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Discovering the sharks of our Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic waters.
Three oceans. Extraordinary lives. A shared responsibility.From cold northern depths to seasonal offshore journeys, meet the sharks that use Canadian waters. Explore their biology, the evidence behind their presence and our shared responsibility for their future.
READ PART 10: THE COMMON THRESHER →PART 1: Canada Is Shark Country →PART 2: The Greenland Shark: A Life Beyond Our Timescale →PART 3: The Salmon Shark: Built for a Cold Ocean →PART 4: The Porbeagle: A Fast Shark, a Long Road to Recovery →PART 5: The Basking Shark: The Giant We Almost Forgot →PART 6: The Bluntnose Sixgill: Beyond the Edge of the Light →PART 7: The Blue Shark: A Life Written Across Oceans →PART 8: The Shortfin Mako: Built for Speed. Dependent on Time. →PART 9: The North Pacific Spiny Dogfish: The Shark We Overlook →Also explore White Sharks in Canada ↓
FIELD NOTES / FEATURED RESEARCH SERIES
Following the seasonal journeys of the North Atlantic’s most iconic predator.
They don’t live in Canada. They return to Canada.Every year, white sharks move north through the western North Atlantic and into Canadian waters. They arrive during the warmer months, use parts of Atlantic Canada as seasonal habitat, and leave again as winter approaches.
White Sharks in Canada follows those journeys.
Through the work of Canadian scientists, universities, conservation organizations and international research partners, we explore why white sharks come north, how researchers follow them, where individual sharks return, what risks they encounter, and what their movements reveal about an ocean that recognizes no political borders.
This is not the story of a shark that belongs to Canada. It is the story of an animal whose annual life depends, in part, on Canadian waters.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 1
A field-level look at the researchers working in Nova Scotia waters to better understand the white sharks that return each year.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 2
Food, temperature, season and opportunity: the ocean conditions that make Atlantic Canada important seasonal habitat.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 3
From tags and receivers to satellite detections, scientists assemble fragments of data into a picture of an ocean-wide journey.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 4
From Nova Scotia and Sable Island to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Banks, researchers are assembling the evidence behind Canada’s seasonal white-shark habitats.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 5
Some white sharks return to the same Canadian regions across multiple years. What can those journeys tell us about site fidelity, navigation, experience and conservation?
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 6
A shark-tracker map is a representation of evidence, not a continuous record of an animal’s path. Learn how researchers interpret satellite, acoustic and archival telemetry—and the uncertainty within every signal.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 7
Juvenile and subadult white sharks are disproportionately likely to enter Canadian waters. Explore what life stage reveals about migration, habitat use and Canada’s role in the wider Northwest Atlantic population.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 8
Follow the elusive reproductive lives of large female white sharks—from late maturity and pregnancy to offshore movements, likely pupping regions and the next generation.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 9
As Atlantic Canada warms, white sharks may arrive earlier, remain later or travel farther north—but population recovery, prey and increased observation all shape what we see.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 10
White sharks and fisheries often use the same productive waters. Explore why accidental bycatch remains Canada’s principal documented human-caused mortality threat—and how fishers can help reduce it.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 11
Atlantic Canada can prepare for seasonal white shark encounters by connecting research, public information, responsible ocean use and emergency readiness.
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WHITE SHARKS IN CANADA / PART 12
A changing Atlantic could lengthen the Canadian season, redistribute habitat or bring more white sharks north. The series concludes by asking how Canada can recognize—and prepare for—several possible futures.
PUBLISHEDRead the Field Note →Standalone articles about shark senses, anatomy, physiology and adaptation. Read them in any order—no knowledge of the White Sharks in Canada series is required.
SHARK SCIENCE / FIELD NOTE
Can sharks smell a drop of blood from miles away? Do yellow fins attract them? Can they detect a GoPro—or navigate using Earth’s magnetic field? We separate shark mythology from the remarkable biology of hearing, smell, vision, the lateral line and electroreception.
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SHARK SCIENCE / FIELD NOTE
How can a white shark carry warm muscles through cold Canadian water? Explore regional endothermy, dermal denticles, cartilage, buoyancy, gill ventilation and the conveyor belt of replacement teeth.
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