB April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Whale North Atlantic subspecies, Common Minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 2006
Mammals (no symbol) Whale North Pacific subspecies, Common Minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammonii Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2006
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Baird's Beaked Berardius bairdii Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1992
Mammals ↔  Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Eastern Beaufort Sea population NT Arctic Ocean May 2004
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Blainville's Beaked Mesoplodon densirostris Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Cuvier's Beaked Ziphius cavirostris Not applicable Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, False Killer Pseudorca crassidens Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1990
Mammals
Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Northern Pacific Migratory population YT NT BC Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean November 2017
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Hubbs' Beaked Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1989
Mammals Whale, Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae Western North Atlantic population Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2003
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Long-finned Pilot Globicephala melas Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 1994
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Pygmy Sperm Kogia breviceps Not applicable Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1994
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Short-finned Pilot Globicephala macrorhynchus Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Sperm Physeter macrocephalus Not applicable Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1996
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Stejneger's Beaked Mesoplodon stejneri Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, True's Beaked Mesoplodon mirus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Wolf, Northern Grey Canis lupus occidentalis Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL April 1999
Mammals (no symbol) Wolf, Southern Grey Canis lupus nubilus Not applicable BC April 1999
Birds Bluebird, Eastern Sialia sialis Not applicable AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS April 1996
Birds ↔  Chat auricollis subspecies, Yellow-breasted Icteria virens auricollis Prairie population AB SK November 2011
Birds (no symbol) Coot, American Fulica americana Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS April 1991
Birds (no symbol) Cormorant, Double-crested Phalacrocorax auritus Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1978
Birds (no symbol) Crane tabida subspecies, Sandhill Grus canadensis tabida Not applicable BC MB ON April 1979
Birds (no symbol) Eagle, Bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1984
Birds ↔  Eagle, Golden Aquila chrysaetos Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL April 1996
Birds Falcon anatum/tundrius, Peregrine Falco peregrinus anatum/tundrius Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NL November 2017
Birds ↔  Falcon, Prairie Falco mexicanus Not applicable BC AB SK April 1996
Birds (no symbol) Flycatcher, Grey Empidonax wrightii Not applicable BC April 1992
Birds (no symbol) Goshawk atricapillus subspecies, Northern Accipiter gentilis atricapillus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1995
Birds (no symbol) Grebe, Red-necked Podiceps grisegena Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NS NL April 1982
Birds ↔  Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK ON QC PE NS NL April 1987
Birds (no symbol) Harrier, Northern Circus cyaneus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1993
Birds Hawk, Cooper's Accipiter cooperii Not applicable BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS April 1996
Birds Hawk, Red-shouldered Buteo lineatus Not applicable ON QC NB April 2006
Birds (no symbol) Hawk, Red-tailed Buteo jamaicensis Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1995
Birds (no symbol) Hawk, Rough-legged Buteo lagopus Not applicable YT NT NU BC MB ON QC NL April 1995
Birds ↔  Hawk, Sharp-shinned Accipiter striatus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1997
Birds (no symbol) Loon, Common Gavia immer Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1997
Birds (no symbol) Loon, Yellow-billed Gavia adamsii Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB MB QC April 1997
Birds (no symbol) Merlin Falco columbarius Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1985
Birds (no symbol) Owl, Boreal Aegolius funereus Not applicable YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1995
Birds Owl, Great Grey Strix nebulosa Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC April 1996
Birds (no symbol) Owl, Northern Hawk Surnia ulula Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NL April 1992
Birds (no symbol) Owl, Snowy Bubo scandiaca Not applicable YT NT NU MB QC NL April 1995
Birds Pelican, American White Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Not applicable BC AB SK MB ON April 1987
Birds (no symbol) Screech-owl, Eastern Megascops asio Not applicable SK MB ON QC NB April 1986
Birds (no symbol) Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Ammodramus nelsoni Not applicable BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS April 1998
Birds Swan, Trumpeter Cygnus buccinator Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK ON April 1996
Birds ↔  Tern, Black Chlidonias niger Not applicable NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS April 1996
Birds Tern, Caspian Sterna caspia Not applicable NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NL April 1999
Birds (no symbol) Tern, Common Sterna hirundo Not applicable NT AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1998
Birds Warbler, Hooded Setophaga citrina Not applicable ON May 2012
Birds Warbler, Prairie Setophaga discolor Not applicable ON April 1999
Birds (no symbol) Wren, Canyon Catherpes mexicanus Not applicable BC April 1992
Birds (no symbol) Wren, Sedge Cistothorus platensis Not applicable AB SK MB ON QC NB April 1993
Reptiles (no symbol) Brownsnake, DeKay's Storeria dekayi Not applicable ON QC May 2002
Reptiles (no symbol) Gartersnake, Northwestern Thamnophis ordinoides Not applicable BC May 2003
Reptiles (no symbol) Lizard, Northern Alligator Elgaria coerulea Not applicable BC May 2002
Reptiles ↔  Turtle, Western Painted Chrysemys picta bellii Prairie / Western Boreal - Canadian Shield population AB SK MB ON November 2016
Reptiles (no symbol) Watersnake, Northern Nerodia sipedon sipedon Not applicable ON QC May 2002
Amphibians (no symbol) Unisexual Ambystoma Ambystoma (2) laterale - jeffersonianum Blue-spotted Salamander dependent population ON QC NB NS April 2016
Amphibians (no symbol) Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii Not applicable BC April 1999
Amphibians (no symbol) Frog, Columbia Spotted Rana luteiventris Not applicable YT BC AB May 2000
Amphibians ↔  Frog, Northern Leopard Lithobates pipiens Eastern populations MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2009
Amphibians (no symbol) Frog, Pickerel Rana palustris Not applicable ON QC NB NS April 1999
Amphibians
Frog, Western Chorus Pseudacris triseriata Carolinian population ON April 2008
Amphibians (no symbol) Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus Not applicable MB ON QC May 2000
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Four-toed Hemidactylium scutatum Not applicable ON QC NB NS April 1999
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Long-toed Ambystoma macrodactylum Not applicable BC AB April 2006
Amphibians Salamander, Northern Dusky Desmognathus fuscus Quebec / New Brunswick population QC NB May 2012
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Northwestern Ambystoma gracile Not applicable BC April 1999
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Western Red-backed Plethodon vehiculum Not applicable BC November 2001
Amphibians (no symbol) Spadefoot, Plains Spea bombifrons Not applicable AB SK MB May 2003
Amphibians (no symbol) Toad, Canadian Bufo hemiophrys Not applicable NT AB SK MB May 2003
Amphibians (no symbol) Treefrog, Cope's Grey Hyla chrysoscelis Not applicable MB April 1999
Fishes (no symbol) Bloater Coregonus hoyi Not applicable ON April 1988
Fishes Buffalo, Bigmouth Ictiobus cyprinellus Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON April 2008
Fishes Chiselmouth Acrocheilus alutaceus Not applicable BC May 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Chub, Hornyhead Nocomis biguttatus Not applicable MB ON April 1988
Fishes (no symbol) Chub, River Nocomis micropogon Not applicable ON April 1988
Fishes
Chub, Silver Macrhybopsis storeriana Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations MB May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Dace, Leopard Rhinichthys falcatus Not applicable BC April 1990
Fishes Darter, Greenside Etheostoma blennioides Not applicable ON November 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Darter, Least Etheostoma microperca Not applicable ON April 1989
Fishes Darter, River Percina shumardi Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations SK MB ON April 2016
Fishes
Darter, River Percina shumardi Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations MB ON April 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Darter, Tessellated Etheostoma olmstedi Not applicable ON QC April 1993
Fishes Grenadier, Roughhead Macrourus berglax Not applicable NU NB NS NL Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Halibut, Atlantic Hippoglossus hippoglossus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean November 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Herring, Blueback Alosa aestivalis Not applicable NB NS Atlantic Ocean April 1980
Fishes (no symbol) Killifish, Banded Fundulus diaphanus Mainland populations MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1989
Fishes Madtom, Brindled Noturus miurus Not applicable ON May 2001
Fishes (no symbol) Minnow, Bluntnose Pimephales notatus Not applicable MB ON QC April 1998
Fishes (no symbol) Minnow, Eastern Silvery Hybognathus regius Not applicable ON QC April 1997
Fishes (no symbol) Pickerel, Chain Esox niger Not applicable QC NB NS April 1997
Fishes (no symbol) Pickerel, Redfin Esox americanus americanus Not applicable QC April 1998
Fishes (no symbol) Redhorse, Golden Moxostoma erythrurum Not applicable MB ON April 1989
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Labrador population QC NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Northeast Newfoundland population NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Southwest Newfoundland population QC NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Northwest Newfoundland population NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha South Thompson, Ocean, Summer population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Anderson-Seton-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Chilliwack-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Nadina-Francois-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Pitt-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Shuswap Complex-L population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Shuswap-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Harrison River (River-Type) population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Chilko-ES population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Chilko-S population BC Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes Sardine, Pacific Sardinops sagax Not applicable Pacific Ocean May 2002
Fishes Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations MB ON April 2017
Fishes Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Western Hudson Bay populations SK April 2017
Fishes Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Western Arctic populations NT AB SK April 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Fourhorn Myoxocephalus quadricornis Salt water form Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Spoonhead Cottus ricei Not applicable YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC April 1989
Fishes Shark, Blue Prionace glauca North Atlantic population QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean November 2016
Fishes Shark, Blue Prionace glauca North Pacific population BC Pacific Ocean November 2016
Fishes Shiner, Bigmouth Notropis dorsalis Not applicable MB November 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Blackchin Notropis heterodon Not applicable MB ON QC April 1994
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Ghost Notropis buchanani Not applicable ON April 1993
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Redfin Lythrurus umbratilis Not applicable ON April 1988
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Rosyface Notropis rubellus Not applicable ON QC April 1994
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Striped Luxilus chrysocephalus Not applicable ON April 1993
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Weed Notropis texanus Not applicable MB April 1999
Fishes (no symbol) Silverside, Brook Labidesthes sicculus Not applicable ON QC April 1989
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Barndoor Dipturus laevis Not applicable Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Big Raja binoculata Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Longnose Raja rhina Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Sandpaper Bathyraja interrupta Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes Skate, Winter Leucoraja ocellata Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population Atlantic Ocean May 2015
Fishes Stoneroller, Central Campostoma anomalum Not applicable ON April 1998
Fishes Sucker, Mountain Catostomus platyrhynchus Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations AB SK November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Sunfish, Green Lepomis cyanellus Not applicable ON April 1987
Fishes Sunfish, Northern Lepomis peltastes Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations ON April 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus Pacific populations BC November 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Pygmy Prosopium coulterii Pacific populations YT BC November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Pygmy Prosopium coulterii Western Arctic populations NT BC AB November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Wolf-eel Anarrhichthys ocellatus Not applicable Pacific Ocean May 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Y-Prickleback Allolumpenus hypochromus Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1991
Arthropods Skipper, Sonora Polites sonora Not applicable BC November 2016
Arthropods (no symbol) Spider, Northwestern Cellar Psilochorus hesperus Not applicable BC May 2014
Molluscs (no symbol) Capshell, Rocky Mountain Acroloxus coloradensis Western population BC AB November 2001
Molluscs (no symbol) Crater, Spike-lip Appalachina sayana Not applicable ON QC NB NS November 2003
Molluscs (no symbol) Tigersnail, Western Banded Anguispira kochi occidentalis Not applicable BC April 2017
Vascular Plants Aster, Annual Saltmarsh Symphyotrichum subulatum Not applicable QC NB PE April 2017
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Short's Symphyotrichum shortii Not applicable ON April 1999
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Yukon Symphyotrichum yukonense Not applicable YT NT April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Brickellia, Large-flowered Brickellia grandiflora Not applicable BC AB April 1996
Vascular Plants Corydalis, Scouler's Corydalis scouleri Not applicable BC November 2006
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fameflower Talinum sediforme Not applicable BC April 1990
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fleabane, Dwarf Erigeron radicatus Not applicable AB SK April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldenweed, Northern Mock Stenotus borealis Not applicable YT April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Greenbrier, Round-leaved Smilax rotundifolia Atlantic population NS November 2007
Vascular Plants Helleborine, Giant Epipactis gigantea Not applicable BC November 2015
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Mermaid, False Floerkea proserpinacoides Not applicable ON QC NS April 1984
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Phlox, Blue Phlox alyssifolia Not applicable AB SK April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pink, Rush Stephanomeria runcinata Not applicable AB SK April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pipewort, Parker's Eriocaulon parkeri Not applicable QC NB April 2007
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Rhododendron, Pacific Rhododendron macrophyllum Not applicable BC April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sagebrush, Wood's Artemisia rupestris ssp. woodii Not applicable YT April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sedge, Nebraska Carex nebrascensis Not applicable AB April 1995
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Stickseed, Okanogan Hackelia ciliata Not applicable BC November 2007
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Stitchwort, Sand Stellaria arenicola Not applicable AB SK April 1992
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Stitchwort, Serpentine Minuartia marcescens Not applicable QC NL April 2006
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Wallflower, Narrow-leaved Erysimum angustatum Not applicable YT April 1993
Vascular Plants Willow, Tyrrell's Salix tyrrellii Not applicable NT NU SK April 1999
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Woolly-heads, Slender Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus Not applicable BC April 1996
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Delicate Luster Isopterygium tenerum Not applicable NS April 2006
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Porter's Twisted Tortula porteri Not applicable ON April 2016
Mosses Moss, Pygmy Pocket Fissidens exilis Not applicable BC ON QC NS April 2016
Lichens Lichen, Ghost Antler Pseudevernia cladonia Not applicable QC NB NS November 2011
Table 9. Wildlife species considered by COSEWIC and placed in the Data Deficient category because of insufficient scientific information at the time of assessment. The range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean) and date of last assessment are shown. Note that wildlife species in the Data Deficient category will normally only be reassessed if new information suggests that the wildlife species is at risk (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern), or Extinct (59 wildlife species). Data deficient category (59)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Assessment date
Mammals ☼  Bat, Fringed Myotis thysanodes Not applicable BC May 2004
Mammals Bat, Keen's Long-eared Myotis keenii Not applicable BC November 2003
Mammals Cougar Puma concolor couguar Eastern population ON QC NB NS April 1998
Mammals Seal, Bearded Erignathus barbatus Not applicable NT NU MB ON NL Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 2007
Mammals (no symbol) Vole, Sagebrush Lemmiscus curtatus Not applicable AB SK April 1996
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Dwarf Sperm Kogia simus Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1997
Mammals (no symbol) Wolf, Arctic Grey Canis lupus arctos Not applicable NT NU April 1999
Birds (no symbol) Poorwill, Common Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Not applicable BC AB SK April 1993
Birds (no symbol) Tern, Forster's Sterna forsteri Not applicable BC AB SK MB ON April 1996
Amphibians ☼  Salamander, Spring Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Carolinian population ON April 2018
Fishes ☼  Buffalo, Black Ictiobus niger Not applicable ON April 2007
Fishes Catfish, Flathead Pylodictis olivaris Not applicable ON April 2008
Fishes Cisco, Blackfin Coregonus nigripinnis Not applicable ON April 2007
Fishes Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Arctic Marine population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes Lamprey, Alaskan Brook Lethenteron alaskense Not applicable NT April 2006
Fishes Lamprey, Chestnut Ichthyomyzon castaneus Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC November 2010
Fishes Lamprey, Chestnut Ichthyomyzon castaneus Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations SK MB ON November 2010
Fishes Lamprey, Northern Brook Ichthyomyzon fossor Saskatchewan - Nelson population MB April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Lamprey, Silver Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations MB ON May 2011
Fishes Madtom, Margined Noturus insignis Not applicable ON QC May 2002
Fishes (no symbol) Plaice, American Hippoglossoides platessoides Arctic population Arctic Ocean April 2009
Fishes Prickleback, Blackline Acantholumpenus mackayi Not applicable Arctic Ocean May 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Nunavik population QC NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Southern Mainland, Ocean, Summer population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Southern Mainland, Stream, Summer population BC Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations ON April 2017
Fishes Sculpin, Fourhorn Myoxocephalus quadricornis Freshwater form NT NU NL November 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Spinynose Asemichthys taylori Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 1997
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, Brown Cat Apristurus brunneus Not applicable Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, White Carcharodon carcharias Pacific population Pacific Ocean April 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Smooth Malacoraja senta Hopedale Channel population NL Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Smooth Malacoraja senta Nose of the Grand Bank population NL Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Smelt, Longfin Spirinchus thaleichthys Pygmy populations BC November 2004
Fishes Sunfish, Redbreast Lepomis auritus Not applicable NB April 2008
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus Upper Yukon Watershed populations YT BC November 2012
Fishes Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Mira River population NS November 2000
Fishes Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Lake Simcoe population ON May 2005
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Pygmy Prosopium coulterii Southwestern Yukon Beringian populations YT BC November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Pygmy Prosopium coulterii Yukon River populations YT November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Pygmy Prosopium coulterii Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations ON November 2016
Fishes Wolffish, Bering Anarhichas orientalis Not applicable Arctic Ocean November 2002
Arthropods (no symbol) Clubtail, Riverine Stylurus amnicola Boreal population QC November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Clubtail, Riverine Stylurus amnicola Prairie population MB November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Flower Gem, Dark-banded Melaporphyria immortua Not applicable AB SK MB May 2005
Arthropods (no symbol) Moth, Columbia Dune Copablepharon absidum Not applicable BC April 2017
Molluscs (no symbol) Capshell, Rocky Mountain Acroloxus coloradensis Eastern population ON QC November 2001
Molluscs (no symbol) Duskysnail, Squat Lyogyrus granum Not applicable NB NS November 2003
Molluscs (no symbol) Fieldslug, Evening Deroceras hesperium Not applicable BC November 2003
Molluscs Physa, Lake Winnipeg Physa sp. Not applicable MB November 2012
Molluscs (no symbol) Snail, Gatineau Tadpole Physella parkeri latchfordi Not applicable QC April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Barley, Little Hordeum pusillum Not applicable AB April 1993
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fleabane, Leiberg's Erigeron leibergii Not applicable BC November 2016
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldenweed, Rabbit-brush Ericameria bloomeri Not applicable BC April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pinweed, Impoverished Lechea intermedia var. depauperata Not applicable SK April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Whitlow-grass, Long-stalked Draba juvenilis Not applicable AB April 1992
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Schleicher's Silk Entodon schleicheri Not applicable NT BC AB May 2005
Lichens ↔  Frosted Glass-whiskers Sclerophora peronella Pacific population BC November 2014
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Flexuous Golden Stubble Chaenotheca servitii Not applicable NS November 2002
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Red Oak Stubble Phaeocalicium minutissimum Not applicable QC NB November 2002

Record of reviews of classification

A short history is provided for each wildlife species that has been reassessed by COSEWIC, including date(s) of assessment and the status assigned.

Acadian Flycatcher
Designated Endangered in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000 and April 2010.
Alaskan Brook Lamprey
Species considered in April 1990 and in April 2006 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001. Split into two populations in April 2007. The original designation was de-activated.
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander (Appalachian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001. Split into two populations in April 2007. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was designated Threatened in April 2007. Population name changed to Appalachian population in April 2018; status re-examined and designated Endangered.
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998 . Split into two populations in April 2007. The Carolinian population was designated Endangered in April 2007. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
American Badger
Designated Not at Risk in April 1979. The original Canada-wide designation was de-activated in May 2000 when the American Badger was split according to subspecies.
American Badger jacksoni subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in 1979. Each subspecies was given a separate designation in May 2000. The jacksoni subspecies was designated Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2012.
American Badger jeffersonii subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in 1979. Each subspecies was given a separate designation in May 2000; the jeffersonii subspecies was designated Endangered. The jeffersonii subspecies was further split into two populations (Western and Eastern populations) in November 2012. The original designation was de-activated.
American Badger jeffersonii subspecies (Eastern population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in 1979. Each subspecies was given a separate designation in May 2000; the jeffersonii subspecies was designated Endangered. In November 2012, the jeffersonii subspecies was further split into two populations (Western and Eastern populations), and the Eastern population was designated Endangered.
American Badger jeffersonii subspecies (Western population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in 1979. Each subspecies was given a separate designation in May 2000; the jeffersonii subspecies was designated Endangered. In November 2012, the jeffersonii subspecies was further split into two populations (Western and Eastern populations), and the Western population was designated Endangered.
American Badger taxus subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in 1979. Each subspecies was given a separate designation in May 2000; the taxus subspecies was designated Not at Risk. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2012.
American Black Bear
Designated Not at Risk in April 1998 and in April 1999.
American Chestnut
Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2004.
American Columbo
Designated Special Concern in April 1993. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2006.
American Eel
Designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2012.
American Ginseng
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
American Hart's-tongue Fern
Designated Special Concern in November 2000 and in November 2016.
American Marten (Newfoundland population)
Designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1996 and in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2007.
American Water-willow
Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
American White Pelican
Designated Threatened in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1987.
Ancient Murrelet
Designated Special Concern in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2004 and November 2014.
Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 2017.
Anticosti Aster
Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2017.
Athabasca Thrift
Designated Threatened in April 1981. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002 and April 2018.
Atlantic Cod
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Split into four populations in May 2003. The original designation was de-activated.
Atlantic Cod (Arctic Lakes population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Arctic population was designated Special Concern. When the Arctic population was further split into two populations (Arctic Lakes population and Arctic Marine population) in April 2010, the Arctic Lakes population was designated Special Concern, and the original Arctic population was de-activated.
Atlantic Cod (Arctic Marine population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Arctic population was designated Special Concern. When the Arctic population was further split into two populations (Arctic Lakes population and Arctic Marine population) in April 2010, the Arctic Marine population was designated Data Deficient, and the original Arctic population was de-activated.
Atlantic Cod (Arctic population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Arctic population was designated Special Concern. Further split into two populations (Arctic Lakes population and Arctic Marine population) in April 2010. The original Arctic population was de-activated.
Atlantic Cod (Laurentian North population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Laurentian North population was designated Threatened. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2010.
Atlantic Cod (Laurentian South population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Maritimes population was designated Special Concern. When the Maritimes population was further split into two populations (Laurentian South population and Southern population) in April 2010, the Laurentian South population was designated Endangered, and the original Maritimes population was de-activated.
Atlantic Cod (Maritimes population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Maritimes population was designated Special Concern. Further split into two populations (Laurentian South population and Southern population) in April 2010. The original Maritimes population was de-activated.
Atlantic Cod (Newfoundland and Labrador population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Newfoundland and Labrador population was designated Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2010.
Atlantic Cod (Southern population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. When the species was split into separate populations in May 2003, the Maritimes population was designated Special Concern. When the Maritimes population was further split into two populations (Laurentian South population and Southern population) in April 2010, the Southern population was designated Endangered, and the original Maritimes population was de-activated.
Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy population)
Designated Endangered in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2006 and November 2010.
Atlantic Salmon (Lake Ontario population)
Last reported in 1898. Designated Extirpated in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Extinct in November 2010.
Atlantic Walrus
The Atlantic Walrus in Canada was originally treated by COSEWIC as two separate populations: Eastern Arctic population (Not at Risk in April 1987 and May 2000) and Northwest Atlantic population(Extirpated in April 1987 and May 2000). In April 2006, COSEWIC included both populations in a single designatable unit for Atlantic Walrus in Canada, and the species was designated Special Concern. Split into three populations in April 2017. The original designation was de-activated.
Atlantic Walrus (Central / Low Arctic population)
The Atlantic Walrus in Canada was originally treated by COSEWIC as two separate populations: Eastern Arctic population (Not at Risk in April 1987 and May 2000) and Northwest Atlantic population (Extirpated in April 1987 and May 2000). In April 2006, COSEWIC included both populations in a single designatable unit for Atlantic Walrus in Canada, and the species was designated Special Concern.  Split into three populations in April 2017. The Central / Low Arctic population was designated Special Concern in April 2017.
Atlantic Walrus (Eastern Arctic population)
The Eastern Arctic population was designated Not at Risk in April 1987 and in May 2000. In April 2006, COSEWIC included the Eastern Arctic portion of the Atlantic Walrus as part of a single designatable unit for Atlantic Walrus in Canada. The original designation was de-activated.
Atlantic Walrus (High Arctic population)
The Atlantic Walrus in Canada was originally treated by COSEWIC as two separate populations: Eastern Arctic population (Not at Risk in April 1987 and May 2000) and Northwest Atlantic population (Extirpated in April 1987 and May 2000). In April 2006, COSEWIC included both populations in a single designatable unit for Atlantic Walrus in Canada, and the species was designated Special Concern. Split into three populations in April 2017. The High Arctic population was designated Special Concern in April 2017.
Atlantic Walrus (Northwest Atlantic population)
The Atlantic Walrus in Canada was originally treated by COSEWIC as two separate populations: Eastern Arctic population (Not at Risk in April 1987 and May 2000) and Northwest Atlantic population (Extirpated in April 1987 and May 2000). In April 2006, COSEWIC included the extirpated portion of the Atlantic Walrus as part of a single designatable unit for Atlantic Walrus in Canada. The original designation was de-activated.
Atlantic Walrus (Nova Scotia - Newfoundland - Gulf of St Lawrence population)
The Atlantic Walrus in Canada was originally treated by COSEWIC as two separate populations: Eastern Arctic population (Not at Risk in April 1987 and May 2000) and Northwest Atlantic population (Extirpated in April 1987 and May 2000). In April 2006, COSEWIC included both populations in a single designatable unit for Atlantic Walrus in Canada, and the species was designated Special Concern.  Split into three populations in April 2017. The Nova Scotia - Newfoundland - Gulf of St Lawrence population was designated Extinct in April 2017.
Atlantic Whitefish
Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000 and November 2010.
Atlantic Wolffish
Designated Special Concern in November 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2012.
Aurora Trout
Designated Endangered in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.  Designation de-activated in May 2011 because it was concluded that this species is ineligible for assessment.
Baikal Sedge
Designated Threatened in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2016.
Baird's Sparrow
Designated Threatened in April 1989. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2012.
Banded Cord-moss
Designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2015.
Banded Killifish (Newfoundland populations)
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003 and May 2014.
Banff Longnose Dace
Extinct since 1986. Designated Extinct in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Banff Springs Snail
Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000, April 2008, and April 2018.
Barn Owl
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1984. In April 1999, the Western and Eastern populations were assessed separately. The original designation for the Canadian range of the Barn Owl was de-activated.
Barn Owl (Eastern population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1984. In April 1999, the Western and Eastern populations were assessed separately. The Eastern population was designated Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2010.
Barn Owl (Western population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1984. In April 1999, the Western and Eastern populations were assessed separately. The Western population was designated Special Concern. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2010.
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eastern population)
Designated Special Concern in November 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2011.
Bashful Bulrush
Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000.
Basking Shark (Pacific population)
Designated Endangered in April 2007. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Bear's-foot Sanicle
Designated Endangered in May 2001. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2015.
Bearded Owl-clover
Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2011.
Bearded Seal
Designated Not at Risk in April 1994. Species considered in April 2007 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Behr's Hairstreak
Designated Threatened in November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2012.
Beluga Whale (Cumberland Sound population)
The Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population was designated Endangered in April 1990. In May 2004, the structure of the population was redefined: the Southeast Baffin Island animals (formerly part of the Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population) were included as part of the Western Hudson Bay population. The newly defined "Cumberland Sound population" was designated Threatened in May 2004.
Beluga Whale (Eastern Beaufort Sea population)
Designated Not at Risk in April 1985 and in May 2004.
Beluga Whale (Eastern High Arctic - Baffin Bay population)
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2004.
Beluga Whale (Eastern Hudson Bay population)
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2004.
Beluga Whale (Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population)
Designated Endangered in April 1990. In May 2004, both the Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population and the Western Hudson Bay population (original) were de-activated to denote transfer of the Southeast Baffin Island animals from the former population grouping to the latter. The two new populations are called: Cumberland Sound population and Western Hudson Bay population.
Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence Estuary population)
Designated Endangered in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2014.
Beluga Whale (Ungava Bay population)
Designated Endangered in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2004.
Beluga Whale (Western Hudson Bay population)
The Western Hudson Bay population (original) was designated Not at Risk in April 1993. In May 2004, the structure of the population was redefined: the Southeast Baffin Island animals (formerly part of the Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population) were included as part of the Western Hudson Bay population. The Western Hudson Bay population was designated Special Concern in May 2004.
Beluga Whale (Western Hudson Bay population, original designation)
Designated Not at Risk in April 1993. In May 2004, both the Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population and the Western Hudson Bay population (original) were de-activated to denote transfer of the Southeast Baffin Island animals from the former population grouping to the latter. The two new populations are called: Cumberland Sound population and Western Hudson Bay population.
Bering Cisco
Species considered in April 1990 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2004 and November 2017.
Bering Wolffish
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Species considered in November 2002 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Bicknell's Thrush
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2009.
Bigmouth Buffalo
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1989. Split into two populations in April 2008 to allow a separate designation of the Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes - Upper St.Lawrence populations).  Bigmouth Buffalo (Saskatchewan – Nelson River populations) was assessed in April 2009. The original designation was de-activated.
Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1989. Split into two populations in April 2008 to allow a separate designation of the Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations).  The Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations) was designated Not at Risk in April 2008.
Bigmouth Buffalo (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1989. Split into two populations in April 2008 to allow a separate designation of the Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations). The Bigmouth Buffalo (Saskatchewan – Nelson River populations) was not assessed in April 2008; it retained the Special Concern designation of the original Bigmouth Buffalo. The population was designated Special Concern in April 2009.
Bigmouth Shiner
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2003.
Bird's-foot Violet
Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2002.
Black Buffalo
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Species considered in April 2007 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Black Redhorse
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2005 and May 2015.
Black Tern
Designated Not at Risk in April 1988 and in April 1996.
Black-footed Ferret
Extirpated by 1974. Designated Extirpated in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2009.
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Designated Special Concern in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1988, April 1999 and November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2011.
Blackfin Cisco
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Species considered in April 2007 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Blackline Prickleback
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Species considered in May 2003 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Blackstripe Topminnow
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001 and May 2012.
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Designated Endangered in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001 and May 2011.
Blanding's Turtle (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Designated Threatened in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2016.
Blanding's Turtle (Nova Scotia population)
Designated Threatened in April 1993. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2005 and November 2016.
Blanket-leaved Willow
Designated Special Concern in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Blue Ash
Designated Threatened in April 1983. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2014.
Blue Racer
Designated Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002 and May 2012.
Blue Shark (North Atlantic population)
Designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2016.
Blue Shark (North Pacific population)
Species considered in April 2006 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2016.
Blue Walleye
Extinct since 1965. Designated Extinct in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Blue Whale
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1983. In May 2002, the species was split into two populations: Blue Whale (Atlantic population) and Blue Whale (Pacific population). The Atlantic population and the Pacific populations were both designated Endangered in May 2002. The original designation for Blue Whale was de-activated.
Blue Whale (Atlantic population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1983. Split into two populations in May 2002. The Atlantic population was designated Endangered in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Blue Whale (Pacific population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1983. Split into two populations in May 2002. The Pacific population was designated Endangered in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Blue-grey Taildropper
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened April 2016.
Bluehearts
Designated Threatened in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2011.
Blunt-lobed Woodsia
Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2007.
Bocaccio
Designated Threatened in November 2002. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2013.
Bolander's Quillwort
Designated Special Concern in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2006.
Boreal Felt Lichen (Atlantic population)
Designated Endangered in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Boreal Felt Lichen (Boreal population)
Designated Special Concern in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Bowhead Whale (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population)
The "Eastern and Western Arctic populations" were given a single designation of Endangered in April 1980. Split into two populations (Eastern Arctic and Western Arctic) to allow separate designations in April 1986. The Western Arctic population was designated Endangered in April 1986. The population was renamed to "Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population" and designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2009.
Bowhead Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population)
The "Eastern and Western Arctic populations" were given a single designation of Endangered in April 1980. Split into two populations (Eastern Arctic and Western Arctic) to allow separate designations in April 1986. The Eastern Arctic population was not re-evaluated in April 1986, but retained the Endangered status of the original "Eastern and Western Arctic populations". The Eastern Arctic population was further split into two populations (Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population and Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population) in May 2005, and the Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population was designated Threatened. In April 2009, the Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population and the Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population were considered a single unit (Eastern Canada-West Greenland population) and the original Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population was de-activated.
Bowhead Whale (Eastern and Western Arctic populations)
Designated Endangered in April 1980. Split into two populations (Eastern Arctic and Western Arctic) to allow a separate designation for the Western Arctic population in April 1986. The original designation was de-activated.
Bowhead Whale (Eastern Arctic population)
The "Eastern and Western Arctic populations" were given a single designation of Endangered in April 1980. Split into two populations (Eastern Arctic and Western Arctic) to allow separate designations in April 1986. Eastern Arctic population was not re-evaluated, but retained the Endangered status of the original "Eastern and Western Arctic populations". The Eastern Arctic population was further split into two populations (Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population and Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population) in May 2005, and the original designation was de-activated.
Bowhead Whale (Eastern Canada-West Greenland population)
The "Eastern and Western Arctic populations" were given a single designation of Endangered in April 1980. Split into two populations (Eastern Arctic and Western Arctic) to allow separate designations in April 1986. The Eastern Arctic population was not re-evaluated in April 1986, but retained the Endangered status of the original "Eastern and Western Arctic populations". The Eastern Arctic population was further split into two populations (Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population and Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population) in May 2005, and each was designated Threatened. In April 2009, the Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population and the Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population were considered a single unit and this Eastern Canada-West Greenland population was designated Special Concern.
Bowhead Whale (Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population)
The "Eastern and Western Arctic populations" were given a single designation of Endangered in April 1980. Split into two populations (Eastern Arctic and Western Arctic) to allow separate designations in April 1986. The Eastern Arctic population was not re-evaluated in April 1986, but retained the Endangered status of the original "Eastern and Western Arctic populations". The Eastern Arctic population was further split into two populations (Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population and Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population) in May 2005, and the Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population was designated Threatened.  In April 2009, the Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population and the Davis Strait-Baffin Bay population were considered a single unit (Eastern Canada-West Greenland population) and the original Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin population was de-activated.
Branched Bartonia
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2003.
Bridle Shiner
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001 and May 2013.
Brindled Madtom
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in May 2001.
Brook Spike-primrose
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2018.
Buffalograss
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2011.
Bullsnake
Species considered in May 2002 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2017.
Burrowing Owl
Designated Threatened in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1991. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1995. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2006, and April 2017.
Butler's Gartersnake
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2010.
Butternut
Designated Endangered in November 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Canada Lynx
Designated Not at Risk in April 1989 and in May 2001.
Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population)
Atlantic-Gaspésie population designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000.Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002 and November 2014.
Caribou (Boreal population)
The Boreal population was designated Threatened in May 2000. This newly-defined population is comprised of a portion of the de-activated "Western population" and all of the de-activated "Labrador-Ungava population". Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002 and November 2014.
Caribou (Central Mountain population)
Following the Designatable Unit report on caribou (COSEWIC 2011), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC. This resulted in the new Central Mountain population, composed of 12 subpopulations from the previous Southern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou (COSEWIC 2002). The Central Mountain population of Caribou was designated Endangered in May 2014.
Caribou (Dolphin and Union population)
The original designation considered a single unit that included Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, and what is now known as the Dolphin and Union population of Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. It was assigned a status of Threatened in April 1979. Split to allow designation of three separate populations in 1991: Banks Island (Endangered), High Arctic (Endangered) and Low Arctic (Threatened) populations. In May 2004 all three population designations were de-activated, and the Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, was assessed separately from the Dolphin and Union population of Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. The Dolphin and Union population is comprised of a portion of the former "Low Arctic population", and it was designated Special Concern in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2017.
Caribou (Newfoundland population)
Newfoundland population was designated Not at Risk in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2014.
Caribou (Northern Mountain population)
The Northern Mountain population was designated Not at Risk in May 2000. This population was formerly designated as part of the "Western population" (now de-activated). Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2002. Following the Designatable Unit report on Caribou (COSEWIC 2011), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC. This new Northern Mountain population is composed of all 36 subpopulations in the previous Northern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou in addition to 9 subpopulations from the previous (2002) Southern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou. The Northern Mountain population was designated Special Concern in May 2014.
Caribou (Southern Mountain population)
The Southern Mountain population was designated Threatened in May 2000. This population was formerly designated as part of the "Western population" (now de-activated). Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Following the Designatable Unit report on caribou (COSEWIC 2011), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC. This resulted in the new Southern Mountain population, composed of 17 subpopulations from the former Southern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou (COSEWIC 2002). The remaining subpopulations were assigned to the new Central and Northern Mountain populations.The Southern Mountain population was designated Endangered in May 2014.
Caribou dawsoni subspecies
Extinct by the 1920s. Designated Extinct in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Carmine Shiner
Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001 and in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2018.
Caspian Tern
Designated Special Concern in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1999.
Central Stoneroller
Designated Special Concern in 1985. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in 1998.
Cerulean Warbler
Designated Special Concern in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2010.
Channel Darter
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Split into populations in November 2016. The original designation was de-activated.
Channel Darter (Lake Erie populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. When the species was split into separate units in November 2016, the "Lake Erie populations" unit was designated Endangered.
Channel Darter (Lake Ontario populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. When the species was split into separate units in November 2016, the "Lake Ontario populations" unit was designated Endangered.
Channel Darter (St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. When the species was split into separate units in November 2016, the "St. Lawrence populations" unit was designated Special Concern.
Chestnut Lamprey
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1991. Split into two populations in November 2010. The original designation was de-activated.
Chestnut Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1991. Split into two populations in November 2010. The "Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations" unit was considered in November 2010 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Chestnut Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1991. Split into two populations in November 2010. The "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit was was considered in November 2010 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Chimney Swift
Designated Threatened in April 2007. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Chinook Salmon (Okanagan population)
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on 4 May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2017.
Chiselmouth
Species considered in April 1997 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in May 2003 and designated Not at Risk.
Climbing Prairie Rose
Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2003.
Coastal Giant Salamander
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2000 and May 2014.
Coastal Tailed Frog
Designated Special Concern in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2011.
Coastal Vesper Sparrow
Designated Endangered in April 2006.  Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Coastal Wood Fern
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001.
Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus population)
Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2000 and in April 2010.
Coeur d'Alene Salamander
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001 and November 2007.
Coho Salmon (Interior Fraser population)
Designated Endangered in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2016.
Colicroot
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2015.
Columbia Sculpin
Designated Special Concern in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2010.
Columbian Carpet Moss
Designated Special Concern in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Common Hoptree
Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2002. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2015.
Common Nighthawk
Designated Threatened in April 2007. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2018.
Cooper's Hawk
Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1996.
Copper Redhorse
Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2004 and May 2014.
Cougar (Eastern population)
Designated Endangered in April 1978. Species considered in April 1998 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Crooked-stem Aster
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2012.
Cryptic Paw Lichen
Designated Special Concern in April 1995 and in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2019.
Cucumber Tree
Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999, May 2000, and April 2010.
Cusk
Designated Threatened in May 2003. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2012.
Cutlip Minnow
Designated Not at Risk in April 1994. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2013.
Dakota Skipper
Designated Threatened in November 2003. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2014.
Deepwater Cisco
Extinct since 1952. Designated Extinct in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Deepwater Sculpin (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The "Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations" unit (which includes the former "Great Lakes populations" unit, designated Threatened in April 1987) was designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Deepwater Sculpin (Great Lakes populations)
Designated Threatened in April 1987. The designation of the Great Lakes populations unit was de-activated in April 2006. The former Great Lakes populations unit is contained within the Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations unit.
Deepwater Sculpin (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
“Western populations” was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 2006. When the species was split into five separate units in April 2017, the 'Saskatchewan – Nelson River populations' unit was designated Not at Risk.
Deepwater Sculpin (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations)
“Western populations" was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 2006. When the species was split into five separate units in April 2017, the 'Southern Hudson Bay – James Bay populations' unit was designated Data Deficient.
Deepwater Sculpin (Waterton Lake population)
“Western populations” was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 2006. When the species was split into five separate units in April 2017, the 'Waterton Lake population' unit was designated Special Concern.
Deepwater Sculpin (Western Arctic populations)
“Western populations” was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 2006. When the species was split into five separate units in April 2017, the 'Western Arctic populations' unit was designated Not at Risk.
Deepwater Sculpin (Western Hudson Bay populations)
“Western populations” was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 2006. When the species was split into five separate units in April 2017, the 'Western Hudson Bay populations' unit was designated Not at Risk.
Deepwater Sculpin (Western populations)
"Western populations" was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 2006. Split into five separate units in April 2017. The original designation was de-activated.
Deerberry
Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000.
Deltoid Balsamroot
Designated in April 1996 as Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000 and in April 2009.
Dense Blazing Star
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2010.
Desert Nightsnake
Designated Endangered in May 2001 and May 2011.
Dromedary Jumping-slug
Designated Threatened in May 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2014.
Drooping Trillium
Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-assessed and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2009.
Dun Skipper vestris subspecies
Designated Threatened in November 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Dwarf Hackberry
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2003.
Dwarf Lake Iris
Designated Threatened in November 2004. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2010.
Dwarf Wedgemussel
Extirpated by 1968. Designated Extirpated in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2009.
Dwarf Woolly-heads (Southern Mountain population)
Designated Endangered in November 2003. Renamed Dwarf Woolly-heads (Southern Mountain population) in April 2006 and designated Endangered.
Eastern Bluebird
Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1996.
Eastern Box Turtle
Species considered in May 2002 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Status re-examined and designated Extirpated in November 2014.
Eastern Foxsnake
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1999 and May 2000. Split into two populations in April 2008. The original designation was de-activated.
Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1999 and May 2000. Split into two populations in April 2008. The Carolinian population was designated Endangered in April 2008.
Eastern Foxsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1999 and May 2000. Split into two populations in April 2008. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was designated Endangered in April 2008.
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001 and November 2007.
Eastern Lilaeopsis
Designated Special Concern in April 1987 and in May 2004.
Eastern Milksnake
Designated Special Concern in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2014.
Eastern Mole
Designated Special Concern in April 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998, November 2000, and November 2010.
Eastern Mountain Avens
Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999, May 2000, and April 2010.
Eastern Musk Turtle
Designated Threatened in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2012.
Eastern Persius Duskywing
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2016.
Eastern Pondmussel
Designated Endangered in April 2007. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2017.
Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid
Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2003.
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998, May 2000, and April 2010.
Eastern Ribbonsnake (Atlantic population)
Designated Threatened in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2012.
Eastern Ribbonsnake (Great Lakes population)
Designated Special Concern in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2012.
Eastern Sand Darter
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1994 and November 2000. Split into two populations in November 2009. The original designation was de-activated.
Eastern Sand Darter (Ontario populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1994 and November 2000. When the species was split into separate units in November 2009, the "Ontario populations" unit was designated Threatened.
Eastern Sand Darter (Quebec populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1994 and November 2000. When the species was split into separate units in November 2009, the "Quebec populations" unit was designated Threatened.
Eastern Tiger Salamander
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations : Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with different populations that received separate designations. The original Tiger Salamander population designations were de-activated.
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Carolinian population)
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations: Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with two different populations that received separate designations. The Carolinian population of the Eastern Tiger Salamander was assessed as Extirpated.
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Prairie population)
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations: Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with two different populations that received separate designations. The Prairie population of the Eastern Tiger Salamander was designated Endangered in November 2013.
Eastern Wolf
In 1999, the Eastern Grey Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) was considered a subspecies of the Grey Wolf and was placed in the Data Deficient category.  Status was re-examined (as Eastern Wolf, Canis lupus lycaon) and designated Special Concern in May 2001. New genetic analyses indicate that the Eastern Wolf is not a subspecies of Grey Wolf.  In May 2015, a new wildlife species, Eastern Wolf (Canis sp. cf. lycaon) was designated Threatened.
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
Designated Special Concern in April 1991. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2004 and November 2015.
Eelgrass Limpet
Extinct since 1929. Designated Extinct in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Engelmann's Quillwort
Designated Endangered in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001.
Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Original designation (including both Benthic and Limnetic species) was Threatened in April 1988. Split into two species when re-examined in November 2002 and the Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback was designated Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Original designation (including both Benthic and Limnetic species) was Threatened in April 1988. Split into two species when re-examined in November 2002 and the Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback was designated Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Enos Lake Threespine Sticklebacks
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Split into two species when re-examined in November 2002: Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback and Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback. The original designation was de-activated.
Ermine haidarum subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2001 and May 2015.
Eskimo Curlew
Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000 and November 2009.
Eulachon (Nass / Skeena Rivers population)
Designated Threatened in May 2011. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2013.
European Whitefish (Dezadeash Lake small-bodied population)
Squanga Whitefish (Coregonus sp.) was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1987. In April 2018, the unit was split into three separate species of European Whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, and the Dezadeash Lake small-bodied population of European Whitefish was designated Threatened.
European Whitefish (Little Teslin Lake small-bodied population)
Squanga Whitefish (Coregonus sp.) was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1987. In April 2018, the unit was split into three separate species of European Whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, and the Little Teslin Lake small-bodied population of European Whitefish was designated Threatened.               
European Whitefish (Squanga Lake small-bodied population)
Squanga Whitefish (Coregonus sp.) was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1987. In April 2018, the unit was split into three separate species of European Whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, and the Squanga Lake small-bodied population of European Whitefish was designated Threatened.    
False Hop Sedge
Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000 and November 2011.
False Rue-anemone
Designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2005.
Fernald's Braya
Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2012.
Fernald's Milk-vetch
Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001.
Ferruginous Hawk
Designated Threatened in April 1980. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2008.
Fin Whale
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1987. Split into two populations in May 2005. The original designation was de-activated.
Fin Whale (Atlantic population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1987. Split into two populations (Atlantic and Pacific) in May 2005. The Atlantic population was designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2019.
Fin Whale (Pacific population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1987. Split into two populations (Atlantic and Pacific) in May 2005. The Pacific population was designated Threatened in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2019.
Five-lined Skink
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. Split into two populations in April 2007. The designation was de-activated in April 2007.
Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. Split into two populations in April 2007. The Carolinian population was designated Endangered in April 2007.
Five-lined Skink (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1998. Split into two populations in April 2007. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was designated Special Concern in April 2007.
Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Flammulated Owl
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed Special Concern in April 1999, November 2001, and April 2010.
Flathead Catfish
Species considered in April 1993 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Category re-examined and confirmed in April 2008.
Floccose Tansy
Designated Special Concern in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Flooded Jellyskin
Designated Threatened in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2015.
Fourhorn Sculpin (Freshwater form)
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Species considered in November 2003 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Fowler's Toad
Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2010.
Fringed Bat
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Species considered in May 2004 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Frosted Elfin
Extirpated by 1988. Designated Extirpated in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2010, and May 2019.
Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population)
Designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Frosted Glass-whiskers (Pacific population)
Species considered in May 2005 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Furbish's Lousewort
Designated Endangered in April 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998, May 2000, and May 2011.
Gaspé Shrew
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 2006.
Gattinger's Agalinis
Designated Endangered in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2001.
Ghost Antler Lichen
Designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2011.
Giant Helleborine
Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2015.
Giant Threespine Stickleback
Designated Special Concern in April 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Gold-edged Gem
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2016.
Golden Eagle
Designated Not at Risk in April 1987 and in April 1996.
Golden Paintbrush
Designated Threatened in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000 and in November 2007.
Goldencrest
Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2012.
Goldenseal
Designated Threatened in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2019.
Grass Pickerel
Designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Gravel Chub
Last recorded in Thames River drainage, Ontario in 1958. Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2008, and May 2019.
Gray Fox
Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2002 and November 2015.
Gray Ratsnake
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1998 and in May 2000. Split into two populations in April 2007. The original designation was de-activated in April 2007.
Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1998 and in May 2000. Split into two populations in April 2007. The Carolinian population was designated Endangered in April 2007. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1998 and in May 2000. Split into two populations in April 2007. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was designated Threatened in April 2007. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Great Auk
Believed to be Extinct since 1844. Designated in April 1985 based on historic records only. Status report prepared and approved by COSEWIC in 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Great Basin Gophersnake
Designated Threatened in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Great Basin Spadefoot
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001 and in April 2007.
Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1997 and April 2008.
Great Grey Owl
Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1996.
Great Plains Toad
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002 and April 2010.
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Last reported in 1987. Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Extirpated in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in November 2009.
Greater Sage-Grouse phaios subspecies
Has not been reported since the 1960s. Designated Extirpated in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and April 2008.
Greater Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies
Given conditional designation of Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1998 based on a revised status report. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and April 2008.
Greater Short-horned Lizard
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re–examined and designated Endangered in April 2007. Status re–examined and designated Special Concern in November 2018.
Green Sturgeon
Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2004 and November 2013.
Greenside Darter
Designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2006.
Grey Whale (Atlantic population)
Extirpated before the end of the 1800s. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2009.
Grey Whale (Eastern North Pacific population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2004. Split into two populations in November 2017 (Northern Pacific Migratory and Pacific Coast Feeding Group). The original designation was de-activated.
Grey Whale (Northern Pacific Migratory population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2004. Split into two populations in November 2017; the Northern Pacific Migratory population was designated Not at Risk.
Grey Whale (Pacific Coast Feeding Group population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2004. Split into two populations in November 2017; the Pacific Coast Feeding Group population was designated Endangered. 
Grizzly Bear
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and Northwestern population). The original designation for "Grizzly Bear" across Canada was de-activated. In May 2012, the entire species was re-examined and split into two populations (Western and Ungava populations).
Grizzly Bear (Northwestern population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and Northwestern population). The Northwestern population was designated Special Concern in April 1991. Status was re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. In May 2012, the entire species was re-examined and the Prairie and Northwestern populations were considered a single unit (Western population). The original Northwestern population was de-activated.
Grizzly Bear (Prairie population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and Northwestern population). The Prairie population was designated Extirpated in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in May 2002. In May 2012, the entire species was re-examined and the Prairie and Northwestern populations were considered a single unit (Western population). The original Prairie population was de-activated.
Grizzly Bear (Ungava population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and Northwestern population). In May 2012, the entire species was re-examined and split into two populations (Western and Ungava populations). The newly-defined Ungava population was designated Extinct in May 2012.
Grizzly Bear (Western population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and Northwestern population). The Prairie population was designated Extirpated in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in May 2002. The Northwestern population was designated Special Concern in April 1991 and confirmed in May 2002. In May 2012, the entire species was re-examined and the Prairie and Northwestern populations were considered a single unit. This newly-defined Western population was designated Special Concern in May 2012.
Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2004.
Gyrfalcon
Designated Not at Risk in April 1978 and in April 1987.
Hadley Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Extinct in 1999. Designated Extinct in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Hadley Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Extinct in 1999. Designated Extinct in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Hairy Prairie-clover
Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2011.
Haller's Apple Moss
Designated Threatened in November 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2011.
Harbour Porpoise (Northwest Atlantic population)
The Northwest Atlantic population was designated Threatened in April 1990 and in April 1991. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2003 and in April 2006.
Harbour Porpoise (Pacific Ocean population)
Species considered in April 1991 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in November 2003 and designated Special Concern. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2016.
Harbour Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies
Species considered in April 1999 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in November 2007 and designated Not at Risk.
Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2007 and April 2018.
Hare-footed Locoweed
Designated Special Concern in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2014.
Harlequin Duck (Eastern population)
The Eastern population was designated Endangered in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2001 and November 2013.
Heart-leaved Plantain
Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998, May 2000, and November 2011.
Henslow's Sparrow
Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000 and May 2011.
Hill's Pondweed
Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2005.
Hoary Mountain-mint
Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998, May 2000, and November 2011.
Hooded Warbler
Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in May 2012.
Hotwater Physa
Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and April 2008.
Humpback Whale (North Pacific population)
The "Western North Atlantic and North Pacific populations" were given a single designation of Threatened in April 1982. Split into two populations in April 1985 (Western North Atlantic population and North Pacific population). The North Pacific population designated Threatened in 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2011.
Humpback Whale (Western North Atlantic and North Pacific populations)
The "Western North Atlantic and North Pacific populations" were given a single designation of Threatened in April 1982. Split into two populations in April 1985 (Western North Atlantic population and North Pacific population). The original designation was de-activated.
Humpback Whale (Western North Atlantic population)
The "Western North Atlantic and North Pacific populations" were given a single designation of Threatened in April 1982. Split into two populations in April 1985 (Western North Atlantic population and North Pacific population). Western North Atlantic population designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in May 2003.
Illinois Tick-trefoil
No site records since 1888. Designated Extirpated in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Incurved Grizzled Moss
Designated Extirpated in November 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Island Blue
Designated Endangered in November 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Island Marble
Extirpated by 1910. Designated Extirpated in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2010.
Ivory Gull
Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996 and in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2006.
Jefferson Salamander
Designated Threatened in November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2010.
Juniper Sedge
Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Karner Blue
Has not been observed since 1991. Designated Extirpated in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2010, and May 2019.
Keen's Long-eared Bat
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Species considered in November 2003 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Kentucky Coffee-tree
Designated Threatened in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000.
Kidneyshell
Designated Endangered in May 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Killer Whale (North Pacific resident populations)
Designated Threatened in April 1999. The designation of the Killer Whale (North Pacific resident populations) was de-activated in November 2001 when it was split into three populations: Killer Whale (Northern resident population), Killer Whale (Southern resident population) and Killer Whale (Offshore population).
Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific northern resident population)
The “North Pacific resident populations” were given a single designation of Threatened in April 1999. Split into three populations in November 2001. The Northeast Pacific northern resident population was designated Threatened in November 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2008.
Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific offshore population)
The “North Pacific resident populations” were given a single designation of Threatened in April 1999. Split into three populations in November 2001. The Northeast Pacific offshore population was designated Special Concern in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2008.
Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population)
The “North Pacific resident populations” were given a single designation of Threatened in April 1999. Split into three populations in November 2001. The Northeast Pacific southern resident population was designated Endangered in November 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2008.
Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific transient population)
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001 and in November 2008.
Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population)
Species considered in April 1999 and in November 2001, and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in November 2008 and designated Special Concern.
King Rail
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000 and in May 2011.
Kirtland's Warbler
Designated Endangered in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999, May 2000, and April 2008.
Kiyi
The species was designated Special Concern in April 1988. Split into two subspecies (Upper Great Lakes Kiyi and Lake Ontario Kiyi) in May 2005. The original designation was de-activated.
Labrador Duck
Believed to be Extinct since 1875. Designated in April 1985 based on historic records only. Status report prepared and approved by COSEWIC in 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Lake Chub (Atlin Warm Springs populations)
The species was considered a single population unit (Northern British Columbia Hotsprings populations) in November 2004 and placed in the Data Deficient category. When the species was split into separate units in November 2018, the "Atlin Warm Springs populations" unit was designated Threatened.
Lake Chub (Liard Hot Springs populations)
The species was considered a single population unit (Northern British Columbia Hotsprings populations) in November 2004 and placed in the Data Deficient category. When the species was split into separate units in November 2018, the "Liard Hot Springs populations" unit was designated Threatened.
Lake Chub (Northern British Columbia Hotsprings populations)
The species was considered a single population unit (Northern British Columbia Hotsprings populations) in November 2004 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Split into two populations in November 2018. The original designation was de-activated.
Lake Chubsucker
Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2008.
Lake Erie Watersnake
Designated Endangered in April 1991 and in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2015.
Lake Ontario Kiyi
The species was designated Special Concern in April 1988. Split into two subspecies (Upper Great Lakes Kiyi and Lake Ontario Kiyi) in May 2005. The Lake Ontario Kiyi was designated Extinct.
Lake Sturgeon
Designated Not at Risk in April 1986. The original designation was de-activated in May 2005 to allow designation of separate populations.
Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations" unit was designated Special Concern. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Lake Sturgeon (Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Lake of the Woods – Rainy River populations" unit was designated Special Concern. Status re–examined and confirmed in November 2006.  In April 2017, the Winnipeg - English River, Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg, Saskatchewan River, Nelson River, and Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations were considered a single unit. The Lake of the Woods – Rainy River populations' unit was deactivated.
Lake Sturgeon (Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Western populations" unit was designated Endangered. In November 2006, when the Western populations unit was split into five separate populations, the "Nelson River populations" unit was designated Endangered. In April 2017, the Winnipeg - English River, Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg, Saskatchewan River, Nelson River, and Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations were considered a single unit. The 'Nelson River populations' unit was deactivated. 
Lake Sturgeon (Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Western populations" unit was designated Endangered. In November 2006, when the Western populations unit was split into five separate populations, the "Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg populations" unit was designated Endangered. In April 2017, the Winnipeg - English River, Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg, Saskatchewan River, Nelson River, and Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations were considered a single unit. The 'Red–Assiniboine Rivers – Lake Winnipeg populations' unit was deactivated. 
Lake Sturgeon (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Western populations" unit was designated Endangered. In November 2006, the Western populations unit was split into five separate populations. In April 2017, the Winnipeg - English River, Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg, Saskatchewan River, Nelson River, and Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations were considered a single unit and this 'Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations' unit was designated Endangered.
Lake Sturgeon (Saskatchewan River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Western populations" unit was designated Endangered. In November 2006, when the Western populations unit was split into five separate populations, the "Saskatchewan River populations" unit was designated Endangered. In April 2017, the Winnipeg - English River, Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg, Saskatchewan River, Nelson River, and Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations were considered a single unit. The 'Saskatchewan River populations' unit was deactivated. 
Lake Sturgeon (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations" unit was designated Special Concern. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Lake Sturgeon (Western Hudson Bay populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Western populations" unit was designated Endangered. In November 2006, when the Western populations unit was split into five separate populations, the "Western Hudson Bay populations" unit was designated Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Lake Sturgeon (Western populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Western populations" unit was designated Endangered. In November 2006, when the Western populations unit was split into five separate populations, the original Western populations unit was de-activated.
Lake Sturgeon (Winnipeg River - English River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1986. When the species was split into separate units in May 2005, the "Western populations" unit was designated Endangered. In November 2006, when the Western populations unit was split into five separate populations, the "Winnipeg River - English River populations" unit was designated Endangered. In April 2017, the Winnipeg - English River, Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg, Saskatchewan River, Nelson River, and Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations were considered a single unit. The 'Winnipeg River – English River populations' unit was deactivated. 
Lake Whitefish (Lake Simcoe population)
Designated Threatened in April 1987. Species considered in May 2005 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Lake Whitefish (Mira River population)
Species considered in April 1999 and in November 2000, and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Lake Winnipeg Physa
Designated Endangered in November 2002. Species considered in November 2012 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Large Whorled Pogonia
Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998, May 2000, and November 2011.
Large-headed Woolly Yarrow
Designated Special Concern in May 2000.  Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Least Bittern
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001 and in April 2009.
Leatherback Sea Turtle
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Split into two populations in May 2012. The original designation was de-activated.
Leatherback Sea Turtle (Atlantic population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Split into two populations in May 2012. The Atlantic population was designated Endangered in May 2012.
Leatherback Sea Turtle (Pacific population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Split into two populations in May 2012. The Pacific population was designated Endangered in May 2012.
Lewis's Woodpecker
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2010.
Little Brown Myotis
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on February 3, 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Loggerhead Shrike
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1986. The excubitorides and the migrans subspecies were designated separately in April 1991, and the original designation was de-activated.
Loggerhead Shrike Eastern subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1986. Split according to subspecies (excubitorides and migrans) in April 1991, and each received separate designations. The migrans subspecies was de-activated in May 2014 in recognition of new genetic information indicating that some of the individuals in southeastern Manitoba should not have been included in the migrans subspecies. Further split into a new unnamed subspecies (Eastern subspecies, Lanius ludovicianus ssp.) in May 2014 and was designated Endangered.
Loggerhead Shrike migrans subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1986. Split according to subspecies in April 1991. The migrans subspecies was designated Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. De-activated in May 2014 in recognition of new genetic information indicating that some of the individuals in southeastern Manitoba should not have been included in the migrans subspecies.
Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1986. Split according to subspecies in April 1991. The excubitorides subspecies retained the original Threatened designation from April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2004 and May 2014.
Long's Braya
Designated Endangered in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and May 2011.
Long's Bulrush
Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Long-billed Curlew
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002 and May 2011.
Longjaw Cisco
Extinct since 1975. Designated Extinct in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Designation de-activated in May 2002 because it was concluded that this species is a synonym of the Shortjaw Cisco, Coregonus zenithicus, which was designated Threatened in 1987.
Louisiana Waterthrush
Designated Special Concern in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996 and April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2015.
Lyall's Mariposa Lily
Designated Threatened in May 2001. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2011.
Mackenzie Hairgrass
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Macoun's Meadowfoam
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2004.
Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population)
Designated Threatened in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2016.
Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan – Nelson Rivers population)
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2016.
Marbled Murrelet
Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000 and May 2012.
Margined Madtom
Designated Threatened in April 1989. Species considered in May 2002 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Margined Streamside Moss
Designated Endangered in November 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Maritime Ringlet
Designated Endangered in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2009.
Massasauga
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002. Split into two populations in November 2012. The original designation was de-activated.
Massasauga (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002. Split into two populations in November 2012. The Carolinian population was designated Endangered in November 2012.
Massasauga (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002. Split into two populations in November 2012. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was designated Threatened in November 2012.
McCown's Longspur
Designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened April 2016.
Mexican Mosquito-fern
Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998, May 2000, and November 2008.
Monarch
Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001 and in April 2010. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2016.
Mormon Metalmark (Prairie population)
Designated Threatened in May 2003. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2014.
Mormon Metalmark (Southern Mountain population)
Designated Endangered in May 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2014.
Mountain Beaver
Designated Not at Risk in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001 and May 2012.
Mountain Plover
Designated Endangered in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed November 2000 and in November 2009.
Mountain Sucker
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010. The original designation was de-activated.
Mountain Sucker (Milk River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010. The "Milk River populations" unit was designated Threatened in November 2010.
Mountain Sucker (Pacific populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010. The "Pacific populations" unit was designated Special Concern in November 2010.
Mountain Sucker (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010. The "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit was designated Not at Risk in November 2010.
Narwhal
Designated Not at Risk in April 1986 and in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2004.
New Jersey Rush
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2004.
Nodding Pogonia
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2010.
Non-pollinating Yucca Moth
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Nooksack Dace
Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2007, and November 2018.
North Atlantic Right Whale
The Right Whale was considered a single species and designated Endangered in 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1985 and in April 1990. Split into two species in May 2003 to allow a separate designation of the North Atlantic Right Whale. North Atlantic Right Whale was designated Endangered in May 2003 and November 2013.
North Pacific Right Whale
The Right Whale was considered a single species and designated Endangered in 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1985 and in April 1990. Split into two species in May 2003. North Pacific Right Whale was not re-evaluated in May 2003; it retained the Endangered status of the original Right Whale. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in November 2004 and May 2015.
Northern Abalone
Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2009.
Northern Bobwhite
Designated Endangered in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2003 and May 2013.
Northern Bottlenose Whale
The Northern Bottlenose Whale was given a single designation of Not at Risk in April 1993. Split into two populations in April 1996 to allow a separate designation of the Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population). Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) was not re-evaluated, but retains the Not at Risk designation of the original Northern Bottlenose Whale, and the latter was de-activated.
Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population)
The Northern Bottlenose Whale was given a single designation of Not at Risk in April 1993. Split into two populations in April 1996 to allow a separate designation of the Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population). The Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population was not assessed in 1996; it retained the Not at Risk designation of the original Northern Bottlenose Whale. The population was designated Special Concern in May 2011.
Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population)
The Northern Bottlenose Whale was given a single designation of Not at Risk in April 1993. Split into two populations in April 1996 to allow a separate designation of the Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population). Scotian Shelf population designated Special Concern in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2002 and in May 2011.
Northern Brook Lamprey
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1991. Split into two populations in April 2007. The original designation was de-activated.
Northern Brook Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1991. When the species was split into separate units in April 2007, the "Great Lakes - Upper St Lawrence populations" unit was designated Special Concern.
Northern Brook Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1991. When the species was split into separate units in April 2007, the "Saskatchewan-Nelson population" unit was designated Data Deficient.
Northern Dusky Salamander
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1999. Split into two populations in May 2012. The original designation was de-activated.
Northern Dusky Salamander (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1999. Split into two populations in May 2012. The Carolinian population was designated Endangered in May 2012.
Northern Dusky Salamander (Quebec / New Brunswick population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1999. Split into two populations in May 2012. The Quebec / New Brunswick population was designated Not at Risk in May 2012.
Northern Fur Seal
Designated Not at Risk in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2010.
Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2000 and May 2013.
Northern Leopard Frog (Eastern populations)
Designated Not at Risk in April 1999 and in April 2009.
Northern Leopard Frog (Rocky Mountain population)
Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2009.
Northern Leopard Frog (Western Boreal/Prairie populations)
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002 and in April 2009.
Northern Madtom
Species considered in April 1993 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in April 1998 and designated Special Concern. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2002 and May 2012.
Northern Map Turtle
Designated Special Concern in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2012.
Northern Myotis
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on February 3, 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Northern Red-legged Frog
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002, November 2004, and May 2015.
Northern Riffleshell
Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and April 2010.
Northern Rubber Boa
Designated Special Concern in May 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2016.
Northern Saw-whet Owl brooksi subspecies
Designated Threatened in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2017.
Northern Sunfish
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1987. Split into two separate units in April 2016. The original designation was de-activated.
Northern Sunfish (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1987. When the species was split into two separate units in April 2016, the "Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations " unit was designated Special Concern.
Northern Sunfish (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1987. When the species was split into two separate units in April 2016, the "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit was designated Not at Risk.
Northern Wolffish
Designated Threatened in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2012.
Nugget Moss
Designated Endangered in November 2006 and in November 2016.
Nuttall's Cottontail nuttallii subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1994, April 2006, and November 2016.
Nuttall's Cottontail pinetis subspecies
Designated Not at Risk in 1991 and in April 1994.
Oldgrowth Specklebelly Lichen
Designated Special Concern in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2010.
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Designated Threatened in November 2007. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2018.
Olympia Oyster
Designated Special Concern in November 2000 and in May 2011.
Orangespotted Sunfish
Designated Special Concern in April 1989.  Designation de-activated in April 2008 because it was concluded that this species is ineligible for assessment.
Ord's Kangaroo Rat
Designated Special Concern in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Oregon Forestsnail
Designated Endangered in November 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Oregon Spotted Frog
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on 13 September 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in May 2011.
Ottoe Skipper
Designated Endangered in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2015.
Pacific Gophersnake
Designated Extirpated in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Pacific Pond Turtle
Designated Extirpated in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Pacific Sardine
Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in May 2002.
Pacific Water Shrew
Designated Threatened in April 1994 and in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2016.
Paddlefish
Disappeared from Canada in approximately 1913. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2008, and May 2019.
Pale Yellow Dune Moth
Designated Special Concern in November 2007. Status re–examined and confirmed in November 2018.
Pallid Bat
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2010.
Passenger Pigeon
Believed to be Extinct since 1914. Designated in April 1985 based on historic records only. Status report prepared and approved by COSEWIC in 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2010.
Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2010.
Peary Caribou
The original designation considered a single unit that included Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, and what is now known as the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. It was assigned a status of Threatened in April 1979. Split to allow designation of three separate populations in 1991: Banks Island (Endangered), High Arctic (Endangered) and Low Arctic (Threatened) populations. In May 2004 all three population designations were de-activated, and the Peary Caribou was assessed separately from the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. The subspecies pearyi is composed of a portion of the former "Low Arctic population", and all of the former "High Arctic" and "Banks Island" populations, and it was designated Endangered in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2015.
Peary Caribou (Banks Island population)
The original designation considered a single unit that included Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, and what is now known as the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. It was assigned a status of Threatened in April 1979. Split to allow designation of three separate populations in 1991: Banks Island, High Arctic and Low Arctic populations. The Banks Island population was designated Endangered in April 1991. In May 2004 all three population designations were de-activated, and the Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, was assessed separately from the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. The former Banks Island population is contained within the subspecies pearyi.
Peary Caribou (High Arctic population)
The original designation considered a single unit that included Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, and what is now known as the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. It was assigned a status of Threatened in April 1979. Split to allow designation of three separate populations in 1991: Banks Island, High Arctic and Low Arctic populations. The High Arctic population of the Peary Caribou was designated Endangered in April 1991. In May 2004 all three population designations were de-activated, and the Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, was assessed separately from the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. The former High Arctic population is contained within the subspecies pearyi.
Peary Caribou (Low Arctic population)
The original designation considered a single unit that included Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, and what is now known as the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. It was assigned a status of Threatened in April 1979. Split to allow designation of three separate populations in 1991: Banks Island, High Arctic and Low Arctic populations. The Low Arctic population was designated Threatened in April 1991. In May 2004 all three population designations were de-activated, and the Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, was assessed separately from the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. The former Low Arctic population is contained partly within the subspecies pearyi and partly within the Dolphin and Union Caribou.
Peary Caribou (original designation)
The original designation considered a single unit that included Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, and what is now known as the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus. It was assigned a status of Threatened in April 1979. Split into three separate populations in April 1991: Banks Island, High Arctic and Low Arctic populations. The original designation was de-activated. In May 2004 all three population designations were de-activated, and the Peary Caribou, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, was assessed separately from the Dolphin and Union Caribou, Rangifer tarandus.
Peregrine Falcon anatum subspecies
The Peregrine Falcon in Canada was originally assessed by COSEWIC as three separate subspecies: anatum subspecies (Endangered in April 1978, Threatened in April 1999 and in May 2000), tundrius subspecies (Threatened in April 1978 and Special Concern in April 1992) and pealei subspecies (Special Concern in April 1978, April 1999 and November 2001). In April 2007, the Peregrine Falcon in Canada was assessed as two separate units: pealei subspecies and anatum/tundrius. The original Peregrine Falcon anatum subspecies designation was de-activated in April 2007.
Peregrine Falcon anatum/tundrius
The Peregrine Falcon in Canada was originally evaluated by COSEWIC as three separate subspecies: anatum subspecies (Endangered in April 1978, Threatened in April 1999 and in May 2000), tundrius subspecies (Threatened in April 1978 and Special Concern in April 1992) and pealei subspecies (Special Concern in April 1978, April 1999 and November 2001). In April 2007, the Peregrine Falcon in Canada was assessed as two separate units: pealei subspecies and anatum/tundrius. Peregrine Falcon anatum/tundrius was designated Special Concern in April 2007. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2017.
Peregrine Falcon pealei subspecies
The Peregrine Falcon in Canada was originally evaluated by COSEWIC as three separate subspecies: anatum subspecies (Endangered in April 1978, Threatened in April 1999 and in May 2000), tundrius subspecies (Threatened in April 1978 and Special Concern in April 1992) and pealei subspecies (Special Concern in April 1978, April 1999 and November 2001). In April 2007, the Peregrine Falcon in Canada was assessed as two separate units: pealei subspecies and anatum/tundrius. The Peregrine Falcon pealei subspecies was designated Special Concern in April 2007 and November 2017.
Peregrine Falcon tundrius subspecies
The Peregrine Falcon in Canada was originally evaluated by COSEWIC as three separate subspecies: anatum subspecies (Endangered in April 1978, Threatened in April 1999 and in May 2000), tundrius subspecies (Threatened in April 1978 and Special Concern in April 1992) and pealei subspecies (Special Concern in April 1978, April 1999 and November 2001). In April 2007, the Peregrine Falcon in Canada was assessed as two separate units: pealei subspecies and anatum/tundrius. The original Peregrine Falcon tundrius subspecies designation was de-activated in April 2007.
Phantom Orchid
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2014.
Pink Coreopsis
Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999, May 2000, and November 2012.
Pink Milkwort
Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998, May 2000, and November 2009.
Pink-footed Shearwater
Designated Threatened in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2016.
Piping Plover
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1985. In May 2001, the species was re-examined and split into two groups according to subspecies. The melodus subspecies and circumcinctus subspecies were each designated Endangered in May 2001. The original designation was de-activated.
Piping Plover circumcinctus subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1985. In May 2001, the species was re-examined and split into two groups according to subspecies. The circumcinctus subspecies was designated Endangered in May 2001.Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Piping Plover melodus subspecies
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1985. In May 2001, the species was re-examined and split into two groups according to subspecies. The melodus subspecies was designated Endangered in May 2001 and November 2013.
Pitcher's Thistle
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2010.
Pixie Poacher
Species considered in April 1991 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined and designation de-activated in November 2001.
Plains Bison
Designated Threatened in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Plains Pocket Gopher
Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1998.
Plymouth Gentian
Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2012.
Polar Bear
Designated Not at Risk in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999, November 2002, April 2008, and November 2018.
Poor Pocket Moss
Designated Endangered in November 2001 and May 2011.
Porbeagle
Designated Endangered in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2014.
Porsild's Bryum
Designated Threatened in November 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2017.
Poweshiek Skipperling
Designated Threatened in November 2003. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2014.
Prairie Falcon
Designated Not at Risk in April 1978, April 1982 and April 1996.
Prairie Long-tailed Weasel
Designated Threatened in April 1982. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1993.
Prairie Lupine
Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2009.
Prairie Skink
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2017.
Prairie Warbler
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1999.
Prothonotary Warbler
Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2007, and November 2016.
Puget Oregonian
Designated Extirpated in November 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Pugnose Minnow
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2012.
Pugnose Shiner
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2002. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2013.
Purple Spikerush
Designated Endangered in April 2007. De-activated in April 2008 in recognition of new information regarding the incorrect identification of plants at the single locality at Osoyoos Lake that are in fact those of Bent Spike-rush (Eleocharis geniculata).
Purple Twayblade
Designated Threatened in April 1989. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1999 and in May 2001. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2010.
Pygmy Pocket Moss
Designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 2016.
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Last reported in 1957. Designated Extirpated in April 1992. Status re–examined and confirmed in May 2000,  April 2007, and November 2018.
Pygmy Snaketail
Designated Special Concern in November 2008. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2018.
Queensnake
Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2010.
Rainbow
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2015.
Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia large-bodied population)
Designated Threatened in November 2008. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2018.
Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia small-bodied population)
Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2008. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2018.
Rapids Clubtail
Designated Endangered in April 2008. Status re–examined and confirmed in November 2018.
Rayed Bean
Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and April 2010.
Red Crossbill percna subspecies
Designated Endangered in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Threatened April 2016.
Red Mulberry
Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2014.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Designated Special Concern in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2007. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2018.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 2006.
Redbreast Sunfish
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Species considered in April 2008 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Redroot
Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2009.
Redside Dace
Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2007 and November 2017.
Right Whale
The Right Whale was considered a single species and designated Endangered in 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1985 and in April 1990. Split into two species in May 2003 (North Atlantic Right Whale and North Pacific Right Whale). The status of the North Atlantic Right Whale was re-examined in May 2003 and the status of the North Pacific Right Whale was re-examined in November 2004. The original designation was de-activated in May 2003.
Rigid Apple Moss
Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000 and November 2009.
River Darter
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1989. Split into three separate units in April 2016. The original designation was de-activated.
River Darter (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1989. When the species was split into three separate units in April 2016, the "Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations" unit was designated Endangered.
River Darter (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1989. When the species was split into three separate units in April 2016, the "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit was designated Not at Risk.
River Darter (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1989. When the species was split into three separate units in April 2016, the "Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations" unit was designated Not at Risk.
River Redhorse
Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1987, April 2006, and November 2015.
Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel
Designated Special Concern in November 2003. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2010.
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog
Designated Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2013.
Roseate Tern
Designated Threatened in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1999. Endangered status re-examined and confirmed in October 1999 and in April 2009.
Ross's Gull
Designated Special Concern in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001 and in April 2007.
Roughhead Grenadier
Designated Special Concern in April 2007. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2018.
Round Hickorynut
Designated Endangered in May 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Round Pigtoe
Designated Endangered in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2014.
Round-leaved Greenbrier (Great Lakes Plains population)
Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001 and November 2007.
Rusty Blackbird
Designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Rusty Cord-moss
Designated Endangered in November 2004. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2017.
Sage Thrasher
Designated Endangered in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000 and November 2010.
Salamander Mussel
Designated Endangered in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2011.
Salish Sucker
Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2012.
Sand-dune Short-capsuled Willow
Designated Special Concern in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Sand-verbena Moth
Designated Endangered in November 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in November 2009.
Scarlet Ammannia
Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001.
Scouler's Corydalis
Designated Threatened in May 2001. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2006.
Sea Mink
Believed Extinct since 1894. Designated Extinct in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Sea Otter
Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 1996 and in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2007.
Seaside Birds-foot Lotus
Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2010.
Seaside Bone Lichen
Designated Special Concern in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2008.
Seaside Centipede Lichen
Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2006.
Sei Whale (Atlantic population)
Species considered in May 2003 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in May 2019 and designated Endangered.
Sei Whale (Pacific population)
Designated Endangered in May 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Designated Not at Risk in April 1986 and in April 1997.
Sharp-tailed Snake
Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in October 1999 and November 2009.
Short-eared Owl
Designated Special Concern in April 1994 and April 2008.
Short-tailed Albatross
Designated Threatened in November 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Shortfin Mako (Atlantic population)
Designated Threatened in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2017. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2019.
Shorthead Sculpin
Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Threatened in May 2001. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2010.
Shortjaw Cisco
Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003.
Shortnose Cisco
Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2017.
Shortnose Sturgeon
Designated Special Concern in April 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2005 and in May 2015.
Showy Goldenrod
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Split into two populations in November 2010. The original designation was de-activated.
Showy Goldenrod (Boreal population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Split into two populations in November 2010. The Boreal population was designated Threatened in November 2010.
Showy Goldenrod (Great Lakes Plains population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Split into two populations in November 2010. The Great Lakes Plains population was designated Endangered in November 2010.
Shumard Oak
Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999.
Silver Chub
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Split into two populations in May 2012. The original designation was de-activated.
Silver Chub (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Split into two populations in May 2012. The "Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations" unit was designated Endangered in May 2012.
Silver Chub (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Split into two populations in May 2012. The "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit was designated Not at Risk in May 2012.
Silver Hair Moss
Designated Endangered in November 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Silver Shiner
Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2011.
Skinner's Agalinis
Designated Endangered in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999, May 2000, and November 2010.
Slender Bush-clover
Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999, May 2000, and May 2013.
Slender Mouse-ear-cress
Designated Endangered in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2000.
Small White Lady's-slipper
Designated Endangered in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2014.
Small Whorled Pogonia
Designated Endangered in April 1982. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998, May 2000, and May 2011.
Small-flowered Lipocarpha
Designated Threatened in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2002.
Small-flowered Sand-verbena
Designated Threatened in April 1992. Re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2002.
Small-mouthed Salamander
Designated Special Concern in April 1991. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2004 and May 2014.
Smooth Goosefoot
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2006.
Snuffbox
Designated Endangered in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2011.
Soapweed
Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2000 and May 2013.
Sockeye Salmon (Cultus-L population)
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment in October 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003 and November 2017.
Sockeye Salmon (Sakinaw population)
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on 20 October 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003. Status re-examined in an emergency reassessment on 20 April 2006 and confirmed Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2016.
Sonora Skipper
Designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2016.
Southern Flying Squirrel
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Split into two populations in April 2006. The original designation was de-activated.
Southern Flying Squirrel (Atlantic (Nova Scotia) population)
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Split into two populations in April 2006 and the Atlantic (Nova Scotia) population was designated Not at Risk.
Southern Flying Squirrel (Great Lakes Plains population)
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Split into two populations in April 2006 and the Great Lakes Plains population was designated Not at Risk.
Southern Maidenhair Fern
Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998, May 2000, and May 2011.
Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Designated Special Concern in April 1989 and in November 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2019.
Speckled Dace
Designated Special Concern in April 1980. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2002, April 2006, and in November 2016.
Spiked Saxifrage
Designated Threatened in May 2013. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2015.
Spiny Softshell
Designated Threatened in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2016.
Spoon-leaved Moss
Designated Endangered in May 2003. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2017.
Spotted Bat
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2004 and November 2014.
Spotted Gar
Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1994. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2000 and in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2015.
Spotted Owl caurina subspecies
Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999, May 2000, and April 2008.
Spotted Sucker
Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1994, November 2001, May 2005, and November 2014.
Spotted Turtle
Designated Special Concern in April 1991. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2004 and November 2014.
Spotted Wintergreen
Designated Endangered in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2017.
Spotted Wolffish
Designated Threatened in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2012.
Sprague's Pipit
Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and April 2010.
Spring Blue-eyed Mary
No site records since 1954. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000.
Spring Cisco
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2009.
Spring Salamander
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1999 and May 2002. Split into two populations in May 2011. The original designation was de-activated.
Spring Salamander (Adirondack / Appalachian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1999 and May 2002. Split into two populations in May 2011. The Adirondack / Appalachian population was designated Threatened in May 2011.
Spring Salamander (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1999 and May 2002. Split into two populations in May 2011. The Carolinian population was designated Extirpated in May 2011. Species considered in April 2018 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Squanga Whitefish
Squanga Whitefish (Coregonus sp.) was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1987. In April 2018, the unit was split into three separate species of European Whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (Dezadeash Lake small-bodied population, Little Teslin small-bodied population, Squanga Lake small-bodied population), and each received separate designations. The original Squanga Whitefish designation was de-activated.        
Steller Sea Lion
Designated Not at Risk in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2003 and November 2013.
Streaked Horned Lark
Designated Endangered in November 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Striped Bass (Bay of Fundy population)
Designated Threatened in November 2004. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2012.
Striped Bass (Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population)
Designated Threatened in November 2004. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2012.
Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population)
Designated Extirpated in November 2004. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2012.
Swamp Rose-mallow
Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2004.
Sweet Pepperbush
Designated Threatened in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2001. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2014.
Swift Fox
Last seen in Saskatchewan in 1928. Designated Extirpated in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1998 after successful re-introductions. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2009.
Tall Bugbane
Designated Endangered in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Tall Woolly-heads
Designated Endangered in May 2001.  Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Tall Woolly-heads (Prairie population)
Designated Special Concern in May 2001. De-activated in April 2006 in recognition of new information that some prairie specimens formerly included within the Tall Woolly-heads designation are in fact those of Dwarf Woolly-heads (Psilocarphus brevissimus).
Taylor's Checkerspot
Designated Endangered in November 2000 and in May 2011.
Thread-leaved Sundew
Designated Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001.
Tiger Salamander (Great Lakes population)
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations : Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with different populations that received separate designations. The original Tiger Salamander population designations were de-activated.
Tiger Salamander (Prairie / Boreal population)
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations : Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with different populations that received separate designations. The original Tiger Salamander population designations were de-activated.
Tiger Salamander (Southern Mountain population)
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations : Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with different populations that received separate designations. The original Tiger Salamander population designations were de-activated.
Timber Rattlesnake
Designated Extirpated in May 2001. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2010.
Tiny Cryptantha
Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2012.
Toothcup
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Split into two populations (Great Lakes Plains and Southern Mountain) in November 2014. The original designation was de-activated.
Toothcup (Great Lakes Plains population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Split into two populations in November 2014. The Great Lakes Plains population was designated Threatened in November 2014.
Toothcup (Southern Mountain population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Split into two populations in November 2014. The Southern Mountain population was designated Endangered in November 2014.
Townsend's Mole
Designated Threatened in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2003 and November 2014.
Tri-colored Bat
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on February 3, 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Trumpeter Swan
Designated Special Concern in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1996.
Tubercled Spike-rush
Designated Threatened in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2010.
Tuberous Indian-plantain
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2002.
Turnor's Willow
Designated Special Concern in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2018.
Twisted Oak Moss
Designated Special Concern in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Tyrrell's Willow
Designated Threatened in April 1981. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in April 1999.
Umatilla Dace
Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 2010.
Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback
Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Upper Great Lakes Kiyi
The Kiyi was designated Special Concern in April 1988. Split into two subspecies in May 2005 (Upper Great Lakes Kiyi and Lake Ontario Kiyi). The Upper Great Lakes Kiyi was designated Special Concern in May 2005.
Van Brunt's Jacob's-ladder
Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002.
Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2010.
Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 2010.
Vancouver Island Marmot
Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1997, May 2000, April 2008, and May 2019.
Vancouver Lamprey
Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2000, November 2008, and November 2017.
Verna's Flower Moth
Designated Threatened in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2017.
Victorin's Gentian
Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2004.
Victorin's Water-hemlock
Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2004.
Virginia Goat's-rue
Designated Threatened in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000 and November 2009.
Warmouth
Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001 and in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2015.
Warty Jumping-slug
Designated Special Concern in May 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Water Pennywort
Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2014.
Water-plantain Buttercup
Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2009.
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel
Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in October 1999. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2010.
Weidemeyer's Admiral
Designated Special Concern in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012.
Western Blue Flag
Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2010.
Western Brook Lamprey (Morrison Creek population)
Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000 and in April 2010.
Western Chorus Frog
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in May 2001. Split into two populations in April 2008. The original designation was de-activated.
Western Chorus Frog (Carolinian population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in May 2001. Split into two populations in April 2008. The Carolinian population was designated Not at Risk in April 2008.
Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence - Canadian Shield population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in May 2001. Split into two populations in April 2008. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence - Canadian Shield population was designated Threatened in April 2008.
Western Harvest Mouse dychei subspecies
Species considered in April 1994 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in April 2007 and designated Endangered.
Western Harvest Mouse megalotis subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1994 and in April 2007.
Western Painted Turtle (Intermountain - Rocky Mountain population)
Designated Special Concern in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2016.
Western Painted Turtle (Pacific Coast population)
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2016.
Western Painted Turtle (Prairie / Western Boreal - Canadian Shield population)
Designated Not at Risk in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2016.
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
Designated Endangered in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2016.
Western Rattlesnake
Designated Threatened in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2015.
Western Screech-owl
The species was considered a single unit and placed in the Data Deficient category in April 1995. Re-examined in May 2002 and split into two groups according to subspecies. The kennicottii subspecies was designated Special Concern and the macfarlanei subspecies was designated Threatened in May 2002. The original designation was de-activated.
Western Screech-owl kennicottii subspecies
Species considered in April 1995 and placed in the Data Deficient category. It was split according to subspecies in May 2002. The kennicottii subspecies was designated Special Concern in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2012.
Western Screech-owl macfarlanei subspecies
Species considered in April 1995 and placed in the Data Deficient category. It was split according to subspecies in May 2002. The macfarlanei subspecies was designated Endangered in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2012.
Western Silvery Aster
Designated Special Concern in 1988. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2000.
Western Silvery Minnow
Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 2008. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2017.
Western Skink
Designated Special Concern in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Western Spiderwort
Designated Threatened in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002.
Western Tiger Salamander
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations : Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with different populations that received separate designations. The original Tiger Salamander population designations were de-activated.
Western Tiger Salamander (Prairie / Boreal population)
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations: Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with two different populations that received separate designations. The Prairie / Boreal population of the Western Tiger Salamander was assessed as Special Concern.
Western Tiger Salamander (Southern Mountain population)
The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) was originally assessed by COSEWIC in November 2001 as three separate populations: Great Lakes population (Extirpated), Prairie / Boreal population (Not at Risk), and Southern Mountain population (Endangered). In November 2012, Tiger Salamander was split into two separate species, Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), each with two different populations that received separate designations. The Southern Mountain population of the Western Tiger Salamander was assessed as Endangered.
Western Toad
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in November 2002. Split into two populations in November 2012. The original designation was de-activated.
Western Toad (Calling population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in November 2002. Split into two populations in November 2012. The Calling population was designated Special Concern in November 2012.
Western Toad (Non-calling population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in November 2002. Split into two populations in November 2012. The Non-calling population was designated Special Concern in November 2012.
Western Yellow-bellied Racer
Designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2004. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2015.
Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Pacific populations)
Designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2006 and November 2016.
Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)
Designated Threatened in May 2005.  Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2006 and November 2016.
White Flower Moth
Designated Endangered in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
White Prairie Gentian
Designated Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001 and November 2010.
White Sturgeon
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2003. Split into four populations in November 2012. The original designation was de-activated.
White Sturgeon (Lower Fraser River population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2003. Split into four populations in November 2012. The Lower Fraser River population was designated Threatened in November 2012.
White Sturgeon (Upper Columbia River population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2003. Split into four populations in November 2012. The Upper Columbia River population was designated Endangered in November 2012.
White Sturgeon (Upper Fraser River population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2003. Split into four populations in November 2012. The Upper Fraser River population was designated Endangered in November 2012.
White Sturgeon (Upper Kootenay River population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2003. Split into four populations in November 2012. The Upper Kootenay River population was designated Endangered in November 2012.
White Wood Aster
Designated Threatened in April 1995. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002.
White-headed Woodpecker
Designated Threatened in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2000 and November 2010.
White-top Aster
Designated Threatened in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in April 2009.
Whooping Crane
Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000 and in April 2010.
Wild Hyacinth
Designated Special Concern in April 1990. Re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2002.
Williamson's Sapsucker
Designated Endangered in May 2005. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2017.
Willowleaf Aster
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2003.
Winter Skate (Eastern Scotian Shelf - Newfoundland population)
The Eastern Scotian Shelf population of Winter Skate was assessed as Threatened in May 2005, and the Northern Gulf - Newfoundland population was assessed as Data Deficient in May 2005. The COSEWIC Guidelines for Recognizing Designatable Units (2013) were used to revise the population structure for the 2015 assessment, resulting in new designatable units. The new Eastern Scotian Shelf – Newfoundland population is composed of the former Eastern Scotian Shelf population and parts of the former Northern Gulf - Newfoundland population. The remaining subpopulations of the Northern Gulf - Newfoundland population were assigned to the new Gulf of St. Lawrence population. The Eastern Scotian Shelf – Newfoundland  population was designated Endangered in May 2015.
Winter Skate (Eastern Scotian Shelf population)
The wildlife species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in May 2005. Population structure re-examined in May 2015 and this unit, combined with parts of Northern Gulf – Newfoundland population, resulted in the new Eastern Scotian Shelf – Newfoundland population (Endangered, May 2015).  The original designation was de-activated.
Winter Skate (Gulf of St. Lawrence population)
The Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population of Winter Skate was assessed as Endangered in May 2005, and the Northern Gulf - Newfoundland population was assessed as Data Deficient in May 2005. The COSEWIC Guidelines for Recognizing Designatable Units (2013) were used to revise the population structure for the 2015 assessment, resulting in new designatable units. The new Gulf of St. Lawrence population is composed of the former Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population and parts of the former Northern Gulf - Newfoundland population. The remaining subpopulations of the Northern Gulf - Newfoundland population were assigned to the new Eastern Scotian Shelf - Newfoundland population. The Gulf of St. Lawrence population was designated Endangered in May 2015.  
Winter Skate (Northern Gulf-Newfoundland population)
The wildlife species was considered a single unit and designated Data Deficient in May 2005. Population structure re-examined in May 2015, splitting this unit, and parts were combined with other existing populations to create two new populations: the new Gulf of St. Lawrence population (with existing Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population), and the new Eastern Scotian Shelf- Newfoundland population (with existing Eastern Scotian Shelf population). The original designations were de-activated.
Winter Skate (Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population)
The wildlife species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in May 2005. Population structure re-examined in May 2015 and this unit, combined with parts of Northern Gulf – Newfoundland population, resulted in the new Gulf of St. Lawrence population (Endangered, May 2015).  The original designation was de-activated.
Winter Skate (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population)
Species designated Special Concern in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in May 2015.
Wolverine
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1982. Split into two populations in April 1989 (Western and Eastern populations). The original designation was de-activated. In May 2014, the Eastern and Western populations were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern.
Wolverine (Eastern population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1982. Split into two populations in April 1989 (Western and Eastern populations). The Eastern population was designated Endangered in April 1989. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003. In May 2014, the Eastern and Western populations were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern. The original Eastern population designation was de-activated.
Wolverine (Western population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Special Concern in April 1982. Split into two populations in April 1989 (Western and Eastern populations). The Western population was designated Special Concern in April 1989. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2003. In May 2014, the Eastern and Western populations were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern. The original Western population designation was de-activated.
Wood Bison
Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in April 1988 and May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2013.
Wood Turtle
Designated Special Concern in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2007. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2018.
Wood-poppy
Designated Endangered in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2007.
Woodland Caribou (Labrador - Ungava population)
Labrador-Ungava population was designated Not at Risk in April 1984. The designation of the Labrador-Ungava population was de-activated in May 2000. The former Labrador-Ungava population is contained within the Boreal population.
Woodland Caribou (Northern Mountain population)
The Northern Mountain population was designated Not at Risk in May 2000. This population was formerly designated as part of the "Western population"(now de-activated). Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2002. Following the Designatable Unit report on caribou (COSEWIC 2011), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC. This new Northern Mountain population is composed of all 36 subpopulations in the previous Northern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou in addition to 9 subpopulations from the previous (2002) Southern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou, and was designated Special Concern in May 2014. The original Northern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou was de-activated.
Woodland Caribou (Southern Mountain population)
The Southern Mountain population was designated Threatened in May 2000. This population was formerly designated as part of the "Western population" (now de-activated). Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Following the Designatable Unit report on caribou (COSEWIC 2011), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC. This resulted in the new Southern Mountain population, composed of 17 subpopulations from the former Southern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou (COSEWIC 2002). The remaining subpopulations were assigned to the new Central and Northern Mountain populations.The Southern Mountain population of Caribou was designated Endangered in May 2014. The original Southern Mountain population of Woodland Caribou was de-activated.
Woodland caribou (Western population)
The Western population was designated Special Concern in April 1984. The designation of the Western population was de-activated in May 2000. The former Western population is contained within the following newly designated populations: Northern Mountain, Southern Mountain and Boreal.
Woodland Vole
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001 and November 2010.
Yellow Lampmussel
Designated Special Concern in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Yellow Montane Violet praemorsa subspecies
Designated Threatened in April 1995. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2007.
Yellow Rail
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001 and in November 2009.
Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Prairie population)
The Prairie population of the auricollis subspecies was designated Not at Risk in April 1994, November 2000, and November 2011.
Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population)
The Southern Mountain population of the auricollis subspecies was designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2000 and November 2011.
Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2011.
Yucca Moth
Designated Endangered in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2013.
Yukon Draba
Designated Endangered in November 2011. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2018.

Names previously used by cosewic and synonyms

Common and scientific names (including population names, where applicable) previously used by COSEWIC and other synonyms, with reference to the current COSEWIC names
Previous name(s) or synonym Current common name or scientific name (population)
Abronia micrantha Tripterocalyx micranthus
Acadian Whitefish Atlantic Whitefish
Achikunipi Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies
Achillea millefolium var. megacephalum Achillea millefolium var. megacephala
Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence populations) Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence River populations) Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Acipenser oxyrinchus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence populations) Acipenser oxyrinchus (St. Lawrence populations)
Acris crepitans Acris blanchardi
Acris crepitans blanchardi Acris blanchardi
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander (Appalachian population)
Ambystoma laterale – (2) jeffersonianum (Jefferson Salamander dependent population) Ambystoma laterale - (2) jeffersonianum (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)
Ambystoma laterale – texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population) Ambystoma laterale - texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population)
Apple Moss Rigid Apple Moss
Ascaphus truei (Pacific Coast population) Ascaphus truei
Ascaphus truei (Southern Mountain population) Ascaphus montanus
Asplenium scolopendrium Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
Aster anticostensis Symphyotrichum anticostense
Aster curtus Sericocarpus rigidus
Aster divaricatus Eurybia divaricata
Aster laurentianus Symphyotrichum laurentianum
Aster praealtus Symphyotrichum praealtum
Aster prenanthoides Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
Aster shortii Symphyotrichum shortii
Aster subulatus var. obtusifolius Symphyotrichum subulatum
Aster yukonensis Symphyotrichum yukonense
Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy populations) Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy population)
Atlantic Sturgeon (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence populations) Atlantic Sturgeon (St. Lawrence populations)
Balaena mysticetus (Western Arctic population) Balaena mysticetus (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population)
Banded Killifish (Mainland population) Banded Killifish (Mainland populations)
Banded Killifish (Newfoundland population) Banded Killifish (Newfoundland populations)
Barren-ground Caribou (Dolphin and Union population) Caribou (Dolphin and Union population)
Bartonia paniculata Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata
Bartramia stricta Bartramia aprica
Bathurst Aster Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Behr's (Columbia) Hairstreak Behr's Hairstreak
Beluga Whale (Beaufort Sea / Arctic Ocean population) Beluga Whale (Eastern Beaufort Sea population)
Beluga Whale (Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population) Beluga Whale (Cumberland Sound population)
Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence River population) Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence Estuary population)
Benthic Hadley Lake Stickleback Hadley Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Benthic Texada Island Stickleback Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Black Ratsnake (Carolinian population) Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)
Black Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Blanding's Turtle (Great Lakes population) Blanding's Turtle (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Blue Pike Blue Walleye
Blue Shark (Atlantic population) Blue Shark (North Atlantic population)
Blue Shark (Pacific population) Blue Shark (North Pacific population)
Blue-eyed Mary Spring Blue-eyed Mary
Blue-grey Taildropper Slug Blue-grey Taildropper
Bombus pennsylvanicus Bombus pensylvanicus
Bottlenose Dolphin Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Bowhead Whale (Western Arctic population) Bowhead Whale (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population)
Bowl Limpet Eelgrass Limpet
Buchloë dactyloides Bouteloua dactyloides
Bufo cognatus Anaxyrus cognatus
Bufo fowleri Anaxyrus fowleri
Bufo woodhousii fowleri Anaxyrus fowleri
Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)
Butler’s Garter Snake Butler's Gartersnake
Cacalia plantaginea Arnoglossum plantagineum
Callophrys [Incisalia] irus Callophrys irus
Canis lupus lycaon Canis sp. cf. lycaon
Canis lycaon Canis sp. cf. lycaon
Caprimulgus vociferus Antrostomus vociferus
Caribou Caribou (Dolphin and Union population)
Catostomus sp. Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus
Catostomus catostomus Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus
Catostomus catostomus (Chehalis populations) Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus
Centrocercus urophasianus phaios (British Columbia population) Centrocercus urophasianus phaios
Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus (Prairie population) Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus
Charlotte Unarmoured Stickleback Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback
Charlotte Unarmoured Sticklebacks Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback
Charlotte Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback
Chestnut Lamprey (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Chestnut Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Chinook Salmon (East Vancouver Island, Stream, Spring) Chinook Salmon (East Vancouver Island, Stream, Spring population)
Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Ocean, Fall) Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Ocean, Fall population)
Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Spring) Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Spring population)
Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt)) Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt) population)
Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer) Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer population)
Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall) Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall population)
Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr)) Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr) population)
Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring) Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring population)
Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Summer) Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Summer population)
Chinook Salmon (North Thompson, Stream, Spring) Chinook Salmon (North Thompson, Stream, Spring population)
Chinook Salmon (North Thompson, Stream, Summer) Chinook Salmon (North Thompson, Stream, Summer population)
Chinook Salmon (South Thompson, Ocean, Summer) Chinook Salmon (South Thompson, Ocean, Summer population)
Chinook Salmon (South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2) Chinook Salmon (South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2 population)
Chinook Salmon (Southern Mainland, Ocean, Summer) Chinook Salmon (Southern Mainland, Ocean, Summer population)
Chinook Salmon (Southern Mainland, Stream, Summer) Chinook Salmon (Southern Mainland, Stream, Summer population)
Chinook Salmon (Upper Fraser, Stream, Spring) Chinook Salmon (Upper Fraser, Stream, Spring population)
Cimicifuga elata Actaea elata
Clemmys insculpta Glyptemys insculpta
Clemmys marmorata Actinemys marmorata
Coast Tailed Frog Coastal Tailed Frog
Coastrange Sculpin Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus population)
Coenonympha tullia nipisiquit Coenonympha nipisiquit
Coeur d'Alène Salamander Coeur d'Alene Salamander
Columbia Mottled Sculpin Columbia Sculpin
Columbian Quillwort Columbia Quillwort
Common Dolphin Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Common Hop-tree Common Hoptree
Common Watersnake Northern Watersnake
Coregonus canadensis Coregonus huntsmani
Coregonus clupeaformis Coregonus clupeaformis (Lake Simcoe population)
Cottus sp. Cottus aleuticus (Cultus population)
Cottus sp. (St. Mary and Milk River populations) Cottus sp. (Eastslope populations)
Cottus bairdi hubbsi Cottus hubbsi
Cottus bairdii hubbsi Cottus hubbsi
Cowichan Lake Lamprey Vancouver Lamprey
Cryptic Paw Cryptic Paw Lichen
Cultus Pygmy Sculpin Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus population)
Cutlips Minnow Cutlip Minnow
Dalea villosa var. villosa Dalea villosa
Darktail Lamprey Alaskan Brook Lamprey
Deepwater Sculpin (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Deepwater Sculpin (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Delphinapterus leucas (Beaufort Sea / Arctic Ocean population) Delphinapterus leucas (Eastern Beaufort Sea population)
Delphinapterus leucas (Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population) Delphinapterus leucas (Cumberland Sound population)
Delphinapterus leucas (St. Lawrence River population) Delphinapterus leucas (St. Lawrence Estuary population)
Dendroica cerulea Setophaga cerulea
Dendroica discolor Setophaga discolor
Dendroica kirtlandii Setophaga kirtlandii
Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Appalachian population)
Dolphin and Union Caribou Caribou (Dolphin and Union population)
Dolphin and Union Caribou (Dolphin and Union population) Caribou (Dolphin and Union population)
Draba kananaskis Draba juvenilis
Dun Skipper (Western population) Dun Skipper vestris subspecies
Dun Skipper vestris subspecies (Western population) Dun Skipper vestris subspecies
Dwarf Woolly-heads Dwarf Woolly-heads (Southern Mountain population)
Eastern Grey Wolf Eastern Wolf
Eastern Hognose Snake Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Eastern Hognosed Snake Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Eastern Mud Turtle Eastern Musk Turtle
Eastern Pipistrelle Tri-colored Bat
Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid
Eastern Ratsnake (Carolinian population) Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)
Eastern Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Eastern Short-horned Lizard Greater Short-horned Lizard
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle Spiny Softshell
Eastern Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies
"Eastslope" Sculpin (St. Mary and Milk River populations) Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Eastslope populations)
Elaphe gloydi (Carolinian population) Pantherophis gloydi (Carolinian population)
Elaphe gloydi (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Pantherophis gloydi (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Elaphe obsoleta (Carolinian population) Pantherophis spiloides (Carolinian population)
Elaphe obsoleta (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Pantherophis spiloides (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Elaphe spiloides (Carolinian population) Pantherophis spiloides (Carolinian population)
Elaphe spiloides (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Pantherophis spiloides (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Elgaria coerulea principis Elgaria coerulea
Emydoidea blandingi Emydoidea blandingii (Nova Scotia population)
Emydoidea blandingii (Great Lakes population) Emydoidea blandingii (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Enos Lake Benthic Stickleback Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Enos Lake Limnetic Stickleback Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Epeoloides pilosula Epeoloides pilosulus
Epioblasma torulosa rangiana Epioblasma torulosa
Erigeron philadelphicus ssp. provancheri Erigeron philadelphicus var. provancheri
Eriogonum flavum ssp. aquilinum Eriogonum flavum var. aquilinum
Ermine (Queen Charlotte Islands population) Ermine haidarum subspecies
Eumeces fasciatus (Carolinian population) Plestiodon fasciatus (Carolinian population)
Eumeces fasciatus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) Plestiodon fasciatus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
Eumeces septentrionalis Plestiodon septentrionalis
Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis Plestiodon septentrionalis
Eumeces skiltonianus Plestiodon skiltonianus
Euphyes vestris Euphyes vestris vestris
Euphyes vestris (Western population) Euphyes vestris vestris
Felt-leaf Willow Blanket-leaved Willow
Few-flowered Club-rush Bashful Bulrush
Flexuous Golden Stubble Flexuous Golden Stubble Lichen
Flooded Jellyskin Lichen Flooded Jellyskin
Frosted Glass-whiskers (British Columbia population) Frosted Glass-whiskers (Pacific population)
Frosted Glass-whiskers (Nova Scotia population) Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population)
Frosted Glass-whiskers Lichen (Nova Scotia population) Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population)
Fundulus diaphanus (Mainland population) Fundulus diaphanus (Mainland populations)
Fundulus diaphanus (Newfoundland population) Fundulus diaphanus (Newfoundland populations)
Gasterosteus sp. Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gentiana victorinii Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii
Gentianopsis procera macounii var. victorinii Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii
Gentianopsis victorinii Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii
Ghost Antler Ghost Antler Lichen
Giant Stickleback Giant Threespine Stickleback
Goat's-rue Virginia Goat's-rue
Golden Crest Goldencrest
Gomphus quadricolor Phanogomphus quadricolor
Grasshopper Sparrow (Eastern) Grasshopper Sparrow, pratensis subspecies
Great Basin Gopher Snake Great Basin Gophersnake
Great Basin Spadefoot Toad Great Basin Spadefoot
Great White Shark (Atlantic population) White Shark (Atlantic population)
Great White Shark (Pacific population) White Shark (Pacific population)
Greater Sandhill Crane Sandhill Crane tabida subspecies
Grey Wolf Arctic Grey Wolf
Grey Wolf Eastern Wolf
Grey Wolf Northern Grey Wolf
Grey Wolf Southern Grey Wolf
Gymnocladus dioica Gymnocladus dioicus
Hadley Lake Benthic Stickleback Hadley Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Hadley Lake Limnetic Stickleback Hadley Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Haplopappus macleanii Stenotus borealis
Harbour Seal Harbour Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies
Harbour Seal Harbour Seal Pacific subspecies
Harbour Seal (Lac des Loups Marins landlocked population) Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies
Harbour Seal Atlantic subspecies Harbour Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies
Hart's-tongue Fern American Hart's-tongue Fern
Hemileuca nuttallii Hemileuca nuttalli
Horned Lark strigata subspecies Streaked Horned Lark
Hubb's Beaked Whale Hubbs' Beaked Whale
Hybognathus placitis Hybognathus placitus
Hymenoxys herbacea Tetraneuris herbacea
Hyperoodon ampullatus Hyperoodon ampullatus (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population)
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Davis Strait population) Hyperoodon ampullatus (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population)
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Gully population) Hyperoodon ampullatus (Scotian Shelf population)
Hypsiglena torquata Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Ichthyomyzon castaneus (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Ichthyomyzon castaneus (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Ichthyomyzon fossor (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Ichthyomyzon fossor (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Icteria virens auricollis (British Columbia population) Icteria virens auricollis (Southern Mountain population)
Icteria virens virens (Eastern population) Icteria virens virens
Ictiobus cyprinellus (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Ictiobus cyprinellus (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Incisalia irus Callophrys irus
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies
Island Marble insulanus subspecies Island Marble
Isoëtes bolanderi Isoetes bolanderi
Isoëtes engelmannii Isoetes engelmannii
Isopyrum biternatum Enemion biternatum
Kananaskis Whitlow-grass Long-stalked Whitlow-grass
Killer Whale (Northern Resident population) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific northern resident population)
Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic populations) Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population)
Killer Whale (Offshore population) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific offshore population)
Killer Whale (Southern Resident population) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population)
Killer Whale (West Coast Transient population) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific transient population)
Lachnanthes caroliana Lachnanthes caroliniana
Lake Erie Water Snake Lake Erie Watersnake
Lake Lamprey Vancouver Lamprey
Lake Simcoe Whitefish Lake Whitefish (Lake Simcoe population)
Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence populations) Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence River populations) Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Lake Utopia Dwarf Smelt Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia small-bodied population)
Lake Winnipeg Physa Snail Lake Winnipeg Physa
Lampetra alaskensis Lethenteron alaskense
Lampetra macrostoma Entosphenus macrostomus
Lampetra richardsoni Lampetra richardsoni (Morrison Creek population)
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Prairie population) Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
Lepomis peltastes (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Lepomis peltastes (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Leucoraja ocellata (Georges Bank-Western Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy population) Leucoraja ocellata (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population)
Lewis’ Woodpecker Lewis's Woodpecker
Lilaeopsis Eastern Lilaeopsis
Limnetic Hadley Lake Stickleback Hadley Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Limnetic Texada Island Stickleback Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Little Brown Bat Little Brown Myotis
Loggerhead Shrike (Prairie population) Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies
Loggerhead Shrike excubitorides subspecies Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies
Long-tailed Weasel (Prairie population) Prairie Long-tailed Weasel
Longfin Smelt Longfin Smelt (Pygmy populations)
Lottia alveus Lottia alveus alveus
Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus Lupinus lepidus
Lycaeides melissa samuelis Plebejus samuelis
Lynx Canada Lynx
MacLean's Goldenweed Northern Mock Goldenweed
Macrhybopsis storeriana (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Macrhybopsis storeriana (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Malacoraja senta (Nose of the Grand Banks Population) Malacoraja senta (Nose of the Grand Bank population)
Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population)
Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population) Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population)
Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan - Nelson population) Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan – Nelson Rivers population)
Mapleleaf Mussel (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population) Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population)
Mapleleaf Mussel (Saskatchewan - Nelson population) Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan – Nelson Rivers population)
Marah oreganus Marah oregana
Martes americana atrata Martes americana atrata (Newfoundland population)
Mexican Mosquito Fern Mexican Mosquito-fern
Midget Quillwort Columbia Quillwort
Mielichhoferia macrocarpa Haplodontium macrocarpum
Milksnake Eastern Milksnake
Mira River Whitefish Lake Whitefish (Mira River population)
Misty Lake Lentic Stickleback Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Stickleback
Misty Lake Lotic Stickleback Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Stickleback
Morone saxatilis (St. Lawrence Estuary population) Morone saxatilis (St. Lawrence River population)
Morrison Creek Lamprey Western Brook Lamprey (Morrison Creek population)
Mudpuppy Mussel Salamander Mussel
Mustela erminea haidarum (Queen Charlotte Islands population) Mustela erminea haidarum
Mustela frenata longicauda (Prairie population) Mustela frenata longicauda
Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Newfoundland Marten American Marten (Newfoundland population)
Night Snake Desert Nightsnake
Nightsnake Desert Nightsnake
North Sea Beaked Whale Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Northern Bottlenose Whale Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population)
Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait population) Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population)
Northern Bottlenose Whale (Gully population) Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population)
Northern Brook Lamprey (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Northern Brook Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Northern Cricket Frog Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Northern Goshawk Northern Goshawk atricapillus subspecies
Northern Leopard Frog (Prairie population) Northern Leopard Frog (Western Boreal/Prairie populations)
Northern Leopard Frog (Southern Mountain population) Northern Leopard Frog (Rocky Mountain population)
Northern Prairie Skink Prairie Skink
Northern Ribbonsnake (Atlantic population) Eastern Ribbonsnake (Atlantic population)
Northern Ribbonsnake (Great Lakes population) Eastern Ribbonsnake (Great Lakes population)
Northern Spotted Owl Spotted Owl caurina subspecies
Northern Sunfish (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Northern Sunfish (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Northwestern Alligator Lizard Northern Alligator Lizard
Nothern Long-eared Bat Northern Myotis
Notropis rubellus (Eastern population) Notropis rubellus
Notropis rubellus (Manitoba population) Notropis percobromus
Nuttall's Cottontail (British Columbia population) Nuttall's Cottontail nuttallii subspecies
Nuttall's Cottontail (Prairie population) Nuttall's Cottontail pinetis subspecies
Nyctea scandiaca Bubo scandiaca
Oldgrowth Specklebelly Oldgrowth Specklebelly Lichen
Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi (Alberta population) Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)
Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi (British Columbia population) Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi (Pacific populations)
Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus population) Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus-L population)
Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus Lake population) Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus-L population)
Oncorhynchus nerka (Sakinaw Lake population) Oncorhynchus nerka (Sakinaw population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Ocean, Fall) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Ocean, Fall population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Spring) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Spring population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt)) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt) population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr)) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr) population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Summer) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Summer population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (North Thompson, Stream, Spring) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (North Thompson, Stream, Spring population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (North Thompson, Stream, Summer) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (North Thompson, Stream, Summer population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (South Thompson, Ocean, Summer) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (South Thompson, Ocean, Summer population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.2 population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Southern Mainland, Ocean, Summer) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Southern Mainland, Ocean, Summer population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Southern Mainland, Stream, Summer) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Southern Mainland, Stream, Summer population)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Upper Fraser, Stream, Spring) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Upper Fraser, Stream, Spring population)
Orcinus orca (Northern Resident population) Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific northern resident population)
Orcinus orca (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic populations) Orcinus orca (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population)
Orcinus orca (Offshore population) Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific offshore population)
Orcinus orca (Southern Resident population) Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific southern resident population)
Orcinus orca (West Coast Transient population) Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific transient population)
Osmerus sp. Osmerus mordax (Lake Utopia small-bodied population)
Osmerus spectrum Osmerus mordax (Lake Utopia small-bodied population)
Ostrea conchaphila Ostrea lurida
Otus asio Megascops asio
Otus kennicottii kennicottii Megascops kennicottii kennicottii
Otus kennicottii macfarlanei Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei
Pacific Giant Salamander Coastal Giant Salamander
Pacific Gopher Snake Pacific Gophersnake
Pacific Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies
Panax quinquefolium Panax quinquefolius
Paxton Lake Benthic Stickleback Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Paxton Lake Limnetic Stickleback Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Peale's Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon pealei subspecies
Percina shumardi (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Percina shumardi (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Percina shumardi (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) Percina shumardi (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)
Phoca vitulina mellonae (Lac des Loups Marins landlocked population) Phoca vitulina mellonae
Phrynosoma douglasii (British Columbia population) Phrynosoma douglasii
Phrynosoma douglassii brevirostre Phrynosoma hernandesi
Phrynosoma douglassii douglassii (British Columbia population) Phrynosoma douglasii
Pighead Prickleback Blackline Prickleback
Pigmy Short-horned Lizard Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Pigmy Short-horned Lizard (British Columbia population) Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Pink Rush Rush Pink
Pipistrellus subflavus Perimyotis subflavus
Plains Spadefoot Toad Plains Spadefoot
Polemonium van-bruntiae Polemonium vanbruntiae
Porbeagle Shark Porbeagle
Prairie Loggerhead Shrike Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies
Prionace glauca (Atlantic population) Prionace glauca (North Atlantic population)
Prionace glauca (Pacific population) Prionace glauca (North Pacific population)
Prosopium coulterii (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Prosopium coulterii (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Prosopium coulterii (Waterton Lake populations) Prosopium coulterii (Waterton Lake population)
Psilocarphus brevissimus Psilocarphus brevissimus (Southern Mountain population)
Psilocarphus elatior (Pacific population) Psilocarphus elatior
Puffinus creatopus Ardenna creatopus
Puget Oregonian Snail Puget Oregonian
Pygmy Longfin Smelt Longfin Smelt (Pygmy populations)
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard (British Columbia population) Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Pygmy Whitefish (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Pygmy Whitefish (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Pygmy Whitefish (Waterton Lake populations) Pygmy Whitefish (Waterton Lake population)
Quadrula quadrula (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Quadrula quadrula (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population)
Quadrula quadrula (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population) Quadrula quadrula (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population)
Quadrula quadrula (Saskatchewan - Nelson population) Quadrula quadrula (Saskatchewan – Nelson Rivers population)
Queen Charlotte Goshawk Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies
Queen Snake Queensnake
Rainbow Mussel Rainbow
Rana pipiens (Eastern population) Lithobates pipiens (Eastern populations)
Rana pipiens (Rocky Mountain population) Lithobates pipiens (Rocky Mountain population)
Rana pipiens (Southern Mountain population) Lithobates pipiens (Rocky Mountain population)
Rana pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie populations) Lithobates pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie populations)
Rana pipiens (Prairie population) Lithobates pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie populations)
Rangifer tarandus caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population) Rangifer tarandus (Atlantic-Gaspésie population)
Rangifer tarandus caribou (Boreal population) Rangifer tarandus (Boreal population)
Rangifer tarandus caribou (Newfoundland population) Rangifer tarandus (Newfoundland population)
Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus Rangifer tarandus (Dolphin and Union population)
Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus (Dolphin and Union population) Rangifer tarandus (Dolphin and Union population)
Rangifer tarandus dawsoni (Queen Charlotte Islands population) Rangifer tarandus dawsoni
Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius Ranunculus alismifolius
Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius Ranunculus alismifolius
Red Oak Stubble Red Oak Stubble Lichen
Red-legged Frog Northern Red-legged Frog
Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei (Prairie population) Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei
Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis (British Columbia population) Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis
Rhinichthys sp. Rhinichthys cataractae
Rhinichthys cataractae ssp. Rhinichthys cataractae
Rhynochophanes mccownii Rhynchophanes mccownii
River Darter (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) River Darter (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Rocky Mountain Sculpin (St. Mary and Milk River populations) Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Eastslope populations)
Ross’ Gull Ross's Gull
Rosyface Shiner (Eastern population) Rosyface Shiner
Rosyface Shiner (Manitoba population) Carmine Shiner
Rubber Boa Northern Rubber Boa
Sage Grouse (British Columbia population) Greater Sage-Grouse phaios subspecies
Sage Grouse (Prairie population) Greater Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies
Salish Sucker (Chehalis populations) Salish Sucker
Salix chlorolepsis Salix chlorolepis
Salmo salar (Inner Bay of Fundy populations) Salmo salar (Inner Bay of Fundy population)
Sand Verbena Small-flowered Sand-verbena
Sand Verbena Moth Sand-verbena Moth
Sander vitreum glaucus Sander vitreus glaucus
Satyrium behrii columbia Satyrium behrii
Scirpus verecundus Trichophorum planifolium
Sclerophora peronella (British Columbia population) Sclerophora peronella (Pacific population)
Sclerophora peronella (Nova Scotia population) Sclerophora peronella (Atlantic population)
Seaside Bone Seaside Bone Lichen
Seaside Centipede Seaside Centipede Lichen
Sebastes aleutianus type I Sebastes sp. type I
Sebastes aleutianus type II Sebastes sp. type II
Seiurus motacilla Parkesia motacilla
Silver Chub (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Silver Chub (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Silver Lamprey (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations) Silver Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Simpsonais ambigua Simpsonaias ambigua
Slender Wooly-heads Slender Woolly-heads
Smallmouth Salamander Small-mouthed Salamander
Smooth Skate (Nose of the Grand Banks Population) Smooth Skate (Nose of the Grand Bank population)
Sockeye Salmon (Cultus Lake population) Sockeye Salmon (Cultus-L population)
Sockeye Salmon (Cultus population) Sockeye Salmon (Cultus-L population)
Sockeye Salmon (Sakinaw Lake population) Sockeye Salmon (Sakinaw population)
Soupfin Shark Tope
Speotyto cunicularia Athene cunicularia
Spiny Softshell Turtle Spiny Softshell
Spirinchus sp. Spirinchus thaleichthys (Pygmy populations)
Spotted Owl Spotted Owl caurina subspecies
Stinkpot Eastern Musk Turtle
Stizostedion vitreum glaucum Sander vitreus glaucus
Striped Bass (St. Lawrence Estuary population) Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population)
Striped Wolffish Atlantic Wolffish
Strix occidentalis Strix occidentalis caurina
Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii (British Columbia population) Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii
Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis (Prairie population) Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis
Tailed Frog (Pacific Coast population) Coastal Tailed Frog
Tailed Frog (Southern Mountain population) Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog
Tall Woolly-heads (Pacific population) Tall Woolly-heads
Terrapene carolina carolina Terrapene carolina
Tiny Cryptanthe Tiny Cryptantha
Triphysaria versicolor ssp. versicolor Triphysaria versicolor
Van Brunt’s Jacob’s Ladder Van Brunt's Jacob's-ladder
Vananda Creek Benthic Stickleback Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Vananda Creek Limnetic Stickleback Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Vesper Sparrow affinis subspecies Coastal Vesper Sparrow
Virgulus sericeus Symphyotrichum sericeum
Vole Ears Vole Ears Lichen
Water-pennywort Water Pennywort
Western Blue-flag Western Blue Flag
Western Brook Lamprey Western Brook Lamprey (Morrison Creek population)
Western Bumble Bee Northern population Western Bumble Bee mckayi subspecies
Western Bumble Bee Southern population Western Bumble Bee occidentalis subspecies
Western Harvest Mouse (British Columbia population) Western Harvest Mouse megalotis subspecies
Western Harvest Mouse (Prairie population) Western Harvest Mouse dychei subspecies
Western Prairie Fringed-orchid Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
Western Silver-leaved Aster Western Silvery Aster
Western Yellow-breasted Chat (British Columbia population) Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population)
Western Yellow-breasted Chat (Prairie population) Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Prairie population)
Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Alberta population) Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)
Westslope Cutthroat Trout (British Columbia population) Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Pacific populations)
Whip-poor-will Eastern Whip-poor-will
Willow Aster Willowleaf Aster
Wilsonia canadensis Cardellina canadensis
Wilsonia citrina Setophaga citrina
Winter Skate (Georges Bank-Western Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy population) Winter Skate (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population)
Winter Skate (Western Scotian Shelf-Georges Bank population) Winter Skate (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population)
Woodland Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population) Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population)
Woodland Caribou (Boreal population) Caribou (Boreal population)
Woodland Caribou (Newfoundland population) Caribou (Newfoundland population)
Woodland Caribou (Queen Charlotte Islands population) Caribou dawsoni subspecies
Woodland Caribou Dawson's subspecies Caribou dawsoni subspecies
Yellow Montane Violet Yellow Montane Violet praemorsa subspecies
Yellow-breasted Chat (British Columbia population) Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Eastern population) Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies
Yellow-breasted Chat (Prairie population) Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Prairie population)
Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (British Columbia population) Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population)

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) was created in 1977 as a result of a recommendation at the Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference held in 1976.

It arose from the need for a single, official, scientifically sound, national classification of wildlife species at risk. In 1978, COSEWIC designated its first wildlife species and produced its first list of Canadian wildlife species at risk.

In 2002, COSEWIC celebrated 25 years of science-based assessment of the status of wildlife species at risk in Canada.

On June 5th 2003, the Species at Risk Act (SARA) was proclaimed. SARA establishes COSEWIC as an advisory body, ensuring that wildlife species will continue to be assessed using the best available scientific, community, and Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge.

The Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge (ATK) Subcommittee held its inaugural meeting in February 2006. The ATK Subcommittee has recently developed the COSEWIC ATK Process and Protocols Guidelines. The ATK Subcommittee is currently implementing these guidelines in order to integrate ATK into the wildlife species assessment process.

Even after over forty years of existence, COSEWIC continues to evolve and to fine-tune its operations in an effort to do its job in the best possible manner.

The Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, provides full administrative and financial support to the COSEWIC Secretariat.

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