Primary control zone for avian influenza (PCZ-298 – 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 12, 2025, at 11:01 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–298	November 5, 2025	November 5, 2025

Designation order

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2025, primary control zone 298 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 November 5, 2025, at 11:30 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 November 5, 2025, at 9:17 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 298 (PCZ-298)

Starting at junction of Unnamed Road and 3 Mile Rd at GPS coordinate 52.7561N 113.3902W
North on 3 Mile Rd to Township Rd 442
West on Township Rd 442 to Range Rd 244
North on Range Rd 244 to Hwy 611
West/northwest on Hwy 611 to Hwy 2A
Northeast along Hwy 2A to Township Rd 454
East on Township Rd 454 to Range Rd 242
North on Range Rd 242 to Township Rd 460
East on Township Rd 460 to Range Rd 231
South on Range Rd 231 to Township Rd 454
East on Township Rd 454 to Range Rd 224B
Southwest on Range Rd 224B to Range Rd 224A
South on Range Rd 224A to Township Rd 452
West on Township Rd 452 to Range Rd 225
South on Range Rd 225 to Hwy 611
East on Hwy 611 to Range Rd 224
South on Range Rd 224 to Township Rd 442
West on Township Rd 442 to Hwy 822
South on Hwy 822 to Township Rd 441
West on Township Rd 441 to GPS coordinate 52.7705N 113.2331W
Southwest from GPS coordinate 52.7705N 113.2331W across terrain to GPS coordinate 52.7561N 113.2927W on Unnamed Rd
West on Unnamed Rd from GPS coordinate 52.7561N 113.2927W to GPS coordinate 52.7561N 113.3902W.