Canadian Wildlife Service

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Canadian Wildlife Service

Service canadien de la faune
Bird Rocks, Magdalan Island, Quebec
Agency overview
Formed	November 1, 1947 (1947-11-01)
Headquarters	Ottawa
Employees	550
Parent department	Environment and Climate Change Canada
Parent agency	Government of Canada
Website	Official website of Canadian Wildlife Service

The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS (French: Service canadien de la faune), is a Branch of the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada, a department of the Government of Canada. November 1, 2012 marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Service (originally known as the Dominion Wildlife Service).^[1]

The Canadian Wildlife Service has been Canada's national wildlife agency since 1947.