20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Woodland Caribou

The woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) was formally designated a threatened species under Canada's Species at Risk Act in 2002, with boreal populations continuing to decline primarily due to industrial forestry fragmenting their habitat. The Royal Canadian Mint's wildlife bullion and collector programs from this period leaned heavily on at-risk fauna — a pattern that aligned neatly with federal conservation messaging without requiring any direct funding commitment to recovery efforts.

.9999 fine silver rather than the more common .999 was the RCM's house standard for collector issues by this date, a distinction they marketed aggressively to the numismatic market.