Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk 2025

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

October 2025

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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. 2025. Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Web site: Document search [accessed 12 October 2025].

COSEWIC status Reports are available from the Species at Risk Act (SARA) Public RegistrySpecies at Risk Act (SAR) Public Registry

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 wildlife species including 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 agencies (Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Canadian Museum of Nature), three non-government science members, two early career members and the co-chairs of the species specialist and the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge subcommittees. 

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)*
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)**
A wildlife species that has been evaluated and found to be not at risk of extinction given the current circumstances.
Data deficient (DD)***
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.
*
Formerly described as “Vulnerable” from 1990 to 1999, or “Rare” prior to 1990.
**
Formerly described as “Not In Any Category”, or “No Designation Required.”
***
Formerly described as “Indeterminate” from 1994 to 1999 or “ISIBD” (insufficient scientific information on which to base a designation) prior to 1994. Definition of the (DD) category revised in 2006.

Explanation of wildlife species status terminology and symbols:

↑
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

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) (864 wildlife species) and for the Extinct category (25 wildlife species). The results are up to and including the May 2025 meeting
Taxon Extinct Extirpated Endangered Threatened Special Concern Total
Mammals 5 1 35 15 30 86
Birds 3 2 35 29 29 98
Reptiles 0 5 13 14 17 49
Amphibians 0 2 12 6 10 30
Fishes 15 2 87 58 65 227
Arthropods 0 4 40 13 25 82
Molluscs 1 2 24 7 14 48
Vascular Plants 0 3 114 45 59 221
Mosses 1 1 11 5 5 23
Lichens 0 0 6 9 9 24
Echinodermata 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 25 22 378 201 263 889
Table 1b. Summary of COSEWIC's assessment results for the "risk" categories (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern) (860 wildlife species) and for the Extinct category (25 wildlife species). The results are up to and including the November 2024 meeting
Taxon Extinct Extirpated Endangered Threatened Special Concern Total
Mammals 5 1 35 15 30 86
Birds 3 2 35 28 29 97
Reptiles 0 5 14 14 17 50
Amphibians 0 2 12 6 10 30
Fishes 15 2 86 59 63 225
Arthropods 0 4 41 13 25 83
Molluscs 1 2 23 7 14 47
Vascular Plants 0 3 114 45 59 221
Mosses 1 1 11 5 5 23
Lichens 0 0 5 9 9 23
Echinodermata 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 25 22 376 201 261 885
Table 2a. Summary of COSEWIC's assessment results for the Not at Risk category. The results are up to and including the May 2025 meeting
Taxon Not at Risk
Mammals 46
Birds 37
Reptiles 5
Amphibians 14
Fishes 65
Arthropods 2
Molluscs 3
Vascular Plants 23
Mosses 3
Lichens 2
Echinodermata 0
Total 200
Table 2b. Summary of COSEWIC's assessment results for the Not at Risk category. The results are up to and including the November 2024 meeting
Taxon Not at Risk
Mammals 46
Birds 38
Reptiles 5
Amphibians 14
Fishes 66
Arthropods 2
Molluscs 3
Vascular Plants 23
Mosses 3
Lichens 2
Echinodermata 0
Total 202
Table 3a. Summary of COSEWIC's assessment results for the Data Deficient category. The results are up to and including the May 2025 meeting
Taxon Data Deficient
Mammals 7
Birds 2
Reptiles 0
Amphibians 1
Fishes 33
Arthropods 4
Molluscs 5
Vascular Plants 6
Mosses 1
Lichens 3
Echinodermata 0
Total 62
Table 3b. Summary of COSEWIC's assessment results for the Data Deficient category. The results are up to and including the November 2024 meeting
Taxon Data Deficient
Mammals 7
Birds 2
Reptiles 0
Amphibians 1
Fishes 33
Arthropods 3
Molluscs 5
Vascular Plants 6
Mosses 1
Lichens 3
Echinodermata 0
Total 61

Results from the May 2025 and November 2024 COSEWIC meetings (Tables 4 to 5)

Table 4a. Wildlife species results by category and taxon May 2025 meeting
Taxon Extinct Extirpated Endangered Threatened Special Concern Not at Risk Data Deficient Total
Mammals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Birds 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Reptiles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Amphibians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fishes 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 7
Arthropods 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Molluscs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Vascular Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mosses 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lichens 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Echinodermata 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 0 0 5 3 4 0 2 14
Table 4b. Wildlife species results by category and taxon November 2024 meeting
Taxon Extinct Extirpated Endangered Threatened Special Concern Not at Risk Data Deficient Total
Mammals 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
Birds 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4
Reptiles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Amphibians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fishes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arthropods 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Molluscs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Vascular Plants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mosses 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lichens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Echinodermata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 5 4 3 0 0 12
Table 5a. Wildlife species results by category and type of change May 2025 meeting
Type of change Extinct Extirpated Endangered Threatened Special Concern Not at Risk Data Deficient Total
New (no symbol) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4
Higher risk category ↑ 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
Lower risk category ↓ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Changed ☼ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
No change ↔ 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 5
Reassigned ↻ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
No longer at risk √ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 5 3 4 0 2 14
Table 5b. Wildlife species results by category and type of change November 2024 meeting
Type of change Extinct Extirpated Endangered Threatened Special Concern Not at Risk Data Deficient Total
New (no symbol) 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5
Higher risk category ↑ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower risk category ↓ 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Changed ☼ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No change ↔ 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4
Reassigned ↻ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No longer at risk √ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 5 4 3 0 0 12

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:Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).

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

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

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 the 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 SARA Public Registry. Species at risk public registry

Table 6. Wildlife species assessed and designated Extinct, with historical range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and approximate date of disappearance.
Extinct category (25)
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, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean Not applicable April 2017
Mammals ↑ Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean before end of 1700s May 2022
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, NS, PE 1914 May 2000
Fishes ↑ Bass, Striped Morone saxatilis St. Lawrence River population QC Not applicable November 2019
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 (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Adams-ES population (original) BC, Pacific Ocean Not applicable December 2021
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka North Barriere-ES population (original) BC, Pacific Ocean Not applicable December 2021
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Seton-S population (original) BC, Pacific Ocean Not applicable December 2021
Fishes ↑ Stickleback, Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC Not applicable December 2023
Fishes ↑ Stickleback, Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC Not applicable December 2023
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 large-bodied population ON Not applicable April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Como Lake small-bodied population ON Not applicable April 2018
Molluscs ↔ Limpet, Eelgrass Lottia alveus alveus Not applicable Atlantic Ocean 1929 May 2000
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Macoun's Shining Neomacounia nitida Not applicable ON not observed since 1864 November 2002
Table 7a. Wildlife species assessed and designated in a "risk category" (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern) (864 wildlife species), with historical range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and approximate date of disappearance from Canada.
Extirpated category (22)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Historical range of occurrence Extirpation date Assessment date
Mammals ↔ Ferret, Black-footed Mustela nigripes Not applicable AB, SK 1974 December 2021
Birds ↔ Prairie-Chicken, Greater Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus Not applicable AB, SK, MB, ON last reported in 1987 in Saskatchewan December 2021
Birds ↔ Sage-Grouse phaios subspecies, Greater Centrocercus urophasianus phaios Not applicable BC not observed since 1960s December 2021
Reptiles ↔ Gophersnake, Pacific Pituophis catenifer catenifer Not applicable BC Not applicable May 2023
Reptiles ↔ Lizard, Pygmy Short-horned Phrynosoma douglasii Not applicable BC last reported in 1957 November 2018
Reptiles ↔ Rattlesnake, Timber Crotalus horridus Not applicable ON 1941/1942 May 2023
Reptiles ☼ Turtle, Eastern Box Terrapene carolina Not applicable ON Not applicable November 2014
Reptiles ↔ Turtle, Northwestern Pond Actinemys marmorata Not applicable BC Not applicable May 2023
Amphibians ↑ Frog, Blanchard's Cricket Acris blanchardi Not applicable ON early 1970's May 2024
Amphibians ↔ Salamander, Eastern Tiger Ambystoma tigrinum Carolinian population ON Not applicable May 2023
Fishes ↔ Chub, Gravel Erimystax x-punctatus Not applicable ON last reported in 1958, Thames River drainage May 2019
Fishes ↔ Paddlefish Polyodon spathula Not applicable ON 1913 May 2019
Arthropods ↔ Blue, Karner Plebejus samuelis Not applicable ON 1991 May 2019
Arthropods ↔ Burying Beetle, American Nicrophorus americanus Not applicable ON, QC Not applicable December 2022
Arthropods ↔ Elfin, Frosted Callophrys irus Not applicable ON 1988 May 2019
Arthropods ↔ Marble, Island Euchloe ausonides insulanus Not applicable BC before 1908 December 2022
Molluscs ↔ Puget Oregonian Cryptomastix devia Not applicable BC not observed since 1905 May 2013
Molluscs ↔ Wedgemussel, Dwarf Alasmidonta heterodon Not applicable NB 1968 December 2021
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 December 2022
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 1825 December 2021
Table 7b. Wildlife species assessed and designated in a "risk category" (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern) (864 wildlife species), with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of latest assessment
Endangered category (378)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Assessment date
Mammals ↔ Badger jacksoni subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jacksoni Southwestern Ontario population ON November 2012
Mammals ↻ Badger jeffersonii subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jeffersonii Eastern population BC November 2012
Mammals ↻ Badger jeffersonii subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jeffersonii Western population BC November 2012
Mammals (no symbol) Bat, Eastern Red Lasiurus borealis Not applicable YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL May 2023
Mammals (no symbol) Bat, Hoary Lasiurus cinereus Not applicable YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL May 2023
Mammals (no symbol) Bat, Silver-haired Lasionycteris noctivagans Not applicable YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL May 2023
Mammals ↔ Bat, Tri-colored Perimyotis subflavus Not applicable ON, QC, NB, NS November 2013
Mammals ↔ Caribou Rangifer tarandus Atlantic-Gaspésie population QC November 2014
Mammals ↻ Caribou Rangifer tarandus Central Mountain population BC, AB May 2014
Mammals ↑ Caribou Rangifer tarandus Dolphin and Union population NT, NU November 2017
Mammals (no symbol) Caribou Rangifer tarandus Eastern Migratory population MB, ON, QC, NL April 2017
Mammals ↻ Caribou Rangifer tarandus Southern Mountain population BC May 2014
Mammals (no symbol) Caribou Rangifer tarandus Torngat Mountains population NU, QC, NL November 2016
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 November 2019
Mammals ↑ Mouse megalotis subspecies, Western Harvest Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis Not applicable BC November 2019
Mammals ↔ Myotis, Little Brown Myotis lucifugus Not applicable YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL November 2013
Mammals ↔ Myotis, Northern Myotis septentrionalis Not applicable YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, 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 Cumberland Sound population NU, Arctic Ocean November 2020
Mammals ↑ Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas St. Lawrence Estuary population QC, Atlantic Ocean November 2014
Mammals ↔ Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Ungava Bay population QC, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean November 2020
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 BC, Pacific Ocean December 2023
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 NS, NL, Atlantic Ocean November 2024
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 2023
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 (no symbol) Chickadee, Gray-headed Poecile cinctus Not applicable YT, NT May 2024
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, NS, PE, NL November 2009
Birds (no symbol) Dowitcher caurinus subspecies, Short-billed Limnodromus griseus caurinus Not applicable YT, BC November 2024
Birds ↔ Flycatcher, Acadian Empidonax virescens Not applicable ON April 2010
Birds ↔ Gull, Ivory Pagophila eburnea Not applicable NT, NU, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean December 2023
Birds ↑ Gull, Ross's Rhodostethia rosea Not applicable NU, MB, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean May 2021
Birds ↻ Knot rufa subspecies, Red Calidris canutus rufa Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean wintering population NT, NU, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL November 2020
Birds ↔ Knot rufa subspecies, Red Calidris canutus rufa Tierra del Fuego / Patagonia wintering population NT, NU, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL November 2020
Birds ↔ Lark, Streaked Horned Eremophila alpestris strigata Not applicable BC April 2018
Birds ↑ Longspur, Chestnut-collared Calcarius ornatus Not applicable AB, SK, MB November 2019
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, NS, PE, NL November 2013
Birds ↔ Plover, Mountain Charadrius montanus Not applicable AB, SK December 2021
Birds ↔ Rail, King Rallus elegans Not applicable ON May 2011
Birds ↔ Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies, Greater Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus Not applicable AB, SK December 2021
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, Atlantic Ocean May 2023
Birds ↔ Thrasher, Sage Oreoscoptes montanus Not applicable BC, AB, SK December 2021
Birds ↑ Warbler, Cerulean Setophaga cerulea Not applicable ON, QC November 2010
Birds ↔ Warbler, Kirtland's Setophaga kirtlandii Not applicable ON, QC May 2024
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 Dryobates albolarvatus Not applicable BC May 2023
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 QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean December 2022
Reptiles ↔ Sea Turtle, Leatherback Dermochelys coriacea Pacific population BC, Pacific Ocean December 2022
Reptiles (no symbol) Sea Turtle, Loggerhead Caretta caretta Not applicable Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Reptiles ↔ Skink, Common Five-lined Plestiodon fasciatus Carolinian population ON May 2021
Reptiles ↻ Snake, Sharp-tailed Contia tenuis Coast Mountains population BC December 2021
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) Ambystoma, Unisexual Ambystoma laterale - (2) jeffersonianum Jefferson Salamander dependent population ON April 2016
Amphibians (no symbol) Ambystoma, Unisexual Ambystoma laterale - texanum Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population ON April 2016
Amphibians ↔ Frog, Northern Leopard Lithobates pipiens Rocky Mountain population BC December 2021
Amphibians ↔ Frog, Oregon Spotted Rana pretiosa Not applicable BC May 2011
Amphibians ↑ Salamander, Allegheny Mountain Dusky Desmognathus ochrophaeus Appalachian population QC April 2018
Amphibians ↔ Salamander, Allegheny Mountain Dusky Desmognathus ochrophaeus Carolinian population ON 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 (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 May 2021
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 Laurentian North population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes ↻ Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Laurentian South population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes ↔ Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Newfoundland and Labrador 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) HakeWhite, Urophycis tenuis Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population Atlantic Ocean November 2013
Fishes ☼ Lamprey, Northern Brook Ichthyomyzon fossor Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations MB November 2020
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, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean May 2019
Fishes ↑ Minnow, Pugnose Opsopoeodus emiliae Not applicable ON May 2025
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 ↔ Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Inner Bay of Fundy population NB, 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 (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha East Vancouver Island, Ocean, Summer population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha East Vancouver Island, Stream, Spring population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Lower Fraser, Ocean, Summer population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
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 Lower Thompson, Stream, Spring population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall 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 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 ↑ Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Okanagan population BC, Pacific Ocean April 2017
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 South Thompson, Stream, Summer 1.3 population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Upper Fraser, Stream, Spring population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Bowron-ES population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes ↔ Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Cultus-L population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Fraser-ES population (original) BC, Pacific Ocean December 2021
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Harrison (U/S)-L population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Momich-ES population (original) BC, Pacific Ocean December 2021
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Quesnel-S population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2017
Fishes ↔ Salmon, Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Sakinaw population BC, Pacific Ocean April 2016
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 ↑ Sculpin, Coastrange Cottus aleuticus Cultus Lake population BC November 2019
Fishes ↔ Shark, Basking Cetorhinus maximus Pacific population BC, Pacific Ocean April 2018
Fishes ↔ Shark, White Carcharodon carcharias Atlantic population QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean May 2021
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 Eastern Scotian Shelf - Newfoundland population Atlantic Ocean May 2015
Fishes ↻ Skate, Winter Leucoraja ocellata Gulf of St. Lawrence 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, Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↑ Stickleback, Unarmoured Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↻ Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations AB, SK, MB, ON April 2017
Fishes ↔ Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Western Hudson Bay populations SK, MB April 2017
Fishes ↻ Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus Upper Columbia River population BC November 2012
Fishes ↻ Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus Upper Fraser River population BC November 2012
Fishes ↻ Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus Upper Kootenay River population BC November 2012
Fishes ↑ Sucker, Salish Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus Not applicable BC May 2024
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Rainbow Oncorhynchus mykiss Athabasca River populations AB May 2014
Fishes ↔ Trout, Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss Chilcotin River population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes ↔ Trout, Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss Thompson River population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes ↑ Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Not applicable ON May 2015
Fishes ↔ Whitefish, Atlantic Coregonus huntsmani Not applicable NS December 2022
Arthropods ↔ Blue, Island Icaricia saepiolus insulanus Not applicable BC December 2022
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, NS, PE, NL May 2014
Arthropods ↔ Bumble Bee, Rusty-patched Bombus affinis Not applicable ON, QC, NB December 2022
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) Crawling Water Beetle, Hungerford's Brychius hungerfordi Not applicable ON May 2011
Arthropods ↔ Diving Beetle, Bert's Predaceous Sanfilippodytes bertae Not applicable AB December 2022
Arthropods ↔ Duskywing, Eastern Persius Erynnis persius persius Not applicable ON April 2016
Arthropods (no symbol) Duskywing, Mottled Erynnis martialis Boreal population MB November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Duskywing, Mottled Erynnis martialis Great Lakes Plains population ON, QC 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 (no symbol) Grasshopper, Valley Oedaleonotus enigma Not applicable BC November 2024
Arthropods ↑ Hairstreak, Behr's Satyrium behrii Not applicable BC May 2012
Arthropods ↻ Hairstreak, Half-moon Satyrium semiluna Waterton Lakes population AB December 2022
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, NS, PE November 2016
Arthropods ↔ Moth, Edwards' Beach Anarta edwardsii Not applicable BC May 2021
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 (no symbol) Moth, Reversed Haploa Haploa reversa Not applicable ON November 2019
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 (no symbol) Shieldback, Vancouver Island Steiroxys strepens Not applicable BC May 2022
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, 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) Disc, Domed Discus patulus Not applicable ON May 2024
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) Globe, Toothed Mesodon zaletus Not applicable ON November 2019
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) Mountainsnail, Black Hills Oreohelix cooperi Not applicable AB, SK May 2021
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 rangiana Not applicable ON April 2010
Molluscs (no symbol) Shagreen Inflectarius inflectus Not applicable ON November 2019
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
Molluscs (no symbol) Whitelip, Big-tooth Neohelix dentifera Not applicable ON, QC May 2025
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) Ash, Pumpkin Fraxinus profunda Not applicable ON May 2022
Vascular Plants ↑ Aster, Gulf of St. Lawrence Symphyotrichum laurentianum Not applicable QC, NB, PE May 2023
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 (no symbol) Broomrape, Pine Aphyllon pinorum Not applicable BC May 2024
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, Cleland's Oenothera clelandii Not applicable ON December 2023
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Evening-primrose, Contorted-pod Camissonia contorta Not applicable BC April 2006
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fern, California Sword Polystichum californicum Not applicable BC May 2023
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 (no symbol) Goldenrod, Gillman's Solidago gillmanii Not applicable ON November 2019
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) Maleberry Lyonia ligustrina Not applicable NS November 2020
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Mallow, Virginia Sida hermaphrodita Not applicable ON April 2010
Vascular Plants ↔ Manroot, Coastal Marah oregana Not applicable BC December 2022
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) Rush, Short-fruited Juncus brachycarpus Not applicable ON November 2024
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sand-verbena, Pink Abronia umbellata Not applicable BC May 2004
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 ↔ 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 Great Lakes Plains population ON April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Spike-rush, Bent Eleocharis geniculata Southern Mountain population BC 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) Thistle, Meadow Cirsium scariosum Mingan population QC May 2022
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Thistle, Meadow Cirsium scariosum Rocky Mountain population BC, AB May 2022
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 Chionoloma 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 December 2022
Mosses ↔ Moss, Roell's Brotherella Brotherella roellii Not applicable BC May 2025
Mosses ↔ Moss, Silver Hair Fabronia pusilla Not applicable BC May 2012
Mosses (no symbol) Peat Moss, Circular-leaved Sphagnum cyclophyllum Not applicable NS November 2024
Mosses (no symbol) Yoke-moss, Slender Zygodon gracilis Not applicable BC November 2019
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, Cupped Fringe Heterodermia hypoleuca Not applicable ON, QC, NB May 2025
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, Vole Ears Erioderma mollissimum Not applicable NB, NS, NL May 2021
Echinodermata (no symbol) Sea Star, Sunflower Pycnopodia helianthoides Not applicable BC, Pacific Ocean May 2025
Table 7c. Wildlife species assessed with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of latest assessment
Threatened category (201)
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 (no symbol) Caribou Rangifer tarandus Barren-ground population YT, NT, NU, AB, SK, MB November 2016
Mammals ↔ Caribou Rangifer tarandus Boreal population YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL November 2014
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 May 2021
Mammals ↔ Prairie Dog, Black-tailed Cynomys ludovicianus Not applicable SK November 2024
Mammals ↔ Seal, Northern Fur Callorhinus ursinus Not applicable BC, Pacific Ocean December 2022
Mammals ↓ Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Eastern Hudson Bay population NU, QC, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean November 2020
Mammals ↔ Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population BC, Pacific Ocean December 2023
Mammals ↔ Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific Offshore population BC, Pacific Ocean December 2023
Mammals ↔ Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific Transient population BC, Pacific Ocean December 2023
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 (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 ↑ Curlew, Long-billed Numenius americanus Not applicable BC, AB, SK May 2024
Birds (no symbol) Dowitcher hendersoni/griseus, Short-billed Limnodromus griseus hendersoni/griseus Not applicable NT, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL November 2024
Birds (no symbol) Godwit, Hudsonian Limosa haemastica Not applicable YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL May 2019
Birds ↔ Goshawk laingi subspecies, Northern Accipiter gentilis laingi Not applicable BC May 2013
Birds ↻ Knot roselaari subspecies, Red Calidris canutus roselaari Not applicable YT, BC November 2020
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 ↑ Owl, Short-eared Asio flammeus Not applicable YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL May 2021
Birds ↑ Owl, Snowy Bubo scandiacus Not applicable YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL May 2025
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) Storm-Petrel, Leach's Oceanodroma leucorhoa Atlantic population QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean November 2020
Birds (no symbol) Swallow, Bank Riparia riparia Not applicable YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL May 2013
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 December 2022
Birds (no symbol) Thrush, Gray-cheeked minimus species Catharus minimus minimus Not applicable QC, NS, NL December 2023
Birds (no symbol) Thrush, Wood Hylocichla mustelina Not applicable ON, QC, NB, NS November 2012
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 ↔ Woodpecker, Lewis's Melanerpes lewis Not applicable BC, AB November 2024
Birds (no symbol) Yellowlegs, Lesser Tringa flavipes Not applicable YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL November 2020
Reptiles ↓ Foxsnake, Eastern Pantherophis vulpinus Carolinian population ON December 2021
Reptiles ↓ Foxsnake, Eastern Pantherophis vulpinus Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population ON December 2021
Reptiles ↓ Gartersnake, Butler's Thamnophis butleri Not applicable ON November 2024
Reptiles ↔ Gophersnake, Great Basin Pituophis catenifer deserticola Not applicable BC May 2013
Reptiles ↻ Massasauga, Eastern Sistrurus catenatus Not applicable ON May 2025
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 May 2021
Reptiles ↻ Snake, Sharp-tailed Contia tenuis Pacific Coast population BC December 2021
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 ↻ Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus Manitoba population MB December 2023
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 November 2019
Fishes ↻ Chub, Lake Couesius plumbeus Atlin Warm Springs populations BC November 2018
Fishes ↻ Chub, Lake Couesius plumbeus Liard Hot 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 Southwestern Ontario population ON May 2022
Fishes ↻ Darter, Eastern Sand Ammocrypta pellucida West Lake population ON May 2022
Fishes ↑ Eel, American Anguilla rostrata Not applicable ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) HakeWhite, 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, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Minnow, Plains Hybognathus placitus Not applicable SK May 2012
Fishes ↓ Minnow, Western Silvery Hybognathus argyritis Not applicable AB November 2017
Fishes (no symbol) Plaice, American Hippoglossoides platessoides Maritimes population Atlantic Ocean April 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Plaice, American Hippoglossoides platessoides Newfoundland and Labrador 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 ↑ Rockfish, Yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus Pacific Ocean inside waters population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes ↑ Rockfish, Yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus Pacific Ocean outside waters population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
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 (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Southern Mainland Boundary Bay, Ocean, Fall population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha West Vancouver Island, Ocean, Fall (Nootka and Kyuquot) population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha West Vancouver Island, Ocean, Fall (South) population BC, Pacific Ocean November 2020
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, Rocky Mountain Cottus sp. Missouri River populations AB November 2019
Fishes ↻ Sculpin, Rocky Mountain Cottus sp. Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations AB November 2019
Fishes ↓ Shiner, Pugnose Notropis anogenus Not applicable ON May 2013
Fishes ↑ Shiner, Silver Notropis photogenis Not applicable ON May 2011
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Little Quarry Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Little Quarry Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus Not applicable BC December 2023
Fishes (no symbol) Sturgeon, Atlantic Acipenser oxyrinchus Maritimes populations NB, NS, Atlantic Ocean May 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Sturgeon, Atlantic Acipenser oxyrinchus St. Lawrence populations QC, 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, Cordilleran Pantosteus bondi Not applicable BC December 2022
Fishes ↻ Sucker, Plains Pantosteus jordani Missouri population AB, SK December 2022
Fishes ↔ Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers population AB May 2025
Fishes ↔ Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations AB November 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, European Coregonus lavaretus Dezadeash Lake large-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes ↻ Whitefish, European Coregonus lavaretus Dezadeash 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 Squanga Lake small-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Little Teslin Lake large-bodied population YT April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Opeongo Lake large-bodied population ON April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Opeongo Lake small-bodied population ON April 2018
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Squanga 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 (no symbol) Bumble Bee, Suckley's Cuckoo Bombus suckleyi Not applicable YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL November 2019
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 ↻ Hairstreak, Half-moon Satyrium semiluna Okanagan-Similkameen population BC December 2022
Arthropods (no symbol) Hairstreak, Northern Oak Satyrium favonius ontario Not applicable ON May 2022
Arthropods ↓ Moth, Dusky Dune Copablepharon longipenne Not applicable AB, SK, MB May 2022
Arthropods (no symbol) Shieldback, Davis's Atlanticus davisi Not applicable ON November 2020
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 (no symbol) Mantleslug, Carolina Philomycus carolinianus Not applicable ON November 2019
Molluscs ↓ Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula Saskatchewan – Nelson Rivers population MB November 2016
Molluscs ↔ Mud-piddock, Atlantic Barnea truncata Not applicable NS, Atlantic Ocean May 2021
Molluscs ↓ Taildropper, Blue-grey Prophysaon coeruleum Not applicable BC April 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Wartyback, Purple Cyclonaias tuberculata Not applicable ON May 2021
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, NS, PE, NL November 2018
Vascular Plants ↑ Ash, Blue Fraxinus quadrangulata Not applicable ON November 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Rough-leaved Eurybia radulina Not applicable BC May 2024
Vascular Plants ↔ Aster, Western Silvery Symphyotrichum sericeum Not applicable MB, ON May 2021
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 (no symbol) Bluecurls, Forked Trichostema dichotomum Not applicable ON, QC, NS December 2023
Vascular Plants ↔ Coffee-tree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus Not applicable ON May 2021
Vascular Plants ↓ Cryptantha, Tiny Cryptantha minima Not applicable AB, SK May 2012
Vascular Plants ↔ Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum Not applicable ON November 2020
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 ↻ 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 ↔ Mosquito-fern, Mexican Azolla mexicana Not applicable BC November 2008
Vascular Plants ↔ Mouse-ear-cress, Slender Crucihimalaya virgata Not applicable AB, SK December 2022
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 ↓ 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 (no symbol) Trillium, Hibberson's Trillium hibbersonii Not applicable BC December 2023
Vascular Plants ↓ Twayblade, Purple Liparis liliifolia Not applicable ON, QC November 2010
Vascular Plants ↔ Water-willow, American Justicia americana Not applicable ON, QC May 2021
Vascular Plants ↔ Willow, Green-scaled Salix chlorolepis Not applicable QC November 2020
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, Rigid Apple Bartramia aprica Not applicable BC December 2023
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 (no symbol) Lichen, Scaly Fringe Heterodermia squamulosa Not applicable NB, NS December 2022
Lichens ↓ Lichen, Seaside Centipede Heterodermia sitchensis Not applicable BC May 2021
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, NS, PE, NL April 2016
Lichens (no symbol) Waterfan, Eastern Peltigera hydrothyria Not applicable QC, NB, NS November 2013
Table 7d. Wildlife species assessed with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of latest assessment.
Special concern category (263)
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

December 2022

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

↓

Marten, American

Martes americana atrata

Newfoundland population

NL

May 2022

Mammals

↔

Mole, Eastern

Scalopus aquaticus

Not applicable

ON

November 2010

Mammals

↔

Otter, Sea

Enhydra lutris

Not applicable

BC, Pacific Ocean

May 2022

Mammals

(no symbol)

Pika, Collared

Ochotona collaris

Not applicable

YT, NT, BC

November 2011

Mammals

↔

Porpoise, Harbour

Phocoena phocoena

Northwest Atlantic population

NU, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean

May 2022

Mammals

↔

Porpoise, Harbour

Phocoena phocoena vomerina

Pacific Ocean population

BC, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean

April 2016

Mammals

↔

Sea Lion, Steller

Eumetopias jubatus

Not applicable

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2013

Mammals

↑

Seal, Ringed

Pusa hispida

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, MB, ON, QC, NL, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

November 2019

Mammals

↔

Vole, Woodland

Microtus pinetorum

Not applicable

ON, QC

November 2010

Mammals

↻

Walrus, Atlantic

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

Central / Low Arctic population

NU, MB, ON, QC, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 2017

Mammals

↻

Walrus, Atlantic

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus

High Arctic population

NU, Arctic Ocean

April 2017

Mammals

↔

Whale, Beluga

Delphinapterus leucas

Eastern High Arctic - Baffin Bay population

NU, Arctic Ocean

November 2020

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 kuzira

North Pacific population

BC, Pacific Ocean

December 2022

Mammals

↔

Whale, Killer

Orcinus orca

Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population

NU, MB, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

December 2023

Mammals

↔

Whale, Northern Bottlenose

Hyperoodon ampullatus

Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population

NU, NL, Atlantic Ocean

November 2024

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

↓

Bittern, Least

Botaurus exilis

Not applicable

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE

November 2024

Birds

↔

Blackbird, Rusty

Euphagus carolinus

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 2017

Birds

↓

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Not applicable

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

May 2022

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, NS, PE, NL

April 2018

Birds

↔

Goldeneye, Barrow's

Bucephala islandica

Eastern population

QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

May 2011

Birds

↻

Grebe, Horned

Podiceps auritus

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

December 2023

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, NS, PE, NL

November 2016

Birds

↓

Hawk, Ferruginous

Buteo regalis

Not applicable

AB, SK, MB

May 2021

Birds

↻

Knot rufa subspecies, Red

Calidris canutus rufa

Northeastern South America wintering population

NT, NU, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

November 2020

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, NS, PE, NL

April 2018

Birds

↔

Owl, Flammulated

Otus flammeolus

Not applicable

BC

April 2010

Birds

(no symbol)

Phalarope, Red-necked

Phalaropus lobatus

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

November 2014

Birds

↔

Pigeon, Band-tailed

Patagioenas fasciata

Not applicable

BC

May 2021

Birds

↔

Rail, Yellow

Coturnicops noveboracensis

Not applicable

NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB

December 2023

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

May 2023

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

↓

Swallow, Barn

Hirundo rustica

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

May 2021

Birds

↓

Warbler, Canada

Cardellina canadensis

Not applicable

YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE

November 2020

Birds

↓

Whip-poor-will, Eastern

Antrostomus vociferus

Not applicable

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE

December 2022

Birds

(no symbol)

Wood-pewee, Eastern

Contopus virens

Not applicable

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE

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, Common Five-lined

Plestiodon fasciatus

Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population

ON

May 2021

Reptiles

↓

Skink, Prairie

Plestiodon septentrionalis

Not applicable

MB

November 2017

Reptiles

↔

Skink, Western

Plestiodon skiltonianus

Not applicable

BC

November 2014

Reptiles

(no symbol)

Snake, Plains Hog-nosed

Heterodon nasicus

Not applicable

AB, SK, MB

November 2019

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

↻

Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population

ON, QC

December 2023

Amphibians

↔

Salamander, Coeur d'Alene

Plethodon idahoensis

Not applicable

BC

May 2021

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

May 2023

Amphibians

↻

Toad, Western

Anaxyrus boreas

Calling population

BC, AB

November 2012

Amphibians

↻

Toad, Western

Anaxyrus boreas

Non-calling population

YT, NT, BC, AB

November 2012

Fishes

↓

Bass, Striped

Morone saxatilis

Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population

QC, NB, NS, PE, 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

↓

Darter, Eastern Sand

Ammocrypta pellucida

Quebec population

QC

May 2022

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

November 2020

Fishes

↔

Lamprey, Silver

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis

Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations

ON, QC

November 2020

Fishes

☼

Lamprey, Silver

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis

Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations

MB, ON

November 2020

Fishes

(no symbol)

Minnow, Brassy

Hybognathus hankinsoni

Missouri population

AB, SK

May 2022

Fishes

(no symbol)

Minnow, Brassy

Hybognathus hankinsoni

Pacific population

BC

May 2022

Fishes

(no symbol)

Minnow, Brassy

Hybognathus hankinsoni

Western Arctic population

BC, AB

May 2022

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)

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmo salar

Gaspe-Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population

QC, NB, NS, PE, 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

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, Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

East Vancouver Island, Ocean, Fall population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2020

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Lower Fraser, Stream, Spring population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2018

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Oncorhynchus nerka

Alouette-ES population (original)

BC, Pacific Ocean

December 2021

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Oncorhynchus nerka

Coquitlam-ES population (original)

BC, Pacific Ocean

December 2021

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 2019

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

↔

Sculpin, Rocky Mountain

Cottus sp.

Pacific populations

BC

November 2019

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

(no symbol)

Shark, Greenland

Somniosus microcephalus

Not applicable

NU, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

May 2025

Fishes

↔

Shiner, Bridle

Notropis bifrenatus

Not applicable

ON, QC

May 2013

Fishes

(no symbol)

Skate, Smooth

Malacoraja senta

Laurentian-Scotian population

QC, NB, NS, PE, Atlantic Ocean

May 2012

Fishes

(no symbol)

Skate, Thorny

Amblyraja radiata

Not applicable

NU, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

May 2012

Fishes

↔

Stickleback, Giant Threespine

Gasterosteus aculeatus

Not applicable

BC

December 2023

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, Plains

Pantosteus jordani

Saskatchewan-Nelson population

AB, SK

December 2022

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

↔

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

Not applicable

BC, Pacific Ocean

May 2021

Fishes

↔

Topminnow, Blackstripe

Fundulus notatus

Not applicable

ON

May 2012

Fishes

↑

Trout, Bull

Salvelinus confluentus

Pacific population

BC

May 2025

Fishes

↔

Trout, Bull

Salvelinus confluentus

South Coast British Columbia population

BC

May 2025

Fishes

↔

Trout, Bull

Salvelinus confluentus

Western Arctic population

YT, NT, BC, AB

May 2025

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, NS, PE, NL

May 2015

Arthropods

↻

Clubtail, Riverine

Stylurus amnicola

Not applicable

MB, ON, QC

May 2023

Arthropods

↓

Clubtail, Skillet

Gomphurus ventricosus

Not applicable

ON, QC, NB, NS

May 2022

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Dancer, Vivid

Argia vivida

Not applicable

BC, AB

May 2015

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Grappletail

Octogomphus specularis

Not applicable

BC

May 2021

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)

Hairstreak, Johnson's

Callophrys johnsoni

Not applicable

BC

May 2022

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Lady Beetle, Transverse

Coccinella transversoguttata

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

November 2016

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Leafhopper, Red-tailed

Aflexia rubranura

Great Lakes Plains population

ON

November 2017

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Leafhopper, Red-tailed

Aflexia rubranura

Prairie population

MB

April 2018

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

(no symbol)

Oakworm Moth, Finlayson's

Anisota finlaysoni

Not applicable

ON

December 2023

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Oakworm Moth, Manitoba

Anisota manitobensis

Not applicable

MB

November 2019

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Sandpirate, Pacific

Lasiopogon pacificus

Not applicable

BC

May 2024

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Skipper, Dukes'

Euphyes dukesi

Not applicable

ON

May 2022

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

↓

Tiger Beetle, Cobblestone

Cicindela marginipennis

Not applicable

NB

May 2021

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Wasp, Yellow Scarab Hunter

Dielis pilipes

Not applicable

BC

November 2018

Molluscs

↔

Floater, Brook

Alasmidonta varicosa

Not applicable

NB, NS

December 2022

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

↓

Lilliput

Toxolasma parvum

Not applicable

ON

November 2024

Molluscs

↔

Mantleslug, Magnum

Magnipelta mycophaga

Not applicable

BC

December 2022

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

↔

Vertigo, Threaded

Vertigo rowellii

Not applicable

BC

May 2022

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 Wood

Eurybia divaricata

Not applicable

ON, QC

December 2023

Vascular Plants

↓

Aster, White-top

Sericocarpus rigidus

Not applicable

BC

April 2009

Vascular Plants

↓

Aster, Willowleaf

Symphyotrichum praealtum

Not applicable

ON

May 2024

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

↓

Daisy, Lakeside

Tetraneuris herbacea

Not applicable

ON

May 2021

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Draba, Dense

Draba pycnosperma

Not applicable

QC, NL

May 2022

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Draba, Puvirnituq Mountain

Draba puvirnituqii

Not applicable

QC

November 2019

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

May 2021

Vascular Plants

↓

Gentian, Victorin's

Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii

Not applicable

QC

May 2022

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

↓

Meadowfoam, Macoun's

Limnanthes macounii

Not applicable

BC

December 2023

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)

Prairie-dock

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Not applicable

ON

May 2024

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

↓

Rue-anemone, Eastern False

Enemion biternatum

Not applicable

ON

May 2022

Vascular Plants

↔

Rush, New Jersey

Juncus caesariensis

Not applicable

NS

May 2004

Vascular Plants

↓

Sand-verbena, Small-flowered

Tripterocalyx micranthus

Not applicable

AB, SK

December 2022

Vascular Plants

↓

Saxifrage, Spiked

Micranthes spicata

Not applicable

YT

May 2015

Vascular Plants

↓

Sedge, Baikal

Carex sabulosa

Not applicable

YT

April 2016

Vascular Plants

↓

Sedge, Foothill

Carex tumulicola

Not applicable

BC

December 2022

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 2022

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

Scytinium 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. 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 (200)
Taxon Assessment details Common name Scientific name Population name Range of occurrence Assessment date
Mammals

↔

Bear, American Black

Bear, American Black

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL

April 1999

Mammals

↔

Cottontail pinetis subspecies, Nuttall's

Cottontail pinetis subspecies, Nuttall's

Not applicable

AB, SK

April 1994

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, Atlantic White-sided

Dolphin, Atlantic White-sided

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

April 1991

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, Bottlenose

Dolphin, Bottlenose

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

April 1993

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, Common

Dolphin, Common

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1991

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, Northern Right Whale

Dolphin, Northern Right Whale

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1990

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, Pacific White-sided

Dolphin, Pacific White-sided

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1990

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, Risso's

Dolphin, Risso's

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1990

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, Striped

Dolphin, Striped

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1993

Mammals

(no symbol)

Dolphin, White-beaked

Dolphin, White-beaked

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

April 1998

Mammals

√

Gopher, Plains Pocket

Gopher, Plains Pocket

Not applicable

MB

April 1998

Mammals

↔

Lynx, Canada

Lynx, Canada

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL

May 2001

Mammals

√

Narwhal

Narwhal

Not applicable

NU, QC, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

May 2024

Mammals

(no symbol)

Porpoise, Dall's

Porpoise, Dall's

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1989

Mammals

(no symbol)

Sea Lion, California

Sea Lion, California

Not applicable

BC, Pacific Ocean

April 1987

Mammals

☼

Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies, Harbour

Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies, Harbour

Not applicable

NU, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

November 2007

Mammals

(no symbol)

Seal Pacific subspecies, Harbour

Seal Pacific subspecies, Harbour

Not applicable

BC, Pacific Ocean

April 1999

Mammals

(no symbol)

Seal, Grey

Seal, Grey

Not applicable

QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean

April 1999

Mammals

(no symbol)

Seal, Hooded

Seal, Hooded

Not applicable

Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1986

Mammals

(no symbol)

Seal, Northern Elephant

Seal, Northern Elephant

Not applicable

BC, Pacific Ocean

April 1986

Mammals

√

Shrew, Gaspé

Shrew, Gaspé

Not applicable

QC, NB, NS

April 2006

Mammals

(no symbol)

Squirrel, Cascade Mantled Ground

Squirrel, Cascade Mantled Ground

Not applicable

BC

April 1992

Mammals

(no symbol)

Squirrel, Fox

Squirrel, Fox

Not applicable

MB, ON

April 1979

Mammals

↻

Squirrel, Southern Flying

Squirrel, Southern Flying

Atlantic (Nova Scotia) population

NS

April 2006

Mammals

↻

Squirrel, Southern Flying

Squirrel, Southern Flying

Great Lakes Plains population

ON, QC

April 2006

Mammals

√

Weasel, Prairie Long-tailed

Weasel, Prairie Long-tailed

Not applicable

AB, SK, MB

April 1993

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale North Atlantic subspecies, Common Minke

Whale North Atlantic subspecies, Common Minke

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

April 2006

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale North Pacific subspecies, Common Minke

Whale North Pacific subspecies, Common Minke

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 2006

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Baird's Beaked

Whale, Baird's Beaked

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1992

Mammals

↔

Whale, Beluga

Whale, Beluga

Eastern Beaufort Sea population

NT, Arctic Ocean

May 2004

Mammals

↻

Whale, Beluga

Whale, Beluga

James Bay population

NU, ON, QC

November 2020

Mammals

↻

Whale, Beluga

Whale, Beluga

Western Hudson Bay population

NU, MB, ON, QC, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

November 2020

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Blainville's Beaked

Whale, Blainville's Beaked

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

April 1989

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Cuvier's Beaked

Whale, Cuvier's Beaked

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1990

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, False Killer

Whale, False Killer

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1990

Mammals

↻

Whale, Grey

Whale, Grey

Northern Pacific Migratory population

YT, NT, BC, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Hubbs' Beaked

Whale, Hubbs' Beaked

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1989

Mammals

√

Whale, Humpback

Whale, Humpback

Western North Atlantic population

Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

May 2003

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Long-finned Pilot

Whale, Long-finned Pilot

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

April 1994

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Pygmy Sperm

Whale, Pygmy Sperm

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1994

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Short-finned Pilot

Whale, Short-finned Pilot

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1993

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Sperm

Whale, Sperm

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1996

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, Stejneger's Beaked

Whale, Stejneger's Beaked

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1989

Mammals

(no symbol)

Whale, True's Beaked

Whale, True's Beaked

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

April 1989

Mammals

(no symbol)

Wolf, Northern Grey

Wolf, Northern Grey

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL

April 1999

Mammals

(no symbol)

Wolf, Southern Grey

Wolf, Southern Grey

Not applicable

BC

April 1999

Birds

√

Bluebird, Eastern

Bluebird, Eastern

Not applicable

AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE

April 1996

Birds

↔

Chat auricollis subspecies, Yellow-breasted

Chat auricollis subspecies, Yellow-breasted

Prairie population

AB, SK

November 2011

Birds

(no symbol)

Coot, American

Coot, American

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS

April 1991

Birds

(no symbol)

Cormorant, Double-crested

Cormorant, Double-crested

Not applicable

YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1978

Birds

(no symbol)

Crane tabida subspecies, Sandhill

Crane tabida subspecies, Sandhill

Not applicable

BC, MB, ON

April 1979

Birds

(no symbol)

Eagle, Bald

Eagle, Bald

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1984

Birds

↔

Eagle, Golden

Eagle, Golden

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL

April 1996

Birds

√

Falcon anatum/tundrius, Peregrine

Falcon anatum/tundrius, Peregrine

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL

November 2017

Birds

↔

Falcon, Prairie

Falcon, Prairie

Not applicable

BC, AB, SK

April 1996

Birds

(no symbol)

Flycatcher, Grey

Flycatcher, Grey

Not applicable

BC

April 1992

Birds

(no symbol)

Goshawk atricapillus subspecies, Northern

Goshawk atricapillus subspecies, Northern

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1995

Birds

(no symbol)

Grebe, Red-necked

Grebe, Red-necked

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NL

April 1982

Birds

↔

Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, ON, QC, NS, PE, NL

April 1987

Birds

(no symbol)

Harrier, Northern

Harrier, Northern

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1993

Birds

√

Hawk, Cooper's

Hawk, Cooper's

Not applicable

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS

April 1996

Birds

√

Hawk, Red-shouldered

Hawk, Red-shouldered

Not applicable

ON, QC, NB

April 2006

Birds

(no symbol)

Hawk, Red-tailed

Hawk, Red-tailed

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1995

Birds

(no symbol)

Hawk, Rough-legged

Hawk, Rough-legged

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, MB, ON, QC, NL

April 1995

Birds

↔

Hawk, Sharp-shinned

Hawk, Sharp-shinned

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1997

Birds

√

Knot islandica subspecies, Red

Knot islandica subspecies, Red

Not applicable

NT, NU

November 2020

Birds

(no symbol)

Loon, Common

Loon, Common

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1997

Birds

(no symbol)

Loon, Yellow-billed

Loon, Yellow-billed

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, MB, QC

April 1997

Birds

(no symbol)

Merlin

Merlin

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1985

Birds

(no symbol)

Owl, Boreal

Owl, Boreal

Not applicable

YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1995

Birds

√

Owl, Great Grey

Owl, Great Grey

Not applicable

YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC

April 1996

Birds

(no symbol)

Owl, Northern Hawk

Owl, Northern Hawk

Not applicable

YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NL

April 1992

Birds

√

Pelican, American White

Pelican, American White

Not applicable

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON

April 1987

Birds

(no symbol)

Screech-owl, Eastern

Screech-owl, Eastern

Not applicable

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB

April 1986

Birds

(no symbol)

Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed

Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed

Not applicable

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE

April 1998

Birds

√

Swan, Trumpeter

Swan, Trumpeter

Not applicable

YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, ON

April 1996

Birds

↔

Tern, Black

Tern, Black

Not applicable

NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS

April 1996

Birds

√

Tern, Caspian

Tern, Caspian

Not applicable

NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL

April 1999

Birds

(no symbol)

Tern, Common

Tern, Common

Not applicable

NT, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1998

Birds

√

Warbler, Hooded

Warbler, Hooded

Not applicable

ON

May 2012

Birds

√

Warbler, Prairie

Warbler, Prairie

Not applicable

ON

April 1999

Birds

(no symbol)

Wren, Canyon

Wren, Canyon

Not applicable

BC

April 1992

Birds

(no symbol)

Wren, Sedge

Wren, Sedge

Not applicable

AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB

April 1993

Reptiles

(no symbol)

Brownsnake, DeKay's

Brownsnake, DeKay's

Not applicable

ON, QC

May 2002

Reptiles

(no symbol)

Gartersnake, Northwestern

Gartersnake, Northwestern

Not applicable

BC

May 2003

Reptiles

(no symbol)

Lizard, Northern Alligator

Lizard, Northern Alligator

Not applicable

BC

May 2002

Reptiles

↔

Turtle, Western Painted

Turtle, Western Painted

Prairie / Western Boreal - Canadian Shield population

AB, SK, MB, ON

November 2016

Reptiles

(no symbol)

Watersnake, Northern

Watersnake, Northern

Not applicable

ON, QC

May 2002

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Ambystoma, Unisexual

Ambystoma, Unisexual

Blue-spotted Salamander dependent population

ON, QC, NB, NS

April 2016

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Ensatina

Ensatina

Not applicable

BC

April 1999

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Frog, Columbia Spotted

Frog, Columbia Spotted

Not applicable

YT, BC, AB

May 2000

Amphibians

↔

Frog, Northern Leopard

Frog, Northern Leopard

Eastern populations

MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 2009

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Frog, Pickerel

Frog, Pickerel

Not applicable

ON, QC, NB, NS

April 1999

Amphibians

↻

Frog, Western Chorus

Frog, Western Chorus

Carolinian population

ON

April 2008

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Salamander, Four-toed

Salamander, Four-toed

Not applicable

ON, QC, NB, NS

April 1999

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Salamander, Long-toed

Salamander, Long-toed

Not applicable

BC, AB

April 2006

Amphibians

↻

Salamander, Northern Dusky

Salamander, Northern Dusky

Quebec / New Brunswick population

QC, NB

May 2012

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Salamander, Northwestern

Salamander, Northwestern

Not applicable

BC

April 1999

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Salamander, Western Red-backed

Salamander, Western Red-backed

Not applicable

BC

November 2001

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Spadefoot, Plains

Spadefoot, Plains

Not applicable

AB, SK, MB

May 2003

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Toad, Canadian

Toad, Canadian

Not applicable

NT, AB, SK, MB

May 2003

Amphibians

(no symbol)

Treefrog, Cope's Grey

Treefrog, Cope's Grey

Not applicable

MB

April 1999

Fishes

(no symbol)

Bloater

Bloater

Not applicable

ON

April 1988

Fishes

↻

Buffalo, Bigmouth

Buffalo, Bigmouth

Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations

ON

April 2008

Fishes

☼

Chiselmouth

Chiselmouth

Not applicable

BC

May 2003

Fishes

(no symbol)

Chub, Hornyhead

Chub, Hornyhead

Not applicable

MB, ON

April 1988

Fishes

(no symbol)

Chub, River

Chub, River

Not applicable

ON

April 1988

Fishes

↻

Chub, Silver

Chub, Silver

Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations

MB

May 2012

Fishes

(no symbol)

Dace, Leopard

Dace, Leopard

Not applicable

BC

April 1990

Fishes

√

Darter, Greenside

Darter, Greenside

Not applicable

ON

November 2006

Fishes

(no symbol)

Darter, Least

Darter, Least

Not applicable

ON

April 1989

Fishes

↻

Darter, River

Darter, River

Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations

SK, MB, ON

April 2016

Fishes

↻

Darter, River

Darter, River

Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations

MB, ON

April 2016

Fishes

(no symbol)

Darter, Tessellated

Darter, Tessellated

Not applicable

ON, QC

April 1993

Fishes

√

Grenadier, Roughhead

Grenadier, Roughhead

Not applicable

NU, NB, NS, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

November 2018

Fishes

(no symbol)

Halibut, Atlantic

Halibut, Atlantic

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

November 2011

Fishes

(no symbol)

Herring, Blueback

Herring, Blueback

Not applicable

NB, NS, Atlantic Ocean

April 1980

Fishes

(no symbol)

Killifish, Banded

Killifish, Banded

Mainland populations

MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL

April 1989

Fishes

√

Madtom, Brindled

Madtom, Brindled

Not applicable

ON

May 2001

Fishes

(no symbol)

Minnow, Bluntnose

Minnow, Bluntnose

Not applicable

MB, ON, QC

April 1998

Fishes

(no symbol)

Minnow, Eastern Silvery

Minnow, Eastern Silvery

Not applicable

ON, QC

April 1997

Fishes

(no symbol)

Pickerel, Chain

Pickerel, Chain

Not applicable

QC, NB, NS

April 1997

Fishes

(no symbol)

Pickerel, Redfin

Pickerel, Redfin

Not applicable

QC

April 1998

Fishes

(no symbol)

Redhorse, Golden

Redhorse, Golden

Not applicable

MB, ON

April 1989

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmon, Atlantic

Labrador population

QC, NL, Atlantic Ocean

November 2010

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmon, Atlantic

Northeast Newfoundland population

NL, Atlantic Ocean

November 2010

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmon, Atlantic

Northwest Newfoundland population

NL, Atlantic Ocean

November 2010

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmon, Atlantic

Southwest Newfoundland population

QC, NL, Atlantic Ocean

November 2010

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Chinook

Salmon, Chinook

East Vancouver Island, Ocean, Fall (EVI + SFj) population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2020

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Chinook

Salmon, Chinook

South Thompson, Ocean, Summer population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2018

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Anderson-Seton-ES population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Chilko-ES population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Chilko-S population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Chilliwack-ES population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Harrison River (River-Type) population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Nadina-Francois-ES population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Pitt-ES population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Shuswap Complex-L population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Sockeye

Salmon, Sockeye

Shuswap-ES population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2017

Fishes

√

Sardine, Pacific

Sardine, Pacific

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

May 2002

Fishes

↻

Sculpin, Deepwater

Sculpin, Deepwater

Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations

MB, ON

April 2017

Fishes

↻

Sculpin, Deepwater

Sculpin, Deepwater

Western Arctic populations

NT, AB, SK

April 2017

Fishes

↻

Sculpin, Deepwater

Sculpin, Deepwater

Western Hudson Bay populations

SK

April 2017

Fishes

(no symbol)

Sculpin, Fourhorn

Sculpin, Fourhorn

Salt water form

Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

April 1989

Fishes

(no symbol)

Sculpin, Spoonhead

Sculpin, Spoonhead

Not applicable

YT, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC

April 1989

Fishes

√

Shark, Blue

Shark, Blue

North Atlantic population

QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Atlantic Ocean

November 2016

Fishes

☼

Shark, Blue

Shark, Blue

North Pacific population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2016

Fishes

√

Shiner, Bigmouth

Shiner, Bigmouth

Not applicable

MB

November 2003

Fishes

(no symbol)

Shiner, Blackchin

Shiner, Blackchin

Not applicable

MB, ON, QC

April 1994

Fishes

(no symbol)

Shiner, Ghost

Shiner, Ghost

Not applicable

ON

April 1993

Fishes

(no symbol)

Shiner, Redfin

Shiner, Redfin

Not applicable

ON

April 1988

Fishes

(no symbol)

Shiner, Rosyface

Shiner, Rosyface

Not applicable

ON, QC

April 1994

Fishes

(no symbol)

Shiner, Striped

Shiner, Striped

Not applicable

ON

April 1993

Fishes

(no symbol)

Shiner, Weed

Shiner, Weed

Not applicable

MB

April 1999

Fishes

(no symbol)

Silverside, Brook

Silverside, Brook

Not applicable

ON, QC

April 1989

Fishes

(no symbol)

Skate, Barndoor

Skate, Barndoor

Not applicable

Atlantic Ocean

November 2010

Fishes

(no symbol)

Skate, Big

Skate, Big

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 2007

Fishes

(no symbol)

Skate, Longnose

Skate, Longnose

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 2007

Fishes

(no symbol)

Skate, Sandpaper

Skate, Sandpaper

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 2007

Fishes

√

Skate, Winter

Skate, Winter

Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population

Atlantic Ocean

May 2015

Fishes

√

Stoneroller, Central

Stoneroller, Central

Not applicable

ON

April 1998

Fishes

(no symbol)

Sunfish, Green

Sunfish, Green

Not applicable

ON

April 1987

Fishes

↻

Sunfish, Northern

Sunfish, Northern

Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations

ON

April 2016

Fishes

(no symbol)

Whitefish, Pygmy

Whitefish, Pygmy

Pacific populations

YT, BC

November 2016

Fishes

(no symbol)

Whitefish, Pygmy

Whitefish, Pygmy

Western Arctic populations

NT, BC, AB

November 2016

Fishes

(no symbol)

Wolf-eel

Wolf-eel

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

May 2003

Fishes

(no symbol)

Y-Prickleback

Y-Prickleback

Not applicable

Pacific Ocean

April 1991

Arthropods

√

Skipper, Sonora

Skipper, Sonora

Not applicable

BC

November 2016

Arthropods

(no symbol)

Spider, Northwestern Cellar

Spider, Northwestern Cellar

Not applicable

BC

May 2014

Molluscs

(no symbol)

Capshell, Rocky Mountain

Capshell, Rocky Mountain

Western population

BC, AB

November 2001

Molluscs

(no symbol)

Crater, Spike-lip

Crater, Spike-lip

Not applicable

ON, QC, NB, NS

November 2003

Molluscs

(no symbol)

Tigersnail, Western Banded

Tigersnail, Western Banded

Not applicable

BC

April 2017

Vascular Plants

√

Aster, Annual Saltmarsh

Aster, Annual Saltmarsh

Not applicable

QC, NB, PE

April 2017

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Aster, Short's

Aster, Short's

Not applicable

ON

April 1999

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Aster, Yukon

Aster, Yukon

Not applicable

YT, NT

April 1996

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Brickellia, Large-flowered

Brickellia, Large-flowered

Not applicable

BC, AB

April 1996

Vascular Plants

√

Corydalis, Scouler's

Corydalis, Scouler's

Not applicable

BC

November 2006

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Fameflower

Fameflower

Not applicable

BC

April 1990

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Fleabane, Dwarf

Fleabane, Dwarf

Not applicable

AB, SK

April 1996

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Goldenweed, Northern Mock

Goldenweed, Northern Mock

Not applicable

YT

April 1997

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Greenbrier, Round-leaved

Greenbrier, Round-leaved

Atlantic population

NS

November 2007

Vascular Plants

√

Helleborine, Giant

Helleborine, Giant

Not applicable

BC

November 2015

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Mermaid, False

Mermaid, False

Not applicable

ON, QC, NS

April 1984

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Phlox, Blue

Phlox, Blue

Not applicable

AB, SK

April 1996

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Pink, Rush

Pink, Rush

Not applicable

AB, SK

April 1996

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Pipewort, Parker's

Pipewort, Parker's

Not applicable

QC, NB

April 2007

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Rhododendron, Pacific

Rhododendron, Pacific

Not applicable

BC

April 1997

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Sagebrush, Wood's

Sagebrush, Wood's

Not applicable

YT

April 1997

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Sedge, Nebraska

Sedge, Nebraska

Not applicable

AB

April 1995

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Stickseed, Okanogan

Stickseed, Okanogan

Not applicable

BC

November 2007

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Stitchwort, Sand

Stitchwort, Sand

Not applicable

AB, SK

April 1992

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Stitchwort, Serpentine

Stitchwort, Serpentine

Not applicable

QC, NL

April 2006

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Wallflower, Narrow-leaved

Wallflower, Narrow-leaved

Not applicable

YT

April 1993

Vascular Plants

√

Willow, Tyrrell's

Willow, Tyrrell's

Not applicable

NT, NU, SK

April 1999

Vascular Plants

(no symbol)

Woolly-heads, Slender

Woolly-heads, Slender

Not applicable

BC

April 1996

Mosses

(no symbol)

Moss, Delicate Luster

Moss, Delicate Luster

Not applicable

NS

April 2006

Mosses

(no symbol)

Moss, Porter's Twisted

Moss, Porter's Twisted

Not applicable

ON

April 2016

Mosses

√

Moss, Pygmy Pocket

Moss, Pygmy Pocket

Not applicable

BC, ON, QC, NS

April 2016

Lichens

√

Lichen, Ghost Antler

Lichen, Ghost Antler

Not applicable

QC, NB, NS

November 2011

Lichens

√

Lichen, Seaside Bone

Lichen, Seaside Bone

Not applicable

BC

May 2022

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.
Data deficient category (62)
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

(no symbol)

Lamprey, Silver

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis

Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations

MB

November 2020

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

South Coast - Georgia Strait, Ocean, Fall population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2020

Fishes

(no symbol)

Salmon, Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

South Coast - Southern Fjords, Ocean, Fall population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2020

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

(no symbol)

Salmon, Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

West Vancouver Island, Ocean, Fall (WVI + WQCI) population

BC, Pacific Ocean

November 2020

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

↔

Trout, Bull

Salvelinus confluentus

Upper Yukon Watershed population

YT, BC

May 2025

Fishes

☼

Whitefish, Lake

Coregonus clupeaformis

Lake Simcoe population

ON

May 2005

Fishes

↔

Whitefish, Lake

Coregonus clupeaformis

Mira River population

NS

November 2000

Fishes

(no symbol)

Whitefish, Pygmy

Prosopium coulterii

Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations

ON

November 2016

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

☼

Wolffish, Bering

Anarhichas orientalis

Not applicable

Arctic Ocean

November 2002

Arthropods

☼

Borer, Aweme

Papaipema aweme

Not applicable

SK, MB, ON

November 2020

Arthropods

☼

Cuckoo Bee, Macropis

Epeoloides pilosulus

Not applicable

AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS

May 2025

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

☼

Fleabane, Provancher's

Erigeron philadelphicus var. provancheri

Not applicable

ON, QC

May 2023

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 jacksonii 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 Burying Beetle
Designated Extirpated in November 2011. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2022.
American Water-willow
Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and May 2021.
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 Mud-piddock
Designated Threatened in November 2009. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy population)
Species designated Endangered in November 2010. Following the Designatable Unit report on Atlantic Salmon (COSEWIC 2022), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC.
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, November 2010, and December 2022.
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.
Aweme Borer
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Species considered in November 2020 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
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.
Band-tailed Pigeon
Designated Special Concern in November 2008. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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.
Barn Swallow
Designated Threatened in May 2011. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2021.
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.
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.
Bear's-foot Sanicle
Designated Endangered in May 2001. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2015.
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, 2004 designation". The newly defined "Cumberland Sound population" was designated Threatened in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2020.
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 and November 2020.
Beluga Whale (Eastern Hudson Bay population)
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2004. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2020.
Beluga Whale (James Bay population)
The species was considered a single unit ("Western Hudson Bay population, original designation") and designated Special Concern in May 2004. Following the Designatable Unit report on Beluga Whale (COSEWIC 2016), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC; the original “Western Hudson Bay population, 2004 designation” was split into James Bay population and Western Hudson Bay population. The James Bay population was designated Not at Risk in November 2020.
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 and November 2020.
Beluga Whale (Western Hudson Bay population)
The species was considered a single unit ("Western Hudson Bay population, original designation") and designated Special Concern in May 2004. Following the Designatable Unit report on Beluga Whale (COSEWIC 2016), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC; the original “Western Hudson Bay population, 2004 designation” was split into James Bay population and Western Hudson Bay population. The Western Hudson Bay population was designated Not at Risk in November 2020.
Beluga Whale (Western Hudson Bay population, 2004 designation)
The "Western Hudson Bay population, original designation" 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. Following the Designatable Unit report on Beluga Whale (COSEWIC 2016), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC. Renamed as "Western Hudson Bay population, 2004 designation", in November 2020. Split into two populations in November 2020 (Western Hudson Bay population and James Bay population). The original unit "Western Hudson Bay, 2004 designation" was de-activated.
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.
Bert's Predaceous Diving Beetle
Designated Endangered in November 2009. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
Bicknell's Thrush
Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2009. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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.
Blackfin Cisco
Designated Threatened in April 1988. Species considered in April 2007 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Black-footed Ferret
Extirpated by 1974. Designated Extirpated in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2009, and December 2021.
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.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2024.
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Designated Endangered in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001 and May 2011. Status re-examined and designated Extirpated in May 2024.
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.
Bobolink
Designated Threatened in April 2010. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2022.
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 Floater
Designated Special Concern in April 2009. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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.
Bull Trout (Pacific population)
Designated Not at Risk in November 2012. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2025.
Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers population)
Designated Threatened in November 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2025.
Bull Trout (South Coast British Columbia population)
Designated Special Concern in November 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2025.
Bull Trout (Upper Yukon Watershed population)
Species considered in November 2012 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2025.
Bull Trout (Western Arctic population)
Designated Special Concern in November 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2025.
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. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2024.
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.
Canada Warbler
Designated Threatened in April 2008. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2020.
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.
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Designated Threatened in November 2009. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2019.
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 Manroot
Designated Endangered in November 2009. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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 and May 2021.
Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus Lake population)
Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2000 and in April 2010. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2019.
Cobblestone Tiger Beetle
Designated Endangered in November 2008. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2021.
Coeur d'Alene Salamander
Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001, November 2007, and May 2021.
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 and November 2019.
Columbian Carpet Moss
Designated Special Concern in May 2004. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2014.
Common 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. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
Common 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. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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.
Cordilleran Sucker
The Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) was originally assessed by COSEWIC as a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010: "Milk River populations" unit (Threatened), "Pacific populations" unit (Special Concern), and "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit (Not at Risk). In December 2022, the species formerly considered Mountain Sucker was split into two separate species, Plains Sucker (Pantosteus jordani) (2 populations) and Cordilleran Sucker (Pantosteus bondi). The original 2010 "Pacific populations" unit of Mountain Sucker is now known as Cordilleran Sucker, and was designated Threatened in December 2022.
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 and November 2020.
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.
Dusky Dune Moth
Designated Endangered in November 2007. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2022.
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, November 2009, and December 2021.
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 False Rue-anemone
Designated Special Concern in April 1990. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2005. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2022.
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. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in December 2021.
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. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in December 2021.
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2001, November 2007, and May 2021.
Eastern Lilaeopsis
Designated Special Concern in April 1987 and in May 2004.
Eastern 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 (Carolinian population and Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population). The original designation was de-activated. In May 2025, the Carolinian population and the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population were considered a single unit which was designated Threatened. The Carolinian population and Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population were de–activated.
Eastern 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 (Carolinian population and Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population). The original designation was de-activated. The Carolinian population was designated Endangered in November 2012. In May 2025, the Carolinian population and the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population were considered a single unit which was designated Threatened. The Carolinian population was de–activated.
Eastern 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 (Carolinian population and Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population). The original designation was de-activated. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was designated Threatened in November 2012. In May 2025, the Carolinian population and the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population were considered a single unit which was designated Threatened. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was de–activated.
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 population)
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. Population name changed to Ontario population in May 2022, and was further split into two populations (West Lake population and Southwestern Ontario population). The designation for the Ontario population was de-activated.
Eastern Sand Darter (Quebec population)
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. Population name changed to Quebec population in May 2022. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2022.
Eastern Sand Darter (Southwestern Ontario population)
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. Population name changed to Ontario population in May 2022, and was further split into two populations (West Lake population and Southwestern Ontario population). The Southwestern Ontario population was designated Threatened.
Eastern Sand Darter (West Lake population)
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. Population name changed to Ontario population in May 2022, and was further split into two populations (West Lake population and Southwestern Ontario population). The West Lake population was designated Threatened.
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 in November 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2023.
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 Whip-poor-will
Designated Threatened in April 2009. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in December 2022.
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.
Edwards' Beach Moth
Designated Endangered in April 2009. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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. Status re-examined and designated Extinct in December 2023.
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. Status re-examined and designated Extinct in December 2023.
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.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2021.
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-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.
Foothill Sedge
Designated Endangered in April 2008. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in December 2022.
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 and December 2023.
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, April 2007, and November 2019.
Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1997 and April 2008. Designation de–activated in December 2022 because it was concluded that this wildlife species is ineligible for assessment.
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, April 2010, and May 2023.
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, November 2009, and December 2021.
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, April 2008, and December 2021.
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, April 2008, and December 2021.
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.
Green-scaled Willow
Designated Threatened in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2020.
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 1700s. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2009. Status re-examined and designated Extinct in May 2022.
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. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2023.
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.
Half-moon Hairstreak
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 2006. Split into two populations in December 2022. The original designation was de-activated.
Half-moon Hairstreak (Okanagan-Similkameen population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 2006. Split into two populations in December 2022. The Okanagan-Similkameen population was designated Threatened in December 2022.
Half-moon Hairstreak (Waterton Lakes population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in April 2006. Split into two populations in December 2022. The Waterton Lakes population was designated Endangered in December 2022.
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, April 2006, and May 2022.
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.
Horned Grebe
In December 2023, the Magdalen Islands population and the Western population were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range, which was designated Special Concern.
Horned Grebe (Magdalen Islands population)
Designated Endangered in April 2009. In December 2023, the Magdalen Islands population and the Western population were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern. The original Magdalen Islands population designation was de-activated.
Horned Grebe (Western population)
Designated Special Concern in April 2009. In December 2023, the Magdalen Islands population and the Western population were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern. The original Western population designation was de-activated.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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 and December 2021.
Island Blue
Designated Endangered in November 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012 and December 2022.
Island Marble
Extirpated by 1908. Designated Extirpated in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000, April 2010, and December 2022.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
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 and May 2021.
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 and December 2023.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
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 and December 2023.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
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, April 2008, and May 2024.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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.
Lakeside Daisy
Designated Threatened in May 2002. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2021.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2024.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2024.
Lilliput
Designated Endangered in May 2013. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2024.
Little Brown Myotis
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment on February 3, 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
Little Quarry Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Threatened in November 2015. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
Little Quarry Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Threatened in November 2015. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
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 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 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 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-billed Curlew
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2002 and May 2011. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2024.
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.
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.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in December 2023.
Macropis Cuckoo Bee
Designated Endangered in May 2011. Species considered in May 2025 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
Magnum Mantleslug
Designated Special Concern in May 2012. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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 (original designation)
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.
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.
Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Endangered in November 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Stickleback
Designated Endangered in November 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2023.
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, May 2012, and December 2022.
Mountain Plover
Designated Endangered in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000, November 2009, and December 2021.
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 Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) was originally assessed by COSEWIC as a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010: "Milk River populations" unit (Threatened), "Pacific populations" unit (Special Concern), and "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit (Not at Risk). In December 2022, Mountain Sucker was split into two separate species, Plains Sucker (Pantosteus jordani) (2 populations) and Cordilleran Sucker (Pantosteus bondi), which received separate designations. The original "Milk River populations" unit of Mountain Sucker was de-activated in December 2022.
Mountain Sucker (Pacific populations)
The Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) was originally assessed by COSEWIC as a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010: "Milk River populations" unit (Threatened), "Pacific populations" unit (Special Concern), and "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit (Not at Risk). In December 2022, Mountain Sucker was split into two separate species, Plains Sucker (Pantosteus jordani) (2 populations) and Cordilleran Sucker (Pantosteus bondi), which received separate designations. The original "Pacific populations" unit of Mountain Sucker was de-activated in December 2022.
Mountain Sucker (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) was originally assessed by COSEWIC as a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010: "Milk River populations" unit (Threatened), "Pacific populations" unit (Special Concern), and "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit (Not at Risk). In December 2022, Mountain Sucker was split into two separate species, Plains Sucker (Pantosteus jordani) (2 populations) and Cordilleran Sucker (Pantosteus bondi), which received separate designations. The original "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit of Mountain Sucker was de-activated in December 2022.
Mudpuppy
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in May 2000. Split into two populations in December 2023. The original designation was de-activated.
Mudpuppy (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in May 2000. Split into two populations in December 2023. The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population was designated Special Concern in December 2023.
Mudpuppy (Manitoba population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in May 2000. Split into two populations in December 2023. The Manitoba population was designated Threatened in December 2023.
Narwhal
Designated Not at Risk in April 1986 and in April 1987. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2004. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in May 2024.
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, May 2013, and May 2023.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2024.
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, May 2011, and November 2024.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2020.
Northern Brook Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson River 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 "Saskatchewan-Nelson population" unit was designated Data Deficient. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2020.
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 and December 2022.
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, April 2009, and in December 2021.
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.
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Designated Extirpated in May 2002. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2012 and May 2023.
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 and May 2023.
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 and December 2023.
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 and December 2023.
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/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 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 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.
Plains Sucker (Missouri population)
The Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) was originally assessed by COSEWIC as a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010: "Milk River populations" unit (Threatened), "Pacific populations" unit (Special Concern), and "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit (Not at Risk). In December 2022, the species formerly considered Mountain Sucker was split into two separate species, Plains Sucker (Pantosteus jordani) (2 populations) and Cordilleran Sucker (Pantosteus bondi). The original 2010 "Milk River populations" unit of Mountain Sucker is now known as Plains Sucker, Missouri population, and was designated Threatened in December 2022.
Plains Sucker (Saskatchewan-Nelson population)
The Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus) was originally assessed by COSEWIC as a single unit and designated Not at Risk in April 1991. Split into three populations in November 2010: "Milk River populations" unit (Threatened), "Pacific populations" unit (Special Concern), and "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit (Not at Risk). In December 2022, the species formerly considered Mountain Sucker was split into two separate species, Plains Sucker (Pantosteus jordani) (2 populations) and Cordilleran Sucker (Pantosteus bondi). The original 2010 "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit of Mountain Sucker is now known as Plains Sucker, Saskatchewan-Nelson population, and was designated Special Concern in December 2022.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2011 and December 2022.
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.
Provancher's Fleabane
Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Species considered in May 2023 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
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. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2025.
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 Knot islandica subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 2007. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in November 2020.
Red Knot roselaari subspecies
The species 'roselaari type' was considered a single unit (which included three groups) and designated Threatened in April 2007. Based on the Designatable Unit report on Red Knot (COSEWIC 2019), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC; two groups previously assessed under the ‘roselaari type’ were transferred to the rufa subspecies (Northeastern South America wintering population, Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean wintering population). The remaining unit now includes only the roselaari subspecies. The roselaari subspecies was designated Threatened in November 2020.
Red Knot roselaari type
The species 'roselaari type' was considered a single unit (which included three groups) and designated Threatened in April 2007. Based on the Designatable Unit report on Red Knot (COSEWIC 2019), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC; two groups previously assessed under the ‘roselaari type’ were transferred to the rufa subspecies (Northeastern South America wintering population, Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean wintering population).The remaining unit includes only those birds now considered part of the roselaari subspecies. The original designation of 'roselaari type' was de-activated in November 2020.
Red Knot rufa subspecies (Northeastern South America wintering population)
The species 'roselaari type' was considered a single unit (which included three groups) and designated Threatened in April 2007. Based on the Designatable Unit report on Red Knot (COSEWIC 2019), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC; two groups previously assessed under the 'roselaari type' were transferred to the rufa subspecies. The Northeastern South America wintering population of the rufa subspecies was designated Special Concern in November 2020.
Red Knot rufa subspecies (Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean wintering population)
The species 'roselaari type' was considered a single unit (which included three groups) and designated Threatened in April 2007. Based on the Designatable Unit report on Red Knot (COSEWIC 2019), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC; two groups previously assessed under the 'roselaari type' were transferred to the rufa subspecies. The Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean wintering population of the rufa subspecies was designated Endangered in November 2020.
Red Knot rufa subspecies (Tierra del Fuego / Patagonia wintering population)
The rufa subspecies was considered a single unit (consisting solely of southern wintering birds from Tierra del Fuego/Patagonia) and designated Endangered in April 2007. Based on the Designatable Unit report on Red Knot (COSEWIC 2019), a new population structure was proposed and accepted by COSEWIC; two groups previously assessed under the 'roselaari type' were transferred to the rufa subspecies (Northeastern South America wintering population, Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean wintering population). The Tierra del Fuego/Patagonia wintering population of the rufa subspecies was designated Endangered in November 2020.
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.
Redbreast Sunfish
Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Species considered in April 2008 and placed in the Data Deficient category.
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.
Redroot
Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2009.
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.
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. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in December 2023.
Ringed Seal
Designated Not at Risk in April 1989. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2019.
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.
Riverine Clubtail
In May 2023, the Boreal, Prairie, and Great Lakes Plains populations were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern.
Riverine Clubtail (Boreal population)
Species considered in November 2012 and placed in the Data Deficient category. In May 2023, the Boreal, Prairie, and Great Lakes Plains populations were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern. The original Boreal population designation was de-activated.
Riverine Clubtail (Great Lakes Plains population)
Designated Endangered in November 2012. In May 2023, the Boreal, Prairie, and Great Lakes Plains populations were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern. The original Great Lakes Plains population designation was de-activated.
Riverine Clubtail (Prairie population)
Species considered in November 2012 and placed in the Data Deficient category. In May 2023, the Boreal, Prairie, and Great Lakes Plains populations were considered as a single unit across the Canadian range and was designated Special Concern. The original Prairie population designation was de-activated.
Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel
Designated Special Concern in November 2003. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2010.
Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Eastslope populations)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Threatened in May 2005. Split into two population units (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations and Missouri River populations) in November 2019. The original designation was de–activated.
Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Missouri River populations)
The species was considered a single population unit (Eastslope populations) and designated Threatened in November 2005. When the species was split into separate units in November 2019, the "Missouri River populations" unit was designated Threatened.
Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Pacific populations)
Designated Special Concern in April 2010. Population name changed to Pacific populations in November 2019; status re–examined and confirmed as Special Concern.
Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
The species was considered a single population unit (Eastslope populations) and designated Threatened in November 2005. When the species was split into separate units in November 2019, the "Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations" unit was designated Threatened.
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog
Designated Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2013.
Roell's Brotherella Moss
Designated Endangered in November 2010. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2025.
Roseate Tern
Designated Threatened in April 1986. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in October 1999, April 2009, and May 2023.
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. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2021.
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.
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee
Designated Endangered in April 2010. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
Sage Thrasher
Designated Endangered in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000, November 2010, and December 2021.
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. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2024.
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, November 2009, and May 2023.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2022.
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. Status re-examined and designated Not at Risk in May 2022.
Seaside Centipede Lichen
Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in April 2006. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2021.
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. Split into two populations in December 2021 (Pacific Coast population and Coast Mountains population). The original designation was de-activated.
Sharp-tailed Snake (Coast Mountains population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in November 2009. Split into two populations in December 2021. The Coast Mountains population was designated Endangered in December 2021.
Sharp-tailed Snake (Pacific Coast population)
The species was considered a single unit and designated Endangered in November 2009. Split into two populations in December 2021. The Pacific Coast population was designated Threatened in December 2021.
Short-eared Owl
Designated Special Concern in April 1994 and April 2008. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2021.
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.
Short-tailed Albatross
Designated Threatened in November 2003. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2013.
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 Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)
Designated Special Concern in May 2011. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2020.
Silver Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)
Species considered in May 2011 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in November 2020.
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.
Skillet Clubtail
Designated Endangered in November 2010. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2022.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in December 2022.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in December 2022.
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.
Snowy Owl
Designated Not at Risk in April 1995. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in May 2025.
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 and December 2022.
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.
Steelhead Trout (Chilcotin River population)
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment conducted on January 10, 2018. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2020.
Steelhead Trout (Thompson River population)
Designated Endangered in an emergency assessment conducted on January 10, 2018. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2020.
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. Status re-examined and designated Extinct in November 2019.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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.
Threaded Vertigo
Designated Special Concern in April 2010. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2022.
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 and May 2023.
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.
Tope
Designated Special Concern in April 2007. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in December 2023.
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 and December 2023.
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 and December 2023.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2022.
Victorin's Water-hemlock
Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2004 and May 2022.
Virginia Goat's-rue
Designated Threatened in April 1996. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in May 2000 and November 2009.
Vole Ears Lichen
Designated Endangered in November 2009. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2019.
Western Harvest Mouse megalotis subspecies
Designated Special Concern in April 1994 and in April 2007. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2019.
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. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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 (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 Shark (Atlantic population)
Designated Endangered in April 2006. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2021.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in December 2023.
White-headed Woodpecker
Designated Threatened in April 1992. Status re-examined and designated Endangered in November 2000, November 2010, and May 2023.
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. Status re-examined and designated Special Concern in May 2024.
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 new 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 (original designation)
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 (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.
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.
Wood-poppy
Designated Endangered in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and November 2007.
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, November 2009, and December 2023.
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.
Yelloweye Rockfish (Pacific Ocean inside waters population)
Designated Special Concern in November 2008. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2020.
Yelloweye Rockfish (Pacific Ocean outside waters population)
Designated Special Concern in November 2008. Status re-examined and designated Threatened in November 2020.
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

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 fulvescens (Southern Hudson Bay and James Bay populations)

Acipenser fulvescens (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay 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)

Ammocrypta pellucida (Quebec populations)

Ammocrypta pellucida (Quebec 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

Bathurst Aster (Bathurst population)

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

Brassy Minnow (Missouri River population)

Brassy Minnow (Missouri population)

Bubo scandiaca

Bubo scandiacus

Buchloë dactyloides

Bouteloua dactyloides

Buffalo

Plains Bison

Buffalo

Wood Bison

Bufo cognatus

Anaxyrus cognatus

Bufo fowleri

Anaxyrus fowleri

Bufo woodhousii fowleri

Anaxyrus fowleri

Bull Trout (Pacific populations)

Bull Trout (Pacific population)

Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)

Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers population)

Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)

Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers population)

Bull Trout (South Coast British Columbia populations)

Bull Trout (South Coast British Columbia population)

Bull Trout Upper Columbia Watershed Population

Bull Trout (Upper Yukon Watershed population)

Bull Trout (Upper Yukon Watershed populations)

Bull Trout (Upper Yukon Watershed population)

Bull Trout (Western Arctic populations)

Bull Trout (Western Arctic population)

Butler’s Garter Snake

Butler's Gartersnake

Cacalia plantaginea

Arnoglossum plantagineum

Calidris canutus rufa

Calidris canutus rufa (Tierra del Fuego / Patagonia wintering population)

Callophrys [Incisalia] irus

Callophrys irus

Canis lupus lycaon

Canis sp. cf. lycaon

Canis lycaon

Canis sp. cf. lycaon

Caprimulgus vociferus

Antrostomus vociferus

Catostomus catostomus

Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus

Catostomus catostomus (Chehalis populations)

Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus

Catostomus sp.

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)

Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer population)

Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt))

Chinook Salmon (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt) population)

Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall)

Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall population)

Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring)

Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring population)

Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr))

Chinook Salmon (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr) 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 Manroot

Coastal Manroot

Coast Tailed Frog

Coastal Tailed Frog

Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus population)

Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus Lake 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)

Coregonus clupeaformis

Coregonus clupeaformis (Mira River population)

Cottus aleuticus (Cultus population)

Cottus aleuticus (Cultus Lake population)

Cottus bairdi hubbsi

Cottus hubbsi

Cottus bairdii hubbsi

Cottus hubbsi

Cottus sp.

Cottus aleuticus (Cultus Lake population)

Cottus sp. (Westslope populations)

Cottus sp. (Pacific populations)

Cowichan Lake Lamprey

Vancouver Lamprey

Cryptic Paw

Cryptic Paw Lichen

Cultus Pygmy Sculpin

Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus Lake 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 vestris subspecies (Western population)

Dun Skipper vestris subspecies

Dun Skipper (Western population)

Dun Skipper vestris subspecies

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 Sand Darter (Quebec populations)

Eastern Sand Darter (Quebec population)

Eastern Screech-Owl

Eastern Screech-owl

Eastern Short-horned Lizard

Greater Short-horned Lizard

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle

Spiny Softshell

Eastern Yellow-breasted Chat

Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies

Elaphe gloydi (Carolinian population)

Pantherophis vulpinus (Carolinian population)

Elaphe gloydi (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)

Pantherophis vulpinus (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

Epioblasma rangiana

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana

Epioblasma rangiana

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

False Rue-anemone

Eastern False Rue-anemone

Felt-leaf Willow

Blanket-leaved Willow

Few-flowered Club-rush

Bashful Bulrush

Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)

Common Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)

Five-lined Skink (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)

Common Five-lined Skink (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)

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 Lichen (Nova Scotia population)

Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population)

Frosted Glass-whiskers (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

Gomphus ventricosus

Gomphurus ventricosus

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 Fox

Gray Fox

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

Halimolobos virgata

Crucihimalaya virgata

Haplopappus macleanii

Stenotus borealis

Harbour Seal

Harbour Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies

Harbour Seal

Harbour Seal Pacific subspecies

Harbour Seal Atlantic subspecies

Harbour Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies

Harbour Seal (Lac des Loups Marins landlocked population)

Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins 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 hankinsoni (Missouri River population)

Hybognathus hankinsoni (Missouri population)

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 fossor (Saskatchewan - Nelson population)

Ichthyomyzon fossor (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations)

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Saskatchewan - Nelson River 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

Ipswich Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies

Island Marble insulanus subspecies

Island Marble

Isoëtes bolanderi

Isoetes bolanderi

Isoëtes engelmannii

Isoetes engelmannii

Isopyrum biternatum

Enemion biternatum

Ixobrychus exilis

Botaurus exilis

Johnson’s Hairstreak

Johnson's Hairstreak

Kananaskis Whitlow-grass

Long-stalked Whitlow-grass

Killer Whale (Bigg’s population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Transient population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific northern resident population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific offshore population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Offshore population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Southern Resident population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific transient population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Transient population)

Killer Whale (Northern Resident population)

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population)

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 (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

Leptogium polycarpum

Scytinium polycarpum

Leucoraja ocellata (Georges Bank-Western Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy population)

Leucoraja ocellata (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population)

Leucoraja ocellata (Western Scotian Shelf-Georges Bank 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 Seaturtle

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Loggerhead Shrike excubitorides subspecies

Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies

Loggerhead Shrike (Prairie population)

Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies

Long-tailed Weasel (Prairie population)

Prairie Long-tailed Weasel

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

Malacoraja senta (Nose of the Grand Banks Population)

Malacoraja senta (Nose of the Grand Bank population)

Manitoba Mudpuppy

Mudpuppy (Manitoba 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 Mussel (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population)

Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population)

Mapleleaf Mussel (Saskatchewan - Nelson population)

Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers population)

Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan - Nelson population)

Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers population)

Marah oreganus

Marah oregana

Martes americana atrata

Martes americana atrata (Newfoundland population)

Megaptera novaeangliae (North Pacific population)

Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira (North Pacific 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

Monodon monceros

Monodon monoceros

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

Nearctula sp.

Vertigo rowellii

Newfoundland Marten

American Marten (Newfoundland population)

Night Snake

Desert Nightsnake

Nightsnake

Desert Nightsnake

North Sea Beaked Whale

Sowerby's Beaked Whale

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 Brook Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson population)

Northern Brook Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson River 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 scandiacus

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 (Adams ES population (original))

Oncorhynchus nerka (Adams-ES population (original))

Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus Lake population)

Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus-L population)

Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus population)

Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus-L population)

Oncorhynchus nerka (Sakinaw Lake population)

Oncorhynchus nerka (Sakinaw population)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (East Vancouver Island, Stream, Spring)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (East Vancouver Island, Stream, Spring 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)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer population)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt))

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Lower Fraser, Stream, Summer (Upper Pitt) population)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Fall population)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring population)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr))

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Middle Fraser, Stream, Spring (MFR+GStr) 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)

Orca

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population)

Orca

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Offshore population)

Orca

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Southern Resident population)

Orca

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Transient population)

Orca

Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific northern resident population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific offshore population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific Offshore population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific southern resident population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific Southern Resident population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific transient population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific Transient population)

Orcinus orca (Northern Resident population)

Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific Northern Resident 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 (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

Oxystegus recurvifolius

Chionoloma recurvifolius

Pacific Giant Salamander

Coastal Giant Salamander

Pacific Gopher Snake

Pacific Gophersnake

Pacific Pond Turtle

Northwestern Pond Turtle

Panax quinquefolium

Panax quinquefolius

Pantherophis gloydi (Carolinian population)

Pantherophis vulpinus (Carolinian population)

Pantherophis gloydi (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)

Pantherophis vulpinus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)

Pantosteus jordani (Saskatchewan - Nelson population)

Pantosteus jordani (Saskatchewan-Nelson population)

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

Phalocrocorax auritus

Phalacrocorax auritus

Phoca hispida

Pusa hispida

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

Picoides albolarvatus

Dryobates albolarvatus

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

Plains Sucker (Saskatchewan - Nelson population)

Plains Sucker (Saskatchewan-Nelson population)

Plebejus saepiolus insulanus

Icaricia saepiolus insulanus

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 (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 (Prairie population)

Lithobates pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie 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)

Rangifer tarandus caribou (Boreal population)

Rangifer tarandus (Boreal population)

Rangifer tarandus caribou (Newfoundland population)

Rangifer tarandus (Newfoundland population)

Rangifer tarandus dawsoni (Queen Charlotte Islands population)

Rangifer tarandus dawsoni

Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus

Rangifer tarandus (Dolphin and Union population)

Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus (Dolphin and Union population)

Rangifer tarandus (Dolphin and Union population)

Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius

Ranunculus alismifolius

Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius

Ranunculus alismifolius

Red Knot rufa subspecies

Red Knot rufa subspecies (Tierra del Fuego / Patagonia wintering population)

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 cataractae ssp.

Rhinichthys cataractae

Rhinichthys sp.

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 (Westslope populations)

Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Pacific 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

Sebastes sp. type 1

Sebastes sp. type I

Seiurus motacilla

Parkesia motacilla

Sewellel

Mountain Beaver

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)

Silver Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)

Silver Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson River 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 (Adams ES population (original))

Sockeye Salmon (Adams-ES population (original))

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

Symphyotrichum subulatum (Bathurst population)

Symphyotrichum subulatum

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

Tympanuchus cupido

Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus

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 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 Screech-Owl kennicottii subspecies

Western Screech-owl kennicottii subspecies

Western Screech-Owl macfarlanei subspecies

Western Screech-owl macfarlanei subspecies

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 (Boreal population)

Caribou (Boreal population)

Woodland Caribou Dawson's subspecies

Caribou dawsoni subspecies

Woodland Caribou (Newfoundland population)

Caribou (Newfoundland population)

Woodland Caribou (Queen Charlotte Islands population)

Caribou dawsoni subspecies

Yellow Montane Violet

Yellow Montane Violet praemorsa subspecies

Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (British Columbia population)

Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population)

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)

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. Members of the ATK Subcommittee act as facilitators and resource people and, when possible, collaborate with Indigenous communities to respectfully gather information from Knowledge Holders and Resource Users following their ATK Process and Protocols Guidelines. The ATK Subcommittee is working to ensure that the best available Indigenous Knowledge is available for 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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