COSEWIC: special reports

Last updated April 4, 2022

A list of selected Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) documents. All documents are available upon request by contacting the COSEWIC secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Emergency assessment

Special reports

  • Identification of Designatable Units of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Volume 1, Fraser River, Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast – available upon request through the COSEWIC Secretariat
  • Identification of Designatable Units of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Volume 2, the rest of Canada – available upon request through the COSEWIC Secretariat
  • Identification of Designatable Units of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Canada available upon request through the COSEWIC Secretariat
  • Identification of Designatable Units of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Volume 1, Fraser River Drainage Basin – available upon request through the COSEWIC Secretariat
  • Identification of Designatable Units of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Volume 2, the rest of Canada – available upon request through the COSEWIC Secretariat
  • Designatable units for Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Canada (2016). (Printable Version - PDF)
  • COSEWIC special report on the list of prioritized crustaceans and related groups at risk in Canada (2012) Preamble, Special Report
  • COSEWIC special report on the list of prioritized Coccinelidae and related groups at risk in Canada (2012)
  • Designatable units for Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Canada (2011)
    At the November 2011 wildlife species assessment meeting, COSEWIC voted to adopt 12 designatable units (DU) for Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Canada. COSEWIC will begin the process of assessing all DUs in 2012. (Printable Version - PDF)
  • COSEWIC executive summary designatable units at an appropriate scale for the Lake Whitefish (2009) Executive Summary, Special Report
  • Assessing marine fish species: relating approaches based on reference points with approaches based on risk-of-extinction criteria, Ottawa, ON, March 20-22, 2007
    Proceedings 2007/024 is now available on the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat website under publications, as well as on the science advisory schedule.
  • Report on the marine fish workshop and recommendations for COSEWIC (Printable Version - PDF)
  • COSEWIC Special Report on Identification of Designatable Units of Red Knot (Calidris canutus) in Canada – available upon request through the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About us

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is an independent advisory panel to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada that meets twice a year to assess the status of wildlife species at risk of extinction. Members are wildlife biology experts from academia, government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector responsible for designating wildlife species in danger of disappearing from Canada.

COSEWIC secretariat

Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd, 14th floor
Gatineau QC K1A 0H3

Email: cosewic-cosepac@ec.gc.ca


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