There
are 353 species in Canada that have been designated as at risk in some
way as of May 2000. This number constantly changes as species are added
to this list, go extinct or are no longer deemed at risk and removed from
the list. Within the list, there are several different categories of risk:
special concern, threatened, endangered, extirpated (no longer found in
Canada but not extinct), and extinct. For more information on why species
are threatened, see the Conservation Issues section. Which species in
Canada are considered to be at risk is determined by an organization called
COSEWIC; see the Legislation section for more details on COSEWIC.
There
are 353 species in Canada that have been designated as at risk in some
way as of May 2000. This number constantly changes as species are added
to this list, go extinct or are no longer deemed at risk and removed from
the list. Within the list, there are several different categories of risk:
special concern, threatened, endangered, extirpated (no longer found in
Canada but not extinct), and extinct. For more information on why species
are threatened, see the Conservation Issues section. Which species in
Canada are considered to be at risk is determined by an organization called
COSEWIC; see the Legislation section for more details on COSEWIC.