Last updated June 5, 2024

New things are always happening in the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Here you will find information about calls for bids, upcoming meetings, and news from the latest wildlife species assessment meeting. Selected documents produced by, or for, COSEWIC also are posted here.

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Upcoming events

Upcoming calls for expression of interest:

• Species specialist subcommittee membership, fall 2025 (date to be determined)
• COSEWIC membership, winter 2025 (date to be determined)

Upcoming calls for bids:

• COSEWIC call for bids, fall 2024 (date to be determined)

Upcoming meetings:

• July 9 to 11, 2024
  Terrestrial Mammals Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
• July 23 to 25, 2024
  Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Subcommittee Meeting
  Ottawa, Ontario
• August 13 to 15, 2024
  Birds Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Ottawa, Ontario
• August 15 to 17, 2024
  Mosses and Lichens Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
• August 19 to 22, 2024
  Arthropods Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Halifax, Nova Scotia
• August 25 to 26, 2024
  Vascular Plants Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Calgary, Alberta
• August 27 to 29, 2024
  Freshwater Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Victoria, British Columbia
• September 6 to 8, 2024
  Molluscs Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Victoria, British Columbia
• September 10 to 12, 2024
  Marine Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Quebec City, Quebec
• September 14 to 16, 2024
  Marine Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Vancouver, British Columbia
• September 18 to 19, 2024
  Amphibians and Reptiles Species Specialist Subcommittee Annual Meeting
  Victoria, British Columbia
• October 6 to 8, 2024
  Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Subcommittee Meeting
  Fredericton, New Brunswick
• COSEWIC Wildlife Species Assessment Meeting, fall 2024 (date to be determined)

Recent press releases

• Press release: COSEWIC updates species at risk May 2024.

Archived press releases

COSEWIC's response to wildlife species referrals by the Governor in Council

The COSEWIC marine mammals specialist subcommittee’s response to the referral of the North Pacific population of Humpback Whale in 2006 and 2013 is available upon request by contacting the COSEWIC secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.