Primary control zone (PCZ-209 – Alberta)

2024-01-06: Revocation order (PDF – 837 kb)
2023-11-07: Designation order (PDF – 512 kb)
2023-11-07: Declaration order (PDF – 108 kb)

Revocation order

Revocation Order (Section 27.3 of the Health of Animals Act)

WHEREAS, I, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, 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 this 6th day of January, 2024 at 12:43 pm.

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

Primary Control Zone (PCZ)	Primary Control Zone Declaration Order Date	Designation Order Date
PCZ-209	November 7, 2023	November 7, 2023

Designation order

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, primary control zone 209 was declared by Harpreet Kochhar, 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 Abbotsford, British Columbia on November 7, 2023, at 3:00 pm.

Cortnie Fotheringham
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, rehabilitation, 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, c. 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 300 or more 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 300 for producing or selling their products locally for limited sales or for breeding for these purposes

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Declaration order

WHEREAS, I, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under the delegated authority of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (the Honorable Lawrence MacAulay), 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 7, 2023 at 5:00 pm.

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
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 209 (PCZ-209)

Starting at the junction of Township Road 95 and Highway 811
North on Highway 811 to Township Road 100
West on Township Road 100 to Range Road 263
North on Range Road 263 to Township Road 102
West on Township Road 102 to Range Road 264
North on Range Road 264 to Township Road 104
East on Township Road 104 to Range Road 263
North on Range Road 263 to Highway 519
West on Highway 519 to Range Road 262
North on Range Road 262 to Township Road 112
East on Township Road 112 to Range Road 255
North on Range Road 255 to Township Road 114
Easts on Township Road 114 to Range Road 245
South on Range Road 245 to Range Road 245A
South West on Range Road 245A to Township Road 112
East on Township Road 112 to Range Road 243
South on Range Road 243 to Highway 519
East on along the South edge of Highway 519 to Range Road 243
South on Range Road 243 to the railway tracks at GPS coordinate 113.185303W 49.818810N
South West from GPS coordinate 113.185303W 49.818810N along the railway tracks to GPS coordinate 113.303621W 49.757800N on Range Road 252
North West from GPS coordinate 113.303621W 49.757800N across terrain to GPS coordinate 113.388936W 49.771314N at the junction of Range Road 260 and Township Road 95
West on Township Road 95 to Highway 811