Primary control zone for avian influenza (PCZ-288 – Manitoba)

Revocation order

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

WHEREAS I, Paul MacKinnon, 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 on December 28, 2025, at 2:30 pm.

Original version signed by:

Paul MacKinnon
President of the CFIA

Schedule

Primary Control Zone (PCZ)	Primary Control Zone Declaration Order date	Designation Order date
PCZ–288	October 21, 2025	October 21, 2025

Designation order

WHEREAS, on October 21, 2025, primary control zone 288 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 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, this day of October 21, 2025, at 7:00 pm.

Original version signed by:

Charlene Vidito-Milne
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 21, 2025, at 4:41 pm.

Original version signed by:

Paul MacKinnon
President of the CFIA

Schedule

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

The following area in the province of Manitoba bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 288 (PCZ-288)

Start at the junction of Hanover Rd W/Road 34N and Rd 29E/Blatz Rd
North on Rd 29E/Blatz Rd to Hwy 52
West on Hwy 52 to Rd 27E
North on Rd 27E to Rd 39N
West on Rd 39N to Rd 26E
North on Rd 26E to 311 Rd
East on 311 Rd to Rd 27E
North on Rd 27E to Prefontaine Rd/Municipal Rd 43N
East on Prefontaine Rd/Municipal Rd 43N to Municipal Rd 29E
North on Municipal Rd 29E to Provincial Rd 210
East/southeast on Provincial Rd 210 to Seine Rd
Southeast on Seine Rd to Finnigan Rd
Southeast on Finnigan Rd to 210 Rd
Southeast on 210 Rd to 311 Rd
West on 311 Rd to Quarry Oaks Rd 38E
South on Quarry Oaks Rd 38E to Municipal Rd 36E
West on Municipal Rd 36N to Ekron Rd 37E
South on Ekron Rd 37E to Hwy 52
West on Hwy 52 to Hirschfeld Rd 36E
South on Hirschfeld Rd 36E to Hanover Rd E/Road 34N
West on Hanover Rd E/Road 34N to Hanover Rd W/Road 34N
West on Hanover Rd W/Road 34N to Rd 29E/Blatz Rd.