Bats and white-nose syndrome

The Government of Canada has added three species of bats to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk in Canada (also known as Schedule I of the Species at Risk Act) as Endangered due to the threat of White-nose Syndrome. This page has been created to provide information for Canadians on the Emergency Listing Order, the disease threatening the bats, the requirements of SARA and ways you can help protect and preserve bat populations. Below you will find links to factsheets, maps, species profiles and other documents.

• Factsheet on the Emergency Listing Order for the Little Brown Myotis, the Northern Myotis and the Tri-colored Bat
• Wind Energy and the Emergency Listing Order
• Bats in Buildings and the Emergency Listing Order
• Caving Tourism and the Emergency Listing Order
• Mining and the Emergency Listing Order
• Bat and Cave/Karst Researchers and the Emergency Listing Order
• Maps documenting spread of White-nose syndrome in North America
• Map: First Confirmation of White-nose Syndrome by Year and Region
• Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative maps
• Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act – 3 Bats
• Syndrome du museau blanc chez les chauves-souris (French only)