Primary control zone (PCZ-278 – Alberta)

Designation order

WHEREAS, on October 3, 2025, primary control zone 278 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 Ottawa, Ontario, this day of October 3, 2025, at 3:58 pm.

Martin Appelt
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 October 3, 2025, at 3:30 pm.

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 278 (PCZ-278)

Starting at the GPS coordinate 49.3050N 112.7631W
North from GPS coordinate 49.3050N 112.7631W across terrain to GPS coordinate 49.3194N 112.7630W at junction of Township Road 44 and Range Road 213
Northwest from GPS coordinate 49.3194N 112.7630W across terrain to GPS coordinate 49.3485N 112.8303W at the junction of Highway 506 and Range Road 220
North on Range Road 220 to Township Road 60
East on Township Road 60 to Range Road 215
North on Range Road 215 to Highway 5
Northeast/north on Highway 5 to Township Road 62/Highway 52
East on Highway 52 to Range Road 201
South on Range Road 201 to Township Road 60
East on Township Road 60 to Range Road 200
South on Range Road 200 to Township Road 52 at GPS coordinate 49.3776N 112.5614W
South from GPS coordinate 49.3776N 112.5614W across terrain to GPS coordinate 49.3621N 112.5614W on Range Road 200
South on Range Road 200 to Highway 506
West on Highway 506 to Range Road 201
South on Range Road 201 to GPS coordinate 49.3048N 112.5838W
West from GPS coordinate 49.3048N 112.5838W across terrain to GPS coordinate 49.3050N 112.7631W