Species at risk: latest publications and news
Publications
September 2026
August 2026
- 2026-08-28 Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus): management plan progress report, August 2026
- 2026-08-27 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Management Plan for the Nahanni Aster (2021 to 2025)
- 2026-08-20 COSEWIC List of wildlife species assessed (including October 2025)
- 2026-08-19 Multi-species Action Plan for the Alberta At-risk Native Trout in Canada
- 2026-08-13 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Management Plan for the Mormon Metalmark, Prairie population (2021 to 2025)
- 2026-08-12 Multi-species Action Plan for Banff National Park of Canada
- 2026-08-10 Report on the Progress Towards the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Misty Lake Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) for the Period 2020 to 2025
- 2026-08-10 Report on the Progress Towards the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Paxton Lake and Vananda Creek Stickleback Species Pairs (Gasterosteus aculeatus) for the Period 2020 to 2025
- 2026-08-10 Report on the Progress Towards the Implementation of the Management Plan for the Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa) for the Period 2018 to 2023
- 2026-08-07 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog (2021 to 2025)
- 2026-08-05 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) for the Period 2017 to 2024
July 2026
- 2026-07-31 Multi-species Action Plan for Kootenay National Park of Canada
- 2026-07-31 Multi-species Action Plan for Yoho National Park of Canada
- 2026-07-30 Management Plan for the Channel Darter (Percina copelandi), St. Lawrence populations, in Canada
- 2026-07-30 Management Plan for the Cutlip Minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua) in Canada
- 2026-07-29 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Recovery Strategy for the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Athabasca River Populations, for the Period 2020 to 2025
- 2026-07-27 Multi-species Action Plan for Grasslands National Park of Canada [Proposed] 2026
- 2026-07-22 Species at Risk Act Annual Report to Parliament for 2024
- 2026-07-18 Notice of intent — Consultation by Environment and Climate Change Canada on a proposal to develop a new regulation for the protection of critical habitat on applicable federal lands
- 2026-07-17 Discussion Paper: Proposed Critical Habitat Protection Regulations made under section 59 of the Species at Risk Act
- 2026-07-06 Conservation and management of Polar Bears in Canada: Questions and answers
- 2026-07-06 Progress Towards the Implementation of the Recovery Strategy for the Slender Popcornflower (Plagiobothrys tenellus) for the Period 2021 to 2025
News
2025
- 2025-06-13 The Ville de Longueuil (the city of Longueuil) ordered to pay $30,000 for damaging or destroying at least one Bobolink nest
- 2025-04-30 Two Quebec-based companies and two individuals fined a total of $35,000 for violating the Species at Risk Act
- 2025-01-17 The Minister of the Environment's Response to Species at Risk Assessments submitted by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) on October 21, 2024
- 2025-01-15 Government of Canada designates Nova Scotia’s Country Island, Isle Haute, and St. Paul Island as Canada’s newest National Wildlife Areas
2024
- 2024-12-13 The Commission de la capitale nationale was ordered to pay a total of $75,000 for having violated the Species at Risk Act
- 2024-09-06 Supporting habitat stewardship projects for Monarchs and other species at risk in Ontario and across Canada
- 2024-08-30 Government of Canada invests more than $4.9 million to protect significant habitats in Mauricie
- 2024-08-21 Canadian and Colombian Environment Ministers Meet to Share International Leadership Ambition on Nature and Biodiversity
- 2024-08-07 Canada invests over $12.5 million to increase conserved areas primarily in southern Ontario
- 2024-07-18 Protecting nature in British Columbia and across Canada to help fight climate change and protect biodiversity
- 2024-07-08 A Quebec company was fined $12,500 for destroying nests of Bank Swallows, a threatened species
- 2024-07-08 Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announce new priority place to conserve species at risk
- 2024-06-27 Government of Canada announces funding for Indigenous communities to protect species at risk and their habitats
- 2024-06-20 Canada is supporting habitat stewardship projects for Monarchs and pollinators in southern Ontario
- 2024-06-19 Following the Government of Quebec’s failure, the federal government begins consultations on an emergency order to protect caribou
- 2024-05-16 Federal and Ontario governments agree to significant collaboration on caribou conservation
- 2024-05-10 Government of Canada releases report on national efforts toward Boreal Caribou recovery
- 2024-03-12 Canada and Ontario commit to significant collaboration on shared nature conservation goals
- 2024-03-11 Governments of Canada and Ontario join together to announce funding and collaboration for conservation areas in Ontario
- 2024-03-04 Empowering key regional environmental groups to protect habitats and species at risk in Quebec and across Canada
- 2024-03-04 List of 56 Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk projects 2023–2024
- 2024-02-14 Government of Canada invests $3 million in citizen science and open data for birds and biodiversity
- 2024-01-31 Forty-two Indigenous-led conservation projects across Canada receive federal funding to protect more nature