The table below summarizes the current status and significant progress made by the United States and Canada to restore Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
| Canada | United States | Shared Binational |
| Restored Areas of Concern Wheatley Harbour (2010) Severn Sound (2003) Collingwood Harbour (1994) | Restored Areas of Concern Deer Lake (2014) White Lake (2014) Presque Isle Bay (In Recovery 2002, restored 2013) Oswego River (2006) Lower Menominee River (2020) Ashtabula River (2021) | |
| Areas of Concern in Recovery Jackfish Bay (2011) Spanish Harbour (1999) | ||
| Areas of Concern Thunder Bay Nipigon Bay Peninsula Harbour Hamilton Harbour Toronto and Region Port Hope Harbour Bay of Quinte | Areas of Concern Black River Buffalo River Clinton River Cuyahoga River Eighteenmile Creek Lower Green Bay & Fox River Grand Calumet River Kalamazoo River Manistique River Maumee Milwaukee Estuary Muskegon Lake River Raisin Rochester Embayment Rouge River Saginaw River and Bay Sheboygan River St. Louis River Torch Lake Waukegan Harbor | Areas of Concern St. Marys River Canada United States St. Clair River Canada United States Detroit River Canada United States Niagara River Canada United States St. Lawrence River Canada United States |