Primary control zone (PCZ-227 – Alberta)

2024-01-27: Revocation order (PDF – 746 kb)
2023-12-11: Designation order (PDF – 468 kb)
2023-12-11: Declaration order (PDF – 482 kb)

Revocation order

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

WHEREAS, I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President, acting as 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 27th day of January, 2024 at 10:00 am.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Acting as President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Schedule

Primary Control Zone (PCZ)	Primary Control Zone Declaration Order Date	Designation Order Date
PCZ-227	December 11, 2023	December 11, 2023

Designation order

WHEREAS, on December 11, 2023, primary control zone 227 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 Calgary, Alberta on December 11, 2023, at 1:45 pm.

Mike DiMambro
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 December 11, 2023 at 3:10 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 227 (PCZ-227)

Starting at the junction of Township Road 82 and Range Road 194
North on Range Road 194 to Highway 512
West on Highway 512 to Range Road 200
North on Range Road 200 to the train tracks on the Northern edge of Crowsnest Highway at GPS coordinate 112.578618W 49.736103N
Southwest along the train tracks on the Northern edge of Crowsnest Highway to Range Road 201
North on Range Road 201 to Township Road 94
East on Township Road 94 to Range Road 195
North on Range Road 195 to Township Road 102
East on Township Road 102 to Range Road 182
South on Range Road 182 to Township Road 100
East on Township Road 100 to Range Road 180
South on Range Road 180 to Township Road 94
East on Township Road 94 to Range Road 175
South on Range Road 175 to Township Road 92
West on Township Road 92 to Range Road 180
South on Range Road 180 to Township Road 90
West on Township Road 90 to Range Road 182
South on Range Road 182, continuing on Range Road 182 A to Township Road 84
East on Township Road 84 to Range Road 182
South on Range Road 182 to Township Road 82
West on Township Road 82 to Range Road 194