Primary control zone (PCZ-256 – Ontario)

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 March 8, 2025, at 10:03 am.

Paul MacKinnon
President of the CFIA

Schedule

WHEREAS, on December 30, 2024, primary control zone 256 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 Calgary, Alberta this day of December 30, 2024, at 3:45 pm.

Mike DiMambro
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.

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 December 30, 2024, at 5:05 pm.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

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

The following area in the province of Ontario bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 256 (PCZ-256)

• Starting at the intersection of Road 84 and 27th Line
• Southeast on 27th Line to Road 78
• Northeast on Road 78 to 29th Line
• Southeast on 29th Line to Road 74
• Northeast on Road 74 to 31st Line
• Southeast on 31st Line to N Town Line W
• Southwest on N Town Line W to 19th Line
• Southeast on 19th Line continuing as Bell St to Ingersoll St N
• Southeast on Ingersoll St N to King St W
• Southwest on King St W continuing as Hamilton Rd to Putnam Rd
• South on Putnam Rd to Highway 401
• Southwest on Highway 401 to Dorchester Rd
• North on Dorchester Rd to Donnybrook Dr
• Southwest on Donnybrook Dr to Westchester Bourne
• North on Westchester Bourne to Catherine St
• Southwest on Catherine St to Veterans Memorial Parkway
• Northwest on Veterans Memorial Parkway to Gore Rd
• Northeast on Gore Rd to Crumlin Sideroad
• Northwest on Crumlin Sideroad to Dundas St
• Northeast on Dundas St to Creamery Rd
• Northwest on Creamery Rd to its terminus and continuing on the same bearing to the intersection of Rebecca Rd and Evelyn Dr
• Northwest on Rebecca Rd to Wyton Dr
• Northeast on Wyton Dr to Fairview Rd
• Northwest on Fairview Rd to Thorndale Rd
• Northeast on Thorndale Rd continuing as Road 84 to 15th Line
• Northwest on 15th Line to Road 88
• Northeast on Road 88 to 23rd Line
• Southeast on 23rd Line to Road 84
• Northeast on Road 84 to 27th Line