Primary control zone (PCZ-273 – Alberta)

2025-09-10: Designation order (PDF – 515.26 kb)
2025-09-10: Declaration order (PDF – 97.72 kb)

Designation order

WHEREAS, on September 10, 2025, primary control zone 273 was declared by Paul MacKinnon, the 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 Abbotsford, British Columbia this day of September 10, 2025, at 8:42 am.

Cortnie Fotheringham
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, Paul MacKinnon, the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under the delegated authority of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the Honorable Heath MacDonald), 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 September 10, 2025, at 11:00 am.

Paul MacKinnon
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 273 (PCZ-273)

Start at the junction of Township Rd 482 and Range Rd 173
North on Range Rd 173 to Township Rd 484
West on Township Rd 484 to Range Rd 175
North on Range Rd 175 to Township Rd 500
East on Township Rd 500 to Range Rd 173/Rd 854
North on Range Rd 173/Rd 854 to Township Rd 502
East on Township Rd 502 to Rd 855
South on Rd 855 to Township Rd 500
East on Township Rd 500 to Range Rd 155
South on Range Rd 155 to Township Rd 490
West on Township Rd 490 to Range Rd 160
South on Range Rd 160 to Township Rd 484
East on Township Rd 484 to Rd 855
South on Rd 855 to Township Rd 482
East on Township Rd 482 continuing Southeast onto Township Rd 481A to Range Rd 163
North on Range Rd 163 to Township Rd 482
East on Township Rd 482 to Range Rd 173.