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Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

ontario REGULATION 669/98

WILDLIFE SCHEDULES

Historical version for the period July 30, 2020 to September 14, 2020.

Last amendment: 432/20.

Legislative History: 338/16, 432/20.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

1. The species listed in the Schedule are prescribed as furbearing mammals:

Note: On September 15, 2020, the day section 17 of Schedule 14 to the Burden Reduction Act, 2017 comes into force, section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1)

1. The species listed in Schedule 1 are prescribed as furbearing mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

2. The species listed in Schedule 2 are prescribed as game mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

3. The species listed in Schedule 3 are prescribed as game birds. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

4. The species listed in Schedule 4 are prescribed as game reptiles. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

5. The species listed in Schedule 5 are prescribed as game amphibians. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

6. The species listed in Schedule 6 are prescribed as specially protected mammals. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

7. The species listed in Schedule 7 are prescribed as specially protected raptors. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

8. The species listed in Schedule 8 are prescribed as specially protected birds. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

9. The species listed in Schedule 9 are prescribed as specially protected reptiles. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

10. The species listed in Schedule 10 are prescribed as specially protected amphibians. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

11. The species listed in Schedule 11 are prescribed as specially protected invertebrates. O. Reg. 432/20, s. 1.

Schedule

 

Item

Common Name

Scientific Name

1.

Polar bear

Ursus maritimus

2.

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

O. Reg. 669/98, s. 1.

Note: On September 15, 2020, the day section 17 of Schedule 14 to the Burden Reduction Act, 2017 comes into force, the Schedule to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2)

Schedule 1
FURBEARING MAMMALS

Common Name

Scientific Name

American Badger

Taxidea taxus

Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus

Beaver

Castor canadensis

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Coyote

Canis latrans

Fisher

Pekania pennanti

Gray Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Least Weasel

Mustela nivalis

Long-tailed Weasel

Mustela frenata

Lynx

Lynx canadensis

Marten

Martes americana

Mink

Neovison vison

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Otter

Lontra canadensis

Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Red Fox (all colour phases)

Vulpes vulpes

Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine)

Mustela erminea

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Wolf

Canis lupus

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 2
GAME MAMMALS

Common Name

Scientific Name

American Elk (Wapiti)

Cervus elaphus

Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

European Hare

Lepus europaeus

Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

Gray (Black) Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Moose

Alces alces

Snowshoe (Varying) Hare

Lepus americanus

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Woodland Caribou

Rangifer tarandus caribou

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 3
GAME BIRDS

Common Name

Scientific Name

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Gray (Hungarian) Partridge

Perdix perdix

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Ruffed Grouse

Bonasa umbellus

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus

Spruce Grouse

Falcipennis canadensis

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

SCHEDULE 4
GAME REPTILES

Common Name

Scientific Name

Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 5
GAME AMPHIBIANS

Common Name

Scientific Name

Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

SCHEDULE 6
SPECIALLY PROTECTED MAMMALS

Common Name

Scientific Name

Arctic Shrew

Sorex arcticus

Big Brown Bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias striatus

Eastern Small-footed Myotis

Myotis leibii

Hoary Bat

Lasiurus cinereus

Least Chipmunk

Tamias minimus

Least Shrew

Cryptotis parva

Little Brown Myotis

Myotis lucifugus

Masked Shrew

Sorex cinereus

Northern Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys sabrinus

Northern Myotis

Myotis septentrionalis

Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Pygmy Shrew

Sorex hoyi

Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

Silver-haired Bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Smoky Shrew

Sorex fumeus

Southern Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys volans

Tri-colored Bat

Perimyotis subflavus

Water Shrew

Sorex palustris

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 7
SPECIALLY PROTECTED RAPTORS

Common Name

Scientific Name

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

American Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Barred Owl

Strix varia

Boreal Owl

Aegolius funereus

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Cooper’s Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Eastern Screech-Owl

Megascops asio

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Great Gray Owl

Strix nebulosa

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Gyrfalcon

Falco rusticolus

Long-eared Owl

Asio otus

Merlin

Falco columbarius

Northern Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

Northern Harrier

Circus hudsonius

Northern Hawk Owl

Surnia ulula

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Aegolius acadicus

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 8
SPECIALLY PROTECTED BIRDS

Common Name

Scientific Name

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Belted Kingfisher

Ceryle alcyon

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Brewer’s Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Canada Jay

Perisoreus canadensis

Common Raven

Corvus corax

Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus carolinus

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 9
Specially PROTECTED REPTILES

Common Name

Scientific Name

Blanding’s Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Blue Racer

Coluber constrictor foxii

Butler’s Gartersnake

Thamnophis butleri

Common Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Eastern Foxsnake

Pantherophis vulpinus

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

Gray Ratsnake

Pantherophis spiloides

Lake Erie Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon insularum

Massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus

Midland Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta marginata

Northern Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

Northern Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Queensnake

Regina septemvittata

Smooth Greensnake

Opheodrys vernalis

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

Western Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta bellii

Wood Turtle

Glyptemys insculpta

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 10
SPECIALLY PROTECTED AMPHIBIANS

Common Name

Scientific Name

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Blanchard’s Cricket Frog

Acris blanchardi

Blue-spotted Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

Eastern Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Fowler’s Toad

Anaxyrus fowleri

Gray Treefrog

Hyla versicolor

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea bislineata

Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

 

Schedule 11
specially pROTECTED INVERTEBRATES

Common Name

Scientific Name

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Bog Elfin

Callophrys lanoraieensis

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio canadensis

Eastern Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Frosted Elfin

Callophrys irus

Karner Blue

Plebejus melissa samuelis

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Mottled Duskywing

Erynnis martialis

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Pipevine Swallowtail

Battus philenor

Spicebush Swallowtail

Papilio troilus

West Virginia White

Pieris virginiensis

Zebra Swallowtail

Eurytides marcellus

O. Reg. 432/20, s. 2.

2. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 669/98, s. 2.