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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  • Determining eligibility of species for status assessment.
  • COSEWIC quantitative criteria and guidelines for the status assessment of species.
  • Guidelines for modifying status assessment based on rescue effect.
  • Policy for modifying status assessment based on quantitative criteria.
  • COSEWIC wildlife species definition and status categories.
  • COSEWIC definitions associated with quantitative criteria.


• Status change definitions
  
  
• Wildlife Management Boards and the COSEWIC Status Assessment process
  
  

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 2007

Assessment Results (November 2006 COSEWIC Species Assessment Meeting)

• Summary table of species assessments from the November 2006 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 November 2006 COSEWIC meeting - Brief version
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• Species assessments from the November 2006 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), November 2006
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Canadian Species at Risk

All species assessed by COSEWIC as of November 2006.

The html version of this publication, which is best viewed on your computer screen, also includes minor revisions to COSEWIC information and updates to the Legal Listing field (SARA) that occur throughout the year.

A formatted, print-ready (pdf) version of this publication is prepared after each COSEWIC meeting. Register to be notified of updates to this publication.