Ontario’s Endangered Species…

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protects endangered or threatened species — animals and plants that are:
- facing imminent extinction or extirpation (extinction from a local area)
- in decline and in danger of disappearing from the province.

The ESA was once considered the best of its kind in Canada due to automatic protections for critical habitats. However, in recent years, a series of regulatory changes have dismantled the very purpose of the Act. Coupled with a poor track record of implementation, the Government of Ontario is putting the province’s species at greater risk of extirpation.

Ontario residents are calling on the Government of Ontario to restore an effective, science-based regulatory regime for the protection of species at risk.

We need to restore the integrity of the Endangered Species Act — not erode it further.