Primary control zone for avian influenza (PCZ-284 - Quebec)

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 1, 2025, at 10:00 am.

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-284	October 16, 2025	October 16, 2025

Designation order

WHEREAS, on October 16, 2025, primary control zone 284 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 16, 2025, at 10:00 am.

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 16, 2025, at 8:41 am.

Paul MacKinnon
President of the CFIA

Schedule

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

The following area in the province of Quebec bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 284 (PCZ-284)

Starting at the intersection 2nd Rang at the point with coordinates lat. 47.664055 and long. -70.332369
East to the intersection of Route 138
North to the intersection of Main Street
South to the intersection of Rang Saint-Charles
North to the intersection of Mailloux Road
East to Ch. des Falaises
South to the point with coordinates lat. 47.617805 and long. -70.149636
East through fields to the intersection of the Charlevoix Railway to the point of coordinates lat. 47.617066 and long. -70.147787
South to the point with coordinates lat. 47.47192 and long. -70.288574
Northward through fields to the intersection of the Route du Fleuve at the point with coordinates lat. 47.489801 and long. -70.295291
West through fields to the intersection of Rang Sainte-Catherine at the point of coordinates lat. 47.495484 and long. -70.329494
North to the intersection of Rang Sainte-Marie
West to the intersection of Ch. de Saint-Hilarion
To the north becomes Ch. Cartier to the intersection of 5th Rang
North to the intersection of 2nd Range at the point with coordinates lat. 47.664055 and long. -70.332369