At least once per year, COSEWIC meets to discuss and evaluate the status of Canadian species. Here you will find the List of Species scheduled for the next COSEWIC Species Assessment Meeting, the results of species assessment meeting, and the updated COSEWIC Canadian Species at Risk Publication.

Assessment Process

• Assessment Process and Criteria
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• Wildlife Management Boards and the COSEWIC Status Assessment process
  
  
• Species definition and status categories
  
  
• Status change definitions
  
  
• Definitions and Abbreviations

COSEWIC Species Assessment Meeting

COSEWIC meets at least once a year, usually in April or May, to consider new and updated reports and to make its status determinations (Upcoming Meetings).

Consult the List of Species scheduled for the COSEWIC Species Assessment Meeting in April 2006

Assessment Results (May 2005 COSEWIC Species Assessment Meeting)

• Summary table of species assessments from the May 2005 COSEWIC meeting
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• Summary of COSEWIC species assessments for new species, and for re-assessed species by type of change from a previous status
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• Species assessments from the May 2005 COSEWIC meeting - Brief version
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• Species assessments from the May 2005 COSEWIC meeting - Detailed version
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• Summary table of species assessed by COSEWIC
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• COSEWIC assessments results with range of occurrence (by province, territory, or ocean), May 2005
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Canadian Species at Risk

All species assessed by COSEWIC as of May 2005. This publication is printed once per year, after the spring COSEWIC meeting. The website version of this document includes minor revisions to COSEWIC information and updates to the Legal Listing field (SARA). You can register to be notified of updates following a COSEWIC assessment meeting.

• Canadian Species at Risk