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

• Emergency assessments of the Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Thompson River and Chilcotin River populations (2018).
  On January 10, 2018, COSEWIC conducted an emergency assessment and assessed both designatable units as Endangered.

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.