Wildlife species eligible for amendment to list: Species at Risk Act, schedule 1

Please note that species with “Schedule 2” or “Schedule 3” in the Current Schedule column are not currently on the List of Wildlife Species at Risk.

Legal Name & Population Scientific Name Taxonomic Group COSEWIC Status SARA Status Current Schedule Date of Listing Minister's Receipt of Assessment Consultation Path
Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Mammals (terrestrial) Threatened Special Concern Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
American Badger taxus subspecies Taxidea taxus taxus Mammals (terrestrial) Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Collared Pika Ochotona collaris Mammals (terrestrial) Special Concern No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Extended
Grizzly Bear (Western population) Ursus arctos Mammals (terrestrial) Special Concern *No Status No schedule 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Extended
Harbour Porpoise (Northwest Atlantic population) Phocoena phocoena Mammals (marine) Special Concern Threatened Schedule 2   31-Aug-06 Normal
Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies Phoca vitulina mellonae Mammals (marine) Endangered Special Concern Schedule 3   28-Aug-08 Extended
Atlantic Walrus Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Mammals (marine) Special Concern *No Status No schedule 5-Jun-03 31-Aug-06 Extended
Bowhead Whale (Eastern Canada-West Greenland population) Balaena mysticetus Mammals (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   28-Aug-09 Extended
Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population) Orcinus orca Mammals (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   28-Aug-09 Extended
Narwhal Monodon monoceros Mammals (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   12-Aug-05 Extended
Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) Hyperoodon ampullatus Mammals (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus Mammals (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Western Screech-Owl macfarlanei subspecies Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei Birds Threatened Endangered Schedule 1 12-Jan-05 5-Oct-12 Normal
Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Birds Not at Risk Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
Barn Owl (Western population) Tyto alba Birds Threatened Special Concern Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 9-Sep-11 Normal
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Birds Endangered Special Concern Schedule 1 12-Jan-05 9-Sep-11 Extended
Western Screech-Owl kennicottii subspecies Megascops kennicottii kennicottii Birds Threatened Special Concern Schedule 1 12-Jan-05 5-Oct-12 Normal
Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies Icteria virens virens Birds Endangered Special Concern Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Birds Special Concern No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Birds Threatened No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Birds Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Birds Threatened No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Normal
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Birds Special Concern No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Extended
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Birds Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Eastern Wood-pewee Contopus virens Birds Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Horned Grebe (Western population) Podiceps auritus Birds Special Concern No Status No schedule   28-Aug-09 Extended
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Birds Threatened No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Butler's Gartersnake Thamnophis butleri Reptiles Endangered Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 9-Sep-11 Normal
Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus Reptiles Special Concern Threatened Schedule 1 12-Jan-05 24-Sep-13 Normal
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta Reptiles Endangered No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Massasauga (Carolinian population) Sistrurus catenatus Reptiles Endangered *No Status No schedule 12-Jan-05 24-Sep-13 Normal
Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum Amphibians Endangered Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 9-Sep-11 Normal
Northern Dusky Salamander (Carolinian population) Desmognathus fuscus Amphibians Endangered No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Spring Salamander (Adirondack / Appalachian population) Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Amphibians Threatened *No Status No schedule 12-Jan-05 9-Sep-11 Normal
Spring Salamander (Carolinian population) Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Amphibians Extirpated *No Status No schedule 12-Jan-05 9-Sep-11 Normal
Western Tiger Salamander (Prairie / Boreal population) Ambystoma mavortium Amphibians Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population) Morone saxatilis Fishes (freshwater) Endangered Extirpated Schedule 1 23-Jun-11 24-Sep-13 Normal
Pugnose Shiner Notropis anogenus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Endangered Schedule 1 12-Jan-05 24-Sep-13 Normal
Salish Sucker Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Endangered Schedule 1 12-Jan-05 24-Sep-13 Extended
Western Silvery Minnow Hybognathus argyritis Fishes (freshwater) Endangered Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 28-Aug-08 Normal
Pugnose Minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Special Concern Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Extended
Redside Dace Clinostomus elongatus Fishes (freshwater) Endangered Special Concern Schedule 3   30-Aug-07 Extended
Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Special Concern Schedule 3   9-Sep-11 Extended
Umatilla Dace Rhinichthys umatilla Fishes (freshwater) Threatened Special Concern Schedule 3   3-Sep-10 Extended
American Eel Anguilla rostrata Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Extended
Atlantic Sturgeon (Maritimes populations) Acipenser oxyrinchus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Sturgeon (St. Lawrence populations) Acipenser oxyrinchus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations) Salvelinus confluentus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
Bull Trout (South Coast British Columbia populations) Salvelinus confluentus Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
Bull Trout (Western Arctic populations) Salvelinus confluentus Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
Dolly Varden (Western Arctic populations) Salvelinus malma malma Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Lake Sturgeon (Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Lake Sturgeon (Nelson River populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Endangered No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Lake Sturgeon (Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Endangered No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Lake Sturgeon (Saskatchewan River populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Endangered No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Lake Sturgeon (Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Lake Sturgeon (Western Hudson Bay populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Endangered No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Lake Sturgeon (Winnipeg River - English River populations) Acipenser fulvescens Fishes (freshwater) Endangered No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Mountain Sucker (Milk River populations) Catostomus platyrhynchus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Mountain Sucker (Pacific populations) Catostomus platyrhynchus Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Plains Minnow Hybognathus placitus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Extended
Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia large-bodied population) Osmerus mordax Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status No schedule   28-Aug-09 Extended
Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Westslope populations) Cottus sp. Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Silver Chub (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Macrhybopsis storeriana Fishes (freshwater) Endangered *No Status No schedule 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Extended
Silver Chub (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) Macrhybopsis storeriana Fishes (freshwater) Not at Risk *No Status No schedule 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Extended
Silver Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Striped Bass (Bay of Fundy population) Morone saxatilis Fishes (freshwater) Endangered No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
Striped Bass (Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population) Morone saxatilis Fishes (freshwater) Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
White Sturgeon (Lower Fraser River population) Acipenser transmontanus Fishes (freshwater) Threatened No Status Schedule 3   24-Sep-13 Extended
White Sturgeon (Upper Fraser River population) Acipenser transmontanus Fishes (freshwater) Endangered No Status Schedule 3   24-Sep-13 Extended
Acadian Redfish (Atlantic population) Sebastes fasciatus Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Acadian Redfish (Bonne Bay population) Sebastes fasciatus Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
American Plaice (Maritime population) Hippoglossoides platessoides Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   28-Aug-09 Extended
American Plaice (Newfoundland and Labrador population) Hippoglossoides platessoides Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   28-Aug-09 Extended
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Cod (Arctic Lakes population) Gadus morhua Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Atlantic Cod (Laurentian North population) Gadus morhua Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Atlantic Cod (Laurentian South population) Gadus morhua Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Atlantic Cod (Newfoundland and Labrador population) Gadus morhua Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Atlantic Cod (Southern population) Gadus morhua Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Anticosti Island population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Eastern Cape Breton population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Gaspe-Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Inner St. Lawrence population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Nova Scotia Southern Upland population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Outer Bay of Fundy population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Quebec Eastern North Shore population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (Quebec Western North Shore population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Atlantic Salmon (South Newfoundland population) Salmo salar Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Basking Shark (Atlantic population) Cetorhinus maximus Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Blue Shark (Atlantic population) Prionace glauca Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   31-Aug-06 Extended
Cusk Brosme brosme Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
Darkblotched Rockfish Sebastes crameri Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Deepwater Redfish (Gulf of St. Lawrence - Laurentian Channel population) Sebastes mentella Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Deepwater Redfish (Northern population) Sebastes mentella Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Eulachon (Central Pacific Coast population) Thaleichthys pacificus Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Eulachon (Fraser River population) Thaleichthys pacificus Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Eulachon (Nass / Skeena Rivers population) Thaleichthys pacificus Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
North Pacific Spiny Dogfish Squalus suckleyi Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Quillback Rockfish Sebastes maliger Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Roughhead Grenadier Macrourus berglax Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   30-Aug-07 Extended
Roundnose Grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   28-Aug-09 Extended
Shortfin Mako (Atlantic population) Isurus oxyrinchus Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   31-Aug-06 Extended
Smooth Skate (Funk Island Deep population) Malacoraja senta Fishes (marine) Endangered No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Extended
Smooth Skate (Laurentian-Scotian population) Malacoraja senta Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Extended
Spiny Dogfish (Atlantic population) Squalus acanthias Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Thorny Skate Amblyraja radiata Fishes (marine) Special Concern No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Extended
Yellowmouth Rockfish Sebastes reedi Fishes (marine) Threatened No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Extended
Behr's Hairstreak Satyrium behrii Arthropods Endangered Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus Arthropods Extirpated No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Dune Tachinid Fly Germaria angustata Arthropods Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Georgia Basin Bog Spider Gnaphosa snohomish Arthropods Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Gibson's Big Sand Tiger Beetle Cicindela formosa gibsoni Arthropods Threatened No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Greenish-white Grasshopper Hypochlora alba Arthropods Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Hine's Emerald Somatochlora hineana Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle Brychius hungerfordi Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Island Tiger Moth Grammia complicata Arthropods Threatened No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Macropis Cuckoo Bee Epeoloides pilosulus Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Mottled Duskywing (Boreal population) Erynnis martialis Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Mottled Duskywing (Great Lakes Plains population) Erynnis martialis Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Okanagan Efferia Efferia okanagana Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Riverine Clubtail (Great Lakes Plains population) Stylurus amnicola Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Skillet Clubtail Gomphus ventricosus Arthropods Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel Gonidea angulata Molluscs Endangered Special Concern Schedule 1 14-Jul-05 9-Sep-11 Normal
Atlantic Mud-piddock Barnea truncata Molluscs Threatened No Status No schedule   3-Sep-10 Normal
Fawnsfoot Truncilla donaciformis Molluscs Endangered No Status No schedule   28-Aug-08 Extended
Haida Gwaii Slug Staala gwaii Molluscs Special Concern No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Hickorynut Obovaria olivaria Molluscs Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Extended
Lilliput Toxolasma parvum Molluscs Endangered No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
Magnum Mantleslug Magnipelta mycophaga Molluscs Special Concern No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Threehorn Wartyback Obliquaria reflexa Molluscs Threatened No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Extended
Pitcher's Thistle Cirsium pitcheri Vascular Plants Special Concern Endangered Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 9-Sep-11 Normal
Purple Twayblade Liparis liliifolia Vascular Plants Threatened Endangered Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 9-Sep-11 Normal
Tiny Cryptantha Cryptantha minima Vascular Plants Threatened Endangered Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
Buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides Vascular Plants Special Concern Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
Crooked-stem Aster Symphyotrichum prenanthoides Vascular Plants Special Concern Threatened Schedule 1 12-Jan-05 24-Sep-13 Normal
Dwarf Lake Iris Iris lacustris Vascular Plants Special Concern Threatened Schedule 1 15-Aug-06 9-Sep-11 Normal
Fernald's Braya Braya fernaldii Vascular Plants Endangered Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 24-Sep-13 Normal
Goldencrest Lophiola aurea Vascular Plants Special Concern Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
Hairy Prairie-clover Dalea villosa Vascular Plants Special Concern Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 5-Oct-12 Normal
Lyall's Mariposa Lily Calochortus lyallii Vascular Plants Special Concern Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 9-Sep-11 Normal
Plymouth Gentian Sabatia kennedyana Vascular Plants Endangered Threatened Schedule 1 5-Jun-03 24-Sep-13 Normal
Eastern Baccharis Baccharis halimifolia Vascular Plants Threatened No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Hairy Braya Braya pilosa Vascular Plants Endangered No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Showy Goldenrod (Boreal population) Solidago speciosa Vascular Plants Threatened *No Status No schedule 5-Jun-03 9-Sep-11 Normal
Silky Beach Pea Lathyrus littoralis Vascular Plants Threatened No Status No schedule   24-Sep-13 Normal
Yukon Draba Draba yukonensis Vascular Plants Endangered No Status No schedule   5-Oct-12 Normal
Roell's Brotherella Moss Brotherella roellii Mosses Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Batwing Vinyl Lichen Leptogium platynum Lichens Endangered No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Blue Felt Lichen Degelia plumbea Lichens Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Crumpled Tarpaper Lichen Collema coniophilum Lichens Threatened No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal
Peacock Vinyl Lichen Leptogium polycarpum Lichens Special Concern No Status No schedule   9-Sep-11 Normal

* Some wildlife species have a date of listing but have ‘no status’ in the SARA Status column. In these cases, COSEWIC has created new assessment units from wildlife species that have a Schedule 1 status. They appear in the list because the new unit is being considered along with a change of status. In practice, the SARA status remains in effect until Schedule 1 is change.

 

 

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