Primary control zone for avian influenza (PCZ-319 – 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 February 26, 2026, at 9:18 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–319	January 17, 2026	January 17, 2026

Designation order

WHEREAS, on January 17, 2026, primary control zone 319 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 January 17, 2026, at 6:25 pm.

Original version signed by:

Dr Clarice Lulai-Angi
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 January 17, 2026, at 11.29 am.

Original version signed by:

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 319 (PCZ-319)

Starting at the intersection of Range des Chênes and Principale St./Highway 261
South to 8th Range
Northeast to the point with coordinates lat. 46.113635 and long. -72,057239
Southeast to Adrien Range at the point with coordinates lat. 46.090853 and long. -72,02277
East to Coupe Road
South to 11^th Range
South through fields to the intersection of Pierre-Roux Blvd. and Jutras Blvd. W
East on Jutras Blvd. W. to the point with coordinates lat. 46.048468 and long. -71,98909
Southeast through fields to Académie St. at the point of coordinates lat. 46.046664 and long. -71,98567
South to the point with coordinates lat. 46.034396 and long. -72,001503
Southeast through fields to the intersection of 4th Range E, Gamache Street and Kirouac Road
Southwest on 4th Range E which becomes 4th Range W to Alfred-Laliberté Rd.
Northwest on Alfred-Laliberté Rd. which becomes Baril Rd. to 7^th Range
South, on 7^th Range which becomes Principale Rd. until the intersection of 12^th Range
West to the intersection of Développement Rd. and Range des Chalets
North through fields to Warwick Road at coordinates lat. 45.976346 and long. -72, 212941
Northwest on Warwick Road which becomes Saint-Jean Street to Principale Street
North on Principale St. which becomes Range de la Rivière-de-l'Est until the point of coordinates lat. 46, 045266 and long. -72, 256173
North through fields to 15th Range at the point with coordinates lat. 46, 048858 and long. -73, 25501
Northeast to St. Helene Street
North to Range des Chênes
East to Principale Street/Highway 261