O. Reg. 60/26: PROTECTED SPECIES IN ONTARIO LIST"

O. Reg. 60/26: PROTECTED SPECIES IN ONTARIO LIST, Species Conservation Act, 2025

Species Conservation Act, 2025

PROTECTED SPECIES IN ONTARIO LIST

Consolidation Period: From March 30, 2026 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Protected Species in Ontario List

1. (1) The species set out in Columns 3 and 4 of Table 1 according to their common and scientific names and belonging to the species grouping referred to in Column 2 opposite the listed species are classified by COSSARO in the manner set out in Column 5.

(2) The following geographic limitations apply in respect of the following classifications:

1. The classification set out in Table 1 in respect of the Kentucky Coffee-tree applies only in the following geographic areas:

i. The County of Elgin.

ii. The County of Essex.

iii. The County of Lambton.

iv. The County of Middlesex.

v. The County of Norfolk.

vi. The County of Oxford.

vii. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Table 1
Protected Species in Ontario List

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Species grouping	Column 3 Common name	Column 4 Scientific name	Column 5 Classification
1.	Amphibians	Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus ochrophaeus	Endangered
2.	Amphibians	Blanchard’s Cricket Frog	Acris blanchardi	Extirpated
3.	Amphibians	Eastern Tiger Salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	Extirpated
4.	Amphibians	Fowler’s Toad	Anaxyrus fowleri	Endangered
5.	Amphibians	Jefferson Salamander	Ambystoma jeffersonianum	Endangered
6.	Amphibians	Northern Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus fuscus	Endangered
7.	Amphibians	Small-mouthed Salamander	Ambystoma texanum	Endangered
8.	Amphibians	Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)	Ambystoma laterale – (2) jeffersonianum	Endangered
9.	Amphibians	Unisexual Ambystoma (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population)	Ambystoma laterale – texanum	Endangered
10.	Birds	Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Endangered
11.	Birds	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Endangered
12.	Birds	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	Endangered
13.	Birds	Greater Prairie-chicken	Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus	Extirpated
14.	Birds	Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	Threatened
15.	Birds	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	Threatened
16.	Birds	Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	Endangered
17.	Birds	Red Knot Rufa Subspecies (Southeastern USA / Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Wintering population)	Calidris canutus rufa	Endangered
18.	Birds	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Threatened
19.	Fishes	American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Endangered
20.	Fishes	Cutlip Minnow	Exoglossum maxillingua	Threatened
21.	Fishes	Eastern Sand Darter (West Lake population)	Ammocrypta pellucida	Endangered
22.	Fishes	Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence River populations)	Acipenser fulvescens	Endangered
23.	Fishes	Lake Sturgeon (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations)	Acipenser fulvescens	Threatened
24.	Fishes	Lake Whitefish (Opeongo Lake Large-bodied population)	Coregonus clupeaformis	Threatened
25.	Fishes	Lake Whitefish (Opeongo Lake Small-bodied population)	Coregonus clupeaformis	Threatened
26.	Fishes	River Darter (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)	Percina shumardi	Endangered
27.	Fishes	Shortjaw Cisco	Coregonus zenithicus	Threatened
28.	Fishes	Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Endangered
29.	Insects	American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	Extirpated
30.	Insects	Bogbean Buckmoth	Hemileuca sp.	Endangered
31.	Insects	Davis’s Shieldback	Atlanticus davisi	Threatened
32.	Insects	Eastern Persius Duskywing	Erynnis persius persius	Extirpated
33.	Insects	False-foxglove Sun Moth	Pyrrhia aurantiago	Endangered
34.	Insects	Finlayson’s Oakworm Moth	Anisota finlaysoni	Threatened
35.	Insects	Frosted Elfin	Callophrys irus	Extirpated
36.	Insects	Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee	Bombus bohemicus	Endangered
37.	Insects	Hine’s Emerald	Somatochlora hineana	Endangered
38.	Insects	Hoptree Borer	Prays atomocella	Endangered
39.	Insects	Hungerford’s Crawling Water Beetle	Brychius hungerfordi	Endangered
40.	Insects	Karner Blue	Plebejus samuelis	Extirpated
41.	Insects	Lake Huron Grasshopper	Trimerotropis huroniana	Threatened
42.	Insects	Laura’s Clubtail	Stylurus laurae	Endangered
43.	Insects	Mottled Duskywing	Erynnis martialis	Endangered
44.	Insects	Nine-spotted Lady Beetle	Coccinella novemnotata	Endangered
45.	Insects	Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle	Cicindela patruela	Endangered
46.	Insects	Northern Oak Hairstreak	Satyrium favonius ontario	Threatened
47.	Insects	Pygmy Snaketail	Ophiogomphus howei	Endangered
48.	Insects	Rapids Clubtail	Gomphus quadricolor	Threatened
49.	Insects	Reversed Haploa Moth	Haploa reversa	Threatened
50.	Insects	Riverine Clubtail	Stylurus amnicola	Threatened
51.	Insects	Rusty-patched Bumble Bee	Bombus affinis	Endangered
52.	Insects	Skillet Clubtail	Gomphurus ventricosus	Threatened
53.	Insects	Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee	Bombus suckleyi	Endangered
54.	Insects	Transverse Lady Beetle	Coccinella transversoguttata	Endangered
55.	Lichens	Golden-eye Lichen (Great Lakes population)	Teloschistes chrysophthalmus	Endangered
56.	Lichens	Pale-bellied Frost Lichen	Physconia subpallida	Endangered
57.	Lichens	White-rimmed Shingle Lichen	Fuscopannaria leucosticta	Endangered
58.	Mammals	American Badger (Northwestern Ontario population)	Taxidea taxus taxus	Endangered
59.	Mammals	American Badger (Southwestern Ontario population)	Taxidea taxus jacksoni	Endangered
60.	Mammals	Caribou (Boreal population)	Rangifer tarandus	Threatened
61.	Mammals	Eastern Red Bat	Lasiurus borealis	Endangered
62.	Mammals	Eastern Small-footed Myotis	Myotis leibii	Endangered
63.	Mammals	Eastern Wolf	Canis sp. cf. lycaon	Threatened
64.	Mammals	Gray Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	Threatened
65.	Mammals	Hoary Bat	Lasiurus cinereus	Endangered
66.	Mammals	Little Brown Myotis	Myotis lucifugus	Endangered
67.	Mammals	Northern Myotis	Myotis septentrionalis	Endangered
68.	Mammals	Polar Bear	Ursus maritimus	Threatened
69.	Mammals	Silver-haired Bat	Lasionycteris noctivagans	Endangered
70.	Mammals	Tri-coloured Bat	Perimyotis subflavus	Endangered
71.	Mammals	Wolverine	Gulo gulo	Threatened
72.	Molluscs	Broad-banded Forestsnail	Allogona profunda	Endangered
73.	Molluscs	Carolina Mantleslug	Philomycus carolinianus	Threatened
74.	Molluscs	Domed Disc	Discus patulus	Endangered
75.	Molluscs	Eastern Banded Tigersnail	Anguispira kochi kochi	Endangered
76.	Molluscs	Proud Globelet	Patera pennsylvanica	Endangered
77.	Molluscs	Purple Wartyback	Cyclonaias tuberculata	Threatened
78.	Molluscs	Shagreen	Inflectarius inflectus	Endangered
79.	Molluscs	Striped Whitelip	Webbhelix multilineata	Endangered
80.	Molluscs	Toothed Globe	Mesodon zaletus	Endangered
81.	Molluscs	Wavy-rayed Lampmussel	Lampsilis fasciola	Threatened
82.	Mosses	Incurved Grizzled Moss	Ptychomitrium incurvum	Extirpated
83.	Mosses	Spoon-leaved Moss	Bryoandersonia illecebra	Threatened
84.	Reptiles	Blanding’s Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	Threatened
85.	Reptiles	Blue Racer	Coluber constrictor foxii	Endangered
86.	Reptiles	Butler’s Gartersnake	Thamnophis butleri	Threatened
87.	Reptiles	Common Five-lined Skink (Carolinian population)	Plestiodon fasciatus	Endangered
88.	Reptiles	Eastern Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina	Extirpated
89.	Reptiles	Eastern Foxsnake (Carolinian population)	Pantherophis vulpinus	Threatened
90.	Reptiles	Eastern Foxsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)	Pantherophis vulpinus	Threatened
91.	Reptiles	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake	Heterodon platirhinos	Threatened
92.	Reptiles	Eastern Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus	Threatened
93.	Reptiles	Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population)	Pantherophis spiloides	Endangered
94.	Reptiles	Gray Ratsnake (Frontenac Axis population)	Pantherophis spiloides	Threatened
95.	Reptiles	Queensnake	Regina septemvittata	Endangered
96.	Reptiles	Spiny Softshell	Apalone spinifera	Endangered
97.	Reptiles	Spotted Turtle	Clemmys guttata	Endangered
98.	Reptiles	Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus	Extirpated
99.	Reptiles	Wood Turtle	Glyptemys insculpta	Endangered
100.	Vascular plants	American Chestnut	Castanea dentata	Endangered
101.	Vascular plants	American Columbo	Frasera caroliniensis	Endangered
102.	Vascular plants	American Ginseng	Panax quinquefolius	Threatened
103.	Vascular plants	American Water-willow	Justicia americana	Threatened
104.	Vascular plants	Bent Spike-rush	Eleocharis geniculata	Endangered
105.	Vascular plants	Bird’s Foot Violet	Viola pedata	Endangered
106.	Vascular plants	Black Ash	Fraxinus nigra	Endangered
107.	Vascular plants	Blue Ash	Fraxinus quadrangulata	Threatened
108.	Vascular plants	Bluehearts	Buchnera americana	Endangered
109.	Vascular plants	Blunt-lobed Woodsia	Woodsia obtusa	Endangered
110.	Vascular plants	Branched Bartonia	Bartonia paniculata	Threatened
111.	Vascular plants	Butternut	Juglans cinerea	Endangered
112.	Vascular plants	Cherry Birch	Betula lenta	Endangered
113.	Vascular plants	Cleland’s Evening Primrose	Oenothera clelandii	Endangered
114.	Vascular plants	Colicroot	Aletris farinosa	Endangered
115.	Vascular plants	Cucumber Tree	Magnolia acuminata	Endangered
116.	Vascular plants	Deerberry	Vaccinium stamineum	Threatened
117.	Vascular plants	Dense Blazing Star	Liatris spicata	Threatened
118.	Vascular plants	Downy Yellow False Foxglove	Aureolaria virginica	Endangered
119.	Vascular plants	Drooping Trillium	Trillium flexipes	Endangered
120.	Vascular plants	Dwarf Hackberry	Celtis tenuifolia	Threatened
121.	Vascular plants	Eastern Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Endangered
122.	Vascular plants	Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid	Platanthera leucophaea	Endangered
123.	Vascular plants	Eastern Prickly-pear Cactus	Opuntia cespitosa	Endangered
124.	Vascular plants	Engelmann’s Quillwort	Isoetes engelmannii	Endangered
125.	Vascular plants	False Hop Sedge	Carex lupuliformis	Endangered
126.	Vascular plants	Fern-leaved Yellow False Foxglove	Aureolaria pedicularia	Threatened
127.	Vascular plants	Few-flowered Club-rush	Trichophorum planifolium	Endangered
128.	Vascular plants	Forked Bluecurls	Trichostema dichotomum	Endangered
129.	Vascular plants	Forked Three-awned Grass	Aristida basiramea	Endangered
130.	Vascular plants	Four-leaved Milkweed	Asclepias quadrifolia	Endangered
131.	Vascular plants	Gattinger’s Agalinis	Agalinis gattingeri	Endangered
132.	Vascular plants	Gillman’s Goldenrod	Solidago gillmanii	Endangered
133.	Vascular plants	Hairy Valerian	Valeriana edulis ssp. ciliata	Threatened
134.	Vascular plants	Heart-leaved Plantain	Plantago cordata	Endangered
135.	Vascular plants	Hill’s Thistle	Cirsium hillii	Threatened
136.	Vascular plants	Hoary Mountain-mint	Pycnanthemum incanum	Endangered
137.	Vascular plants	Horsetail Spike-rush	Eleocharis equisetoides	Endangered
138.	Vascular plants	Houghton’s Goldenrod	Solidago houghtonii	Threatened
139.	Vascular plants	Illinois Tick-trefoil	Desmodium illinoense	Extirpated
140.	Vascular plants	Juniper Sedge	Carex juniperorum	Endangered
141.	Vascular plants	Kentucky Coffee-tree	Gymnocladus dioicus	Threatened
142.	Vascular plants	Large Whorled Pogonia	Isotria verticillata	Endangered
143.	Vascular plants	Lowland Toothcup	Rotala ramosior	Endangered
144.	Vascular plants	Nodding Pogonia	Triphora trianthophoros	Endangered
145.	Vascular plants	Ogden’s Pondweed	Potamogeton x ogdenii	Endangered
146.	Vascular plants	Pale Showy Goldenrod	Solidago pallida	Threatened
147.	Vascular plants	Pink Milkwort	Polygala incarnata	Endangered
148.	Vascular plants	Pitcher’s Thistle	Cirsium pitcheri	Threatened
149.	Vascular plants	Pumpkin Ash	Fraxinus profunda	Endangered
150.	Vascular plants	Purple Twayblade	Liparis liliifolia	Threatened
151.	Vascular plants	Red Mulberry	Morus rubra	Endangered
152.	Vascular plants	Round-leaved Greenbrier	Smilax rotundifolia	Threatened
153.	Vascular plants	Scarlet Ammannia	Ammannia robusta	Endangered
154.	Vascular plants	Skinner’s Agalinis	Agalinis skinneriana	Endangered
155.	Vascular plants	Slender Bush-clover	Lespedeza virginica	Endangered
156.	Vascular plants	Small-flowered Lipocarpha	Cyperus subsquarrosus	Threatened
157.	Vascular plants	Small White Lady’s-slipper	Cypripedium candidum	Endangered
158.	Vascular plants	Small Whorled Pogonia	Isotria medeoloides	Endangered
159.	Vascular plants	Smooth Yellow False Foxglove	Aureolaria flava	Threatened
160.	Vascular plants	Spotted Wintergreen	Chimaphila maculata	Threatened
161.	Vascular plants	Spring Blue-eyed Mary	Collinsia verna	Extirpated
162.	Vascular plants	Stiff-leaved Showy Goldenrod	Solidago rigidiuscula	Endangered
163.	Vascular plants	Virginia Goat’s-rue	Tephrosia virginiana	Endangered
164.	Vascular plants	Virginia Mallow	Ripariosida hermaphrodita	Endangered
165.	Vascular plants	Western Silvery Aster	Symphyotrichum sericeum	Threatened
166.	Vascular plants	White Prairie Gentian	Gentiana alba	Endangered
167.	Vascular plants	Wild Hyacinth	Camassia scilloides	Threatened
168.	Vascular plants	Wood-poppy	Stylophorum diphyllum	Endangered

2. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).