"Trends in bird populations by species group, Canada, 1970 to 2022",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, Year,Waterfowl (percentage change from 1970),Birds of prey (percentage change from 1970),Wetland birds (percentage change from 1970),Marine birds (percentage change from 1970),Forest birds (percentage change from 1970),Arctic birds (percentage change from 1970),Long-distance migrants (percentage change from 1970),Shorebirds (percentage change from 1980),Aerial insectivores (percentage change from 1970),Grassland birds (percentage change from 1970) 1970,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,n/a,0,0 1971,-0.01,0.2,0.34,0.13,0.27,-0.53,0.02,n/a,-0.27,0.29 1972,0,0.48,0.74,0.26,0.61,-1.09,0.09,n/a,-0.58,0.37 1973,0.03,0.93,1.23,0.37,1.06,-1.68,0.19,n/a,-0.94,0.01 1974,0.06,1.54,1.75,0.48,1.61,-2.33,0.35,n/a,-1.31,-0.88 1975,0.1,2.35,2.26,0.62,2.25,-3,0.55,n/a,-1.63,-2.4 1976,0.16,3.28,2.7,0.78,2.93,-3.71,0.78,n/a,-1.88,-4.29 1977,0.42,4.3,3.05,1.02,3.65,-4.28,0.93,n/a,-2.07,-6.26 1978,0.79,5.35,3.33,1.3,4.29,-4.8,1.03,n/a,-2.19,-8.28 1979,1.22,6.46,3.53,1.62,4.91,-5.27,1.04,n/a,-2.32,-10.24 1980,1.62,7.53,3.68,1.98,5.51,-5.66,0.88,0,-2.46,-12.26 1981,2.09,8.61,3.84,2.33,6.04,-5.83,0.77,-0.25,-2.7,-14.22 1982,2.59,9.66,3.96,2.67,6.5,-5.94,0.51,-0.58,-2.95,-16.11 1983,3.19,10.67,4.07,3.03,6.92,-6.03,0.13,-1.1,-3.3,-18.01 1984,3.92,11.64,4.23,3.41,7.28,-6.19,-0.47,-1.84,-3.72,-19.71 1985,4.69,12.61,4.46,3.73,7.59,-6.47,-1.2,-2.78,-4.29,-21.28 1986,5.58,13.61,4.69,4.08,7.85,-6.84,-2.02,-3.88,-5.03,-22.69 1987,6.63,14.58,5.03,4.42,8.09,-7.24,-2.93,-5.17,-5.97,-24.04 1988,7.81,15.53,5.45,4.77,8.31,-7.68,-3.91,-6.6,-7.03,-25.39 1989,9.12,16.46,5.95,5.11,8.48,-8.17,-4.92,-8.11,-8.22,-26.88 1990,10.47,17.23,6.47,5.43,8.57,-8.62,-6.02,-9.66,-9.63,-28.62 1991,11.91,17.96,7.05,5.73,8.65,-9.13,-7.21,-11.1,-11.17,-30.63 1992,13.39,18.54,7.59,5.99,8.64,-9.61,-8.45,-12.5,-13,-33 1993,14.88,19.06,8.16,6.24,8.52,-10.07,-9.78,-13.77,-15.01,-35.58 1994,16.35,19.51,8.69,6.39,8.29,-10.54,-11.11,-14.94,-17.24,-38.3 1995,17.81,19.88,9.2,6.51,7.93,-10.95,-12.5,-15.96,-19.6,-40.99 1996,19.19,20.34,9.64,6.64,7.41,-11.36,-13.89,-16.93,-21.95,-43.5 1997,20.43,20.77,10.01,6.77,6.79,-11.76,-15.22,-17.87,-24.26,-45.83 1998,21.54,21.27,10.28,6.86,6.11,-12.18,-16.53,-18.82,-26.53,-47.91 1999,22.51,21.78,10.45,6.96,5.38,-12.57,-17.83,-19.8,-28.72,-49.74 2000,23.42,22.35,10.56,7.03,4.63,-12.99,-19.07,-20.82,-30.79,-51.3 2001,24.35,22.97,10.65,7.06,3.95,-13.53,-20.19,-21.94,-32.64,-52.49 2002,25.41,23.6,10.86,7.06,3.29,-14.19,-21.24,-23.1,-34.27,-53.32 2003,26.57,24.31,11.21,6.98,2.77,-14.88,-22.18,-24.22,-35.68,-53.85 2004,27.96,25.03,11.74,6.83,2.3,-15.7,-23,-25.39,-36.85,-54.17 2005,29.5,25.8,12.48,6.64,1.9,-16.63,-23.76,-26.61,-37.85,-54.4 2006,31.24,26.57,13.33,6.4,1.56,-17.55,-24.49,-27.94,-38.73,-54.73 2007,33.1,27.29,14.24,6.11,1.26,-18.55,-25.21,-29.37,-39.5,-55.24 2008,35.05,27.99,15.22,5.75,0.91,-19.57,-25.95,-30.9,-40.2,-55.98 2009,37.04,28.68,16.22,5.34,0.57,-20.6,-26.68,-32.45,-40.83,-56.94 2010,39.07,29.4,17.28,4.88,0.27,-21.61,-27.34,-33.94,-41.41,-58.03 2011,41.07,30.16,18.38,4.41,0.03,-22.69,-27.93,-35.42,-41.91,-59.2 2012,42.91,30.96,19.47,3.93,-0.16,-23.72,-28.42,-36.81,-42.33,-60.34 2013,44.59,31.71,20.48,3.43,-0.3,-24.67,-28.82,-38.1,-42.65,-61.41 2014,45.95,32.51,21.39,2.95,-0.4,-25.53,-29.09,-39.22,-42.83,-62.38 2015,46.98,33.33,22.11,2.5,-0.46,-26.26,-29.22,-40.13,-42.91,-63.25 2016,47.63,34.09,22.55,2.07,-0.46,-26.88,-29.24,-40.86,-42.9,-64.05 2017,47.93,34.79,22.78,1.66,-0.42,-27.37,-29.17,-41.44,-42.84,-64.82 2018,47.98,35.33,22.8,1.3,-0.38,-27.7,-29.05,-41.9,-42.79,-65.52 2019,47.95,35.63,22.67,0.96,-0.36,-27.9,-28.92,-42.29,-42.75,-66.12 2020,47.87,35.66,22.39,0.61,-0.4,-27.75,-28.75,n/a,-42.68,-66.6 2021,47.73,35.55,22.03,0.3,-0.5,-27.58,-28.65,n/a,-42.62,-66.95 2022,46.32,34.97,21.47,n/a,-0.72,n/a,-28.59,n/a,-42.58,-67.28 ,,,,,,,,,, "Note: n/a = not available. Data for shorebirds are only available beginning in 1980. This analysis is based on 331 species that are representative of their ecological group and for which adequate monitoring data were available. Of the 331 species, 193 species are included in more than 1 species group based on their feeding or habitat requirements. For example, species included in the aerial insectivores feeding behaviour category may also be included in the forest birds group. For a complete list of bird species, please refer to the supplementary data table (https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/trends-bird-populations/2025/species-status.csv).",,,,,,,,,, Source: Birds Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada (2024) State of Canada's Birds (https://naturecounts.ca/nc/socb-epoc/report/2024/en/).,,,,,,,,,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,,,,,,,,,