Primary control zone for avian influenza (PCZ-305 – Saskatchewan)

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 24, 2025, at 2:35 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–305	November 20, 2025	November 20, 2025

Designation order

WHEREAS, on November 20, 2025, primary control zone 305 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 20, 2025, at 1:45 pm.

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 20, 2025, at 12:51 pm.

Original version signed by:

Paul MacKinnon
President of the CFIA

Schedule

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

The following area in the province of Saskatchewan bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 305 (PCZ-305)

Starting at the junction of Township Rd 400 and Lerew St
North on Lerew St to Hwy 41
North on Hwy 41 to Smuts Rd
West on Smuts Rd to Range Rd 3021
North on Range Rd 3021 to Township Rd 404
West on Township Rd 404 to Moysuik Lane
North on Moysuik Lane to Township Rd 412
East on Township Rd 412 to Fish Creek Rd
North on Fish Creek Rd to GPS coordinate 52.5475N 106.1719W
Northeast/north from GPS coordinate 52.5475N 106.1719W on Unnamed Road to GPS coordinate 52.5511N 106.1687W on Township Rd 414
East on Township Rd 414 to Range Rd 3020
North/northeast on Range Rd 3020 to Township Rd 420
East on Township Rd 420 to Range Rd 2282
South on Range Rd 2282 to Unnamed Road at GPS coordinate 52.5510N 105.9384W
East on Unnamed Road from GPS coordinate 52.5510N 105.9384W to GPS coordinate 52.5510N 105.9143W at Range Rd 2281
South on Range Rd 2281 to GPS coordinate 52.5425N 105.9144W
South from GPS coordinate 52.5425N 105.9144W across terrain to GPS coordinate 52.5075N 105.9144W on Range Rd 2281
South on Range Rd 2281 to Township Rd 404
West on Township Rd 404 to Range Rd 2282
South on Range Rd 2282 to Grid Rd 767
West on Grid Rd 767 to Range Rd 2284
South on Range Rd 2284 to Township Rd 400
West on Township Rd 400 to Lerew St.