Primary control zone for avian influenza (PCZ-293 – Alberta)

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 11, 2025, at 11:25 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–293	October 30, 2025	October 30, 2025

Designation order

WHEREAS, on October 30, 2025, primary control zone 293 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 30, 2025, at 10:30 am.

Original version signed by:

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 30, 2025, at 9:26 am.

Original version signed by:

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 293 (PCZ-293)

Starting at the junction of Hwy 39 and Range Rd 43
North on Range Road 43 to Township Rd 500 at GPS coordinate 53.2797N 114.5135W
Northeast from GPS coordinate 53.2797N 114.5135W across terrain to GPS coordinate 53.3377N 114.4399W on Township Rd 504
East on Township Rd 504 to Range Rd 33
South/southeast on Range Rd 33 to Hwy 770
Northeast/north on Hwy 770 to Township Rd 505A
East/southeast on Township Rd 505A to Township Rd 505
East/southeast/south on Township Rd 505 to Township Rd 504
Southeast/east on Township Rd 504 to Range Rd 22/Range Road 22A
South on Range Rd 22/Range Rd 22A to Hwy 622
East on Hwy 622 to Range Rd 23
South on Range Rd 23 to Township Rd 494
East on Township Rd 494 to Range Rd 22
South on Range Rd 22 to Township Rd 492
West on Township Rd 492 to Range Rd 25
South on Range Rd 25 to Township Rd 484
West on Township Rd 484 to GPS coordinate 53.1633N 114.3318W
West from GPS coordinate 53.1633N 114.3318W across terrain to GPS coordinate 53.1632N 114.3433W on Township Rd 484
West on Township Rd 484 to Range Rd 40
North on Range Rd 40 to Hwy 39
Southwest on Hwy 39 to Range Rd 43.