List of Wildlife Species at Risk (Canada)

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The List of Wildlife Species at Risk currently has more than 800 entries for Canadian wild life species considered vulnerable; including 363 classified as endangered species, —190 threatened species, —235 special concern, and 22 extirpated (no longer found in the wild).^[1] About 65 percent of Canada’s resident species are considered "Secure".^[2] More than 30 wildlife species have become extinct in the wild since the arrival of European settlers.^[3]

The Government of Canada maintains a list of all plant and animal species, or designatable units (DUs) thereof, federally recognized as special concern, threatened, endangered, extirpated, and extinct in Canada under Schedule I of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).^[4]