Canadian Environmental Audit on Critical Habitat for Species at Risk, 2025

A 2025 audit report from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada examines federal agencies' identification and monitoring of critical habitat for species at risk. The report focuses on Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Parks Canada, assessing their use of best available information and conservation actions. It was published on the open_canada platform and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze federal agency performance in habitat identification based on the audit's findings.
• Monitor implementation of conservation actions on federal land as described in the report.
• Evaluate permit authorization processes for minimizing impacts on species at risk.

Strengths

• Official audit from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, an authoritative source.
• Report is available in PDF and HTML formats for accessibility.
• Published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license, permitting reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada

Collection Method

Audit and analysis of federal agency activities.

Time Range

2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 09 16:38:12.786881; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada