Primary control zone (PCZ-243 – Alberta)

2025-01-08: Revocation order (PDF – 193 kb)
2024-11-13: Designation order (PDF – 181 kb)
2024-11-13: Declaration order (PDF – 95 kb)

Revocation order

Revocation Order (Section 27.3 of the Health of Animals Act)

WHEREAS I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, am of the opinion that the order declaring the primary control zone set out in the Schedule attached hereto is no longer necessary with regard to highly pathogenic avian influenza that may affect animals or that may be transmitted by animals to persons.

WHEREAS I am authorized under section 27.3 of the Health of Animals Act^Footnote 1 (the Act) to revoke an order made under subsection 27(1) of the Act;

THEREFORE, I hereby revoke the Declaration Order made pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the Act in respect of the primary control zone set out in the Schedule attached hereto;

AND THEREFORE, I hereby also revoke the Designation Order made pursuant to subsection 27(2) of the Health of Animals Act in respect of the animals and things set out in the Schedule attached hereto.

Dated at Ottawa, Ontario this 8th day of January 2025 at 10:45 am.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

Primary Control Zone (PCZ)	Primary Control Zone Declaration Order Date	Designation Order Date
PCZ-243	November 13, 2024	November 13, 2024

Designation order

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2024, primary control zone 243 was declared by Jean-Guy Forgeron, the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals Act^{Footnote 1} for highly pathogenic avian influenza; and whereas I am authorized under section 33 of the Act to exercise the power of the Minister under subsection 27(2) of the Act.

THEREFORE, under subsection 27(2) of the Act, in respect of that primary control zone, I hereby, by order, designate the animals and things listed in the Schedule attached as being capable of being infected or contaminated by the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Dated at Delta, British Columbia this day of November 13, 2024, at 3:03 pm.

Janice Bridgland
Inspector

Schedule

Commercial^{Footnote 2} or non-commercial^{Footnote 3} poultry. This includes day-old poultry and hatching eggs, eggs and other products or by-products of such captive domestic poultry, and things that have been exposed to such a bird.

AND

Other captive birds (including birds that are raised in captivity for racing, exhibitions, zoological collections, competitions, or pets) if movements may result in contact with commercial or non-commercial poultry or their facilities. This includes eggs, other products or by-products of other captive birds, and things that have been exposed to such a bird.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

S.C. 1990, ch. 21

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Footnote 2

Commercial poultry

Chickens and turkeys raised under Canada's supply management (quota) system for producing or selling their products or breeding for these purposes OR
Birds raised, outside the quota system, on a premises with:
- 1000 or more birds on-site in total, for producing or selling their products or breeding for those purposes OR
- 300 or more Anseriformes for producing or selling their products or breeding for these purposes

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Footnote 3

Non-commercial poultry

Birds raised in smaller flocks of fewer than 1000 birds total AND fewer than 300 Anseriformes, for producing or selling their products locally for limited sales or for breeding for these purposes

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Declaration order

WHEREAS, I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under the delegated authority of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the Honorable Lawrence MacAulay), believe that the disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza, exists in the area in Canada described in the schedule attached hereto.

THEREFORE, I hereby declare, pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals Act^{Footnote 1}, that the area described in the Schedule attached is a Primary Control Zone, effective the date below, in which I believe that highly pathogenic avian influenza exists.

Dated at Ottawa, Ontario this day of November 13, 2024, at 5:45 pm.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Province of Alberta – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of Alberta bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 243 (PCZ-243)

Starting at the junction of Township Road 432 and Range Road 210
North on Range Road 210 to Township Road 434
West on Township Road 434 to Range Road 213
North on Range Road 213 to Township Road 440
West on Township Road 440 to Range Road 214
North on Range Road 214 to Highway 611
East on Highway 611 to Range Road 213
North on Range Road 213 to Township Road 450
East on Township Road 450 to east edge of Highway 21
North on east edge of Highway 21 to Fredrickson St
East on Fredrickson St to Township Road 452
East on Township Road 452 to Range Road 205
North on Range Road 205 to Township Road 454
East on Township Road 454 to Range Road 203
South on Range Road 203 to Township Road 452
East on Township Road 452 to GPS coordinate 112.767815W 52.872986N
Southeast from GPS coordinate 112.767815W 52.872986N across terrain to GPS coordinate 112.747774W 52.872378N on Township Road 452
East on Township Road 452 to west edge of Highway 56
South on west edge of Highway 56 to Township Road 434
West on Township Road 434 to Range Road 201
South on Range Road 201 to Township Road 432
West on Township Road 432 to Range Road 210.