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Data sources for CAN-SAR: a database of Canadian Species at Risk information. The database includes data extracted from multiple sources produced at various stages of the Canadian species at risk listing and recovery planning processes, including assessment, listing decision, recovery planning, and action planning. Primary responsible organizations at each stage include the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife Species in Canada (COSEWIC) and the Government of Canada. The database includes information extracted from 1146 documents relating to 594 wildlife species representing a diverse set of data fields including taxonomic group, threat categories, and action types. Taxonomic groups included amphibians, arthropods, birds, fishes (freshwater), fishes (marine), lichens, mammals (marine), mammals (terrestrial), molluscs, mosses, reptiles, and vascular plants. Recovery action types include outreach and stewardship, research and monitoring, habitat management, and population management. The Level 1 IUCN threat categories are defined in Table 1.