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Sequencing Canada's Genomic Diversity
Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

Progress of the Canadian Biogenome Project

This chart follows the progress made by the Canadian Biogenome team to generate and deposit
high quality reference genomes for all species in Canada.

Updated on 5 Oct 2024.

Canadian Biogenome Project species list

The Canadian Biogenome Project deposits all generated data to the NCBI as BioProject 813333.

All data are available via Ensembl.

common name
scientific name
status
BioProject
data
Acadian redfish
assembled
sra
Aggregating anemone
extraction & qc
Ainslie's cellophane-cuckoo
extraction & qc
Alder flycatcher
extraction & qc
Alewife
assembled
sra
Alligatorfish
extraction & qc
Alpine lupine
extraction & qc
American bullfrog
assembled
sra
American lobster
extraction & qc
American marten
extraction & qc
American plaice
assembled
sra
American pygmy shrew
extraction & qc
American redstart
extraction & qc
American robin
extraction & qc
American toad
extraction & qc
American tree sparrow
extraction & qc
American white pelican
extraction & qc
Amphipod
extraction & qc
Amphipod
resampling
Amphipod
extraction & qc
Aphid_if
extraction & qc
Aphid_ls
extraction & qc
Apple-pine root aphid
extraction & qc
Aquatic leaf beetle
assembled
sra
Arciform click beetle
extraction & qc
Arctic char
assembled
Arctic grayling
assembled
sra
Arctic lyre crab
extraction & qc
Arctic surfclam
annotated
Arge sow-thistle aphid
extraction & qc
Arrow bamboo
extraction & qc
Asteroidea
extraction & qc
Atlantic cod
assembled
sra
Atlantic deep sea red crab
extraction & qc
Atlantic herring
extraction & qc
Atlantic lyre crab
resampling
Atlantic rock crab
extraction & qc
Atlantic whitefish
sequenced
sra
Azalea aphid
extraction & qc
BC Pteromalus
extraction & qc
Baltic isopod
extraction & qc
Bat octopus
assembled
sra
Bay ghost shrimp
extraction & qc
Bear moth
assembled
sra
Bearded seal
extraction & qc
Beardfish
assembled
sra
Bebb's case-bearing leaf beetle
resampling
Bellied squat lobster
extraction & qc
Beluga whale
assembled
Bent-nosed squat lobster
resampling
Bident sheetweb weaver
extraction & qc
Big-leaf maple
extraction & qc
Bimaculated cobweaver
extraction & qc
Black bean aphid
extraction & qc
Black bear
extraction & qc
Black dogfish
assembled
sra
Black guillemot
resampling
Black money spider
extraction & qc
Black spruce
assembled
sra
Black-and-white warbler
extraction & qc
Black-billed cuckoo
extraction & qc
Black-clawed crab
extraction & qc
Blackbelly rosefish
sequenced
sra
Blackpoll warbler
extraction & qc
Blacksnout seasnail
assembled
sra
Blanding's turtle
annotated
Blood star
extraction & qc
Blood-red field ant
assembled
Blue mud shrimp
extraction & qc
Blue racer
assembled
Blueback herring
assembled
sra
Blueberry aphid
extraction & qc
Blunt-eared bat
sequenced
Boat gall aphid
extraction & qc
Bog bilberry
assembled
sra
Bog birds-foot trefoil
extraction & qc
Breadcrumb sponge
extraction & qc
Bristled shrimp
extraction & qc
Brittle star
resampling
Broad base sea squirt
resampling
Broad-nosed seedhead weevil
extraction & qc
Bull kelp
extraction & qc
Butterfly bobtail squid
assembled
sra
Calcareous sponge
extraction & qc
California bay shrimp
extraction & qc
California sea cucumber
resampling
Canada goose
extraction & qc
Canada lynx
extraction & qc
Canada warbler
extraction & qc
Canadian tiger swallowtail
extraction & qc
Capelin
extraction & qc
Chain tuniate
extraction & qc
Cherry leaf beetle
resampling
Chipping sparrow
extraction & qc
Cinnamon teal
extraction & qc
Clam worm
extraction & qc
Clay-coloured sparrow
extraction & qc
Click beetle
assembled
sra
Click beetle
assembled
sra
Click beetle
extraction & qc
Cloudberry
sequenced
sra
Clubbed tunicate
extraction & qc
Common brown click beetle
resampling
Common click beetle
assembled
sra
Common garter snake
extraction & qc
Common harvestman
extraction & qc
Common milkweed aphid
extraction & qc
Common sand dollar
assembled
sra
Common snowberry
extraction & qc
Common starfish
extraction & qc
Common sun star
assembled
sra
Compound sea squirt
extraction & qc
Copper redhorse
annotated
Cougar
extraction & qc
Cowpea aphid
extraction & qc
Crookedstem aster
resampling
Cusk
assembled
sra
Daisy brittle star
extraction & qc
Dakota skipper
extraction & qc
Dark-footed yellow loosestrife bee
extraction & qc
Daubed shanny
annotated
Deepbody boarfish
assembled
sra
Dog-day cicada
extraction & qc
Dogwood thyatirid moth
assembled
sra
Dotted hawthorn
extraction & qc
Downy hermit crab
extraction & qc
Dulse
resampling
Dungeness crab
extraction & qc
Dusky seasnail
assembled
sra
Dusky shrew
extraction & qc
Dusky-tailed sunflower aphid
extraction & qc
Eared grebe
extraction & qc
Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake
assembled
Eastern carpenter bee
sequenced
sra
Eastern deer mouse
extraction & qc
Eastern field wireworm
resampling
Eastern foxsnake
assembled
Eastern hognose
resampling
Eastern newt
extraction & qc
Eastern phoebe
extraction & qc
Eastern tiger swallowtail
resampling
Eighteen-scaled worm
assembled
sra
Eurasian watermilfoil
extraction & qc
European elm scale
extraction & qc
Evergreen huckleberry
assembled
sra
False hop sedge
extraction & qc
Fat blood star
resampling
Feather duster worm
resampling
Ferruginous hawk
assembled
sra
Fisher
extraction & qc
Fluted sea squirt
extraction & qc
Formica podzolica
assembled
sra
Four-spined squat lobster
extraction & qc
Fourline snakeblenny
extraction & qc
Fourlined plant bug
extraction & qc
Garden fleahopper
extraction & qc
Garita skipperling
extraction & qc
Garlic mustard
extraction & qc
Giant kelp
extraction & qc
Glass sponge
extraction & qc
Golden star tunicate
extraction & qc
Golden-crowned kinglet
extraction & qc
Graceful rock crab
extraction & qc
Grainyhand hermit crab
extraction & qc
Grapevine aphid
extraction & qc
Gray treefrog
extraction & qc
Gray's cutthroat
sequenced
sra
Gray-cheeked thrush
extraction & qc
Great grey owl
assembled
sra
Greater St. John's wort beetle
sequenced
sra
Green frog
assembled
sra
Green heron
assembled
sra
Green sea urchin
assembled
Green shore crab
extraction & qc
Greenland cockle
annotated
Grey ratsnake
assembled
sra
Ground beetle
extraction & qc
Gulfweed
extraction & qc
Hairy crab
extraction & qc
Hairy hermit crab
extraction & qc
Harbour seal
extraction & qc
Harris's sparrow
extraction & qc
Helmet crab
extraction & qc
Hermit thrush
extraction & qc
Highfin scorpionfish
assembled
sra
Himalayan blackberry
assembled
sra
Hooded merganser
extraction & qc
Hop aphid
extraction & qc
Horse mussel
extraction & qc
Horse star
assembled
sra
Indian plum
assembled
sra
Interior douglas fir
extraction & qc
Jacob's ladder
extraction & qc
Japanese skeleton shrimp
extraction & qc
Jefferson salamander
extraction & qc
Jonah crab
assembled
Kansas maple aphid?
extraction & qc
Kelp lace bryozoan
extraction & qc
Kentucky coffee tree
resampling
Knapweed seedhead weevil
assembled
sra
Knotted wrack
extraction & qc
Lancet fish
assembled
sra
Large fleabane daisy aphid
extraction & qc
Lilliput
extraction & qc
Lime-tree aphid
extraction & qc
Limpet
extraction & qc
Lincoln's sparrow
extraction & qc
Lined click beetle
assembled
sra
Lineolated sweat bee
extraction & qc
Lintner's pebble
assembled
sra
Little green shrimp
extraction & qc
Liver fluke
assembled
sra
Loggerhead sea turtle
annotated
Long-spined sheetweaver
extraction & qc
Magnolia scale
extraction & qc
Mantle pea crab
extraction & qc
Masked shrew
extraction & qc
Midland painted turtle
assembled
sra
Milkweed aphid
extraction & qc
Milkweed leaf beetle
assembled
sra
Miller dwarf weaver
extraction & qc
Mink frog
assembled
sra
Monkfish
assembled
sra
Monterey sea lemon
assembled
Moon jelly
resampling
Moose
extraction & qc
Mottled duskywing
resampling
Mottled star
assembled
sra
Mourning dove
extraction & qc
Mourning warbler
extraction & qc
Mud heart urchin
resampling
Mud star
assembled
sra
Mushroom adcidian
resampling
Musk turtle
annotated
Muskox
extraction & qc
Narwhal
assembled
Nashville warbler
extraction & qc
North American acorn barnacle
extraction & qc
Northeastern pebble bee
sequenced
sra
Northern basket star
assembled
sra
Northern crescent
resampling
Northern dusky salamander
extraction & qc
Northern flying squirrel
extraction & qc
Northern flying squirrel
extraction & qc
Northern fulmar
resampling
Northern hooded shrimp
resampling
Northern kelp crab
extraction & qc
Northern lacuna
extraction & qc
Northern leopard frog
assembled
sra
Northern long-toed salamander
sequenced
sra
Northern map turtle
assembled
sra
Northern propeller clam
assembled
Northern redbacked vole
assembled
sra
Northern sand lance
assembled
sra
Northern scarlet star
assembled
sra
Northern short-tailed shrew
extraction & qc
Northern spring azure
extraction & qc
Northern stone crab
assembled
Northern two-lined salamander
extraction & qc
Northern waterthrush
extraction & qc
Northwestern deer mouse
extraction & qc
Nuttall's quillwort
extraction & qc
Oblique banded leaf roller
assembled
sra
Oleander aphid
extraction & qc
Opossom shrimp
extraction & qc
Orange honeysuckle
extraction & qc
Orange-crowned warbler
extraction & qc
Orange-footed sea cucumber
extraction & qc
Oregon spotted frog
resampling
Oriental shrimp
extraction & qc
Oval-leaved blueberry
extraction & qc
Ovenbird
extraction & qc
Pacific bleeding heart
extraction & qc
Pacific blood star
resampling
Pacific coast wireworm
sequenced
sra
Pacific dogwood
extraction & qc
Pacific lyre crab
extraction & qc
Pacific madrone
sequenced
sra
Pacific spiny dogfish
annotated
Pacific spot prawn
extraction & qc
Pale miner bee
extraction & qc
Pale sea urchin
extraction & qc
Pale sheetweb weaver
extraction & qc
Palm warbler
extraction & qc
Pearl crescent
resampling
Peatland sheetweb weaver
extraction & qc
Pelagic gooseneck barnacle
resampling
Pellucid four-tooth moss
assembled
sra
Philadelphia vireo
extraction & qc
Pickerel frog
extraction & qc
Pitseed goosefoot
extraction & qc
Plant bug_pp
extraction & qc
Polar bear
extraction & qc
Polar sea star
assembled
sra
Pollock
assembled
sra
Ponderosa pine
extraction & qc
Prairie grain wireworm
resampling
Pronghorn
assembled
Purple broomrape
extraction & qc
Purple shore crab
extraction & qc
Purple sunstar
assembled
sra
Red flowering currant
assembled
sra
Red fox
extraction & qc
Red fox sparrow
extraction & qc
Red huckleberry
assembled
sra
Red rock crab
extraction & qc
Red squirrel
extraction & qc
Red tree coral
extraction & qc
Red tube worm
resampling
Red-backed salamander
extraction & qc
Red-eyed vireo
extraction & qc
Red-osier dogwood aphid
extraction & qc
Red-spotted purple
resampling
Redbelly snake
extraction & qc
Redwood sorrel
extraction & qc
Reed leaf beetle
extraction & qc
Rice leaf bug
extraction & qc
Ring-necked snake
extraction & qc
Ringed seal
extraction & qc
Rockweed isopod
extraction & qc
Rocky Mountain apollo butterfly
extraction & qc
Rose-breasted grosbeak
extraction & qc
Ruby-crowned kinglet
extraction & qc
Russet alder leaf beetle
assembled
sra
Russian hat sponge
resampling
Salmonberry
assembled
sra
Salmonberry (gold morph)
assembled
sra
Sand shrimp
extraction & qc
Scale worm
extraction & qc
Scarlet psolus
resampling
Sea colander
extraction & qc
Sea fir
resampling
Sea grape
assembled
sra
Sea spider
resampling
Sea strawberry
resampling
Seastar
assembled
sra
Shallon
assembled
sra
Signal crayfish
extraction & qc
Simple sheetweb weaver
extraction & qc
Sitka coastal shrimp
extraction & qc
Slate-coloured fox sparrow
extraction & qc
Small camas
extraction & qc
Small willow aphid
extraction & qc
Smooth green snake
extraction & qc
Smooth skate
assembled
Snapping turtle
assembled
sra
Snow crab
extraction & qc
Snow goose
extraction & qc
Snowy owl
assembled
sra
Sooty fox sparrow
extraction & qc
Spiny lobster
extraction & qc
Spiny lumpsucker
assembled
sra
Spiny softshell turtle
extraction & qc
Spirea aphid
extraction & qc
Spotfin dragonet
assembled
sra
Spotfin tonguefish
assembled
sra
Spotted turtle
assembled
sra
Spring peeper
extraction & qc
Squat lobster
extraction & qc
Stalked jellyfish
extraction & qc
Star-tipped reindeer lichen
sequenced
sra
Starfish
resampling
Steller sea lion
annotated
Sticky false asphodel
extraction & qc
Stout coastal shrimp
extraction & qc
Strawberry aphid
extraction & qc
Strawberry blossom weevil
assembled
sra
Striped pine scale
extraction & qc
Striped skunk
extraction & qc
Subalpine mountainsnail
assembled
sra
Sugar kelp
extraction & qc
Sugarbeet wireworm
extraction & qc
Sugarstick
extraction & qc
Sumac-grass aphid
extraction & qc
Summer azure
resampling
Sweat bee
extraction & qc
Tall white bog orchid
extraction & qc
Tennessee warbler
extraction & qc
Thatched barnacle
resampling
The rock louse
extraction & qc
Thimbleberry
assembled
sra
Thinleaf huckleberry
assembled
sra
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
extraction & qc
Thrip_lr
extraction & qc
Tomcod
extraction & qc
Transparent tunicate
extraction & qc
Trumpeter swan
extraction & qc
Turban barnacle
assembled
Vancouver Island Marmot
assembled
sra
Vancouver Island beggarticks
assembled
sra
Vancouver groundcone
extraction & qc
Vanilla leaf
extraction & qc
Vase tunicate
extraction & qc
Wallace's spikemoss
extraction & qc
Walnut lace bug
extraction & qc
Waxy spruce aphid
extraction & qc
Weak long-handled money spider
extraction & qc
Western Atlantic hairy hermit crab
extraction & qc
Western field wireworm
extraction & qc
Western grebe
extraction & qc
Western jumping mouse
extraction & qc
Western larch
extraction & qc
Western painted turtle
assembled
sra
Wheat wireworm
assembled
sra
Whip coral
extraction & qc
White Arctic heather
extraction & qc
White barracudina
assembled
sra
White crust
resampling
White hake
assembled
White shark
assembled
sra
White-throated sparrow
extraction & qc
Willow flycatcher
extraction & qc
Wilmatte's cellophane bee
extraction & qc
Wilson's warbler
extraction & qc
Winter skate
assembled
Wireworm click beetle
assembled
sra
Wolf eelpout
extraction & qc
Wolverine
extraction & qc
Wood duck
extraction & qc
Wood poppy
resampling
Wood turtle
annotated
Woolly birch aphid
extraction & qc
Wrymouth
assembled
sra
Yellow shore crab
extraction & qc
Yellowfin bass
extraction & qc

Updated on 05-Oct-2024.

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

Declining Biodiversity Management

Canada possesses significant biodiversity, with roughly 80,000 plant and animal species in environments ranging from desert to the arctic. Many of these species are under threat due to rapid changes in climate and other human-led impacts on our environment.

The 2020 federal Wild Species report, which assessed ~50,534 Canadian species, identified ~4.5 per cent (2,253 species) as “May Be at Risk” in Canada.

As of May 2023, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada’s (COSEWIC) assessments included 846 wildlife species in various risk categories; 21 Extirpated (i.e., no longer found in the wild in Canada). In addition, 23 wildlife species have been assessed as Extinct.

Assessments by Indigenous Peoples in Canada also reflect systemic change— Inuit report declining abundance, health, and populations of several species.