Primary control zone for avian influenza (PCZ-241 – British Columbia)

Revocation order

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

WHEREAS I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-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 14th day of January 2025 at 10:00 am.

Original version signed by:

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

Primary Control Zone (PCZ)	Primary Control Zone Declaration Order date	Designation Order date
PCZ–241	November 5, 2024	November 5, 2024

Designation order

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2024, primary control zone 241 was declared by Jean-Guy Forgeron, the Executive Vice-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 Delta, British Columbia this day of November 5, 2024, at 10:43 am.

Original version signed by:

Janice Bridgland
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, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-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 5, 2024 at 1:23 pm.

Original version signed by:

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Province of British Columbia – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of British Columbia bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for:

Primary Control Zone 241 (PCZ-241)

Starting at GPS coordinate 124.604229W 49.803020N on the Northeast edge of the shoreline of Texada Island.
Northeast from GPS coordinate 124.604229W 49.803020N across terrain to GPS coordinate 124.596097W 49.891131N on Gibsons Beach Road
Northeast on Gibsons Beach Road to Lund Street at GPS coordinate 124.584386W 49.895506N
Northeast from GPS coordinate 124.584386W 49.895506N across terrain to GPS coordinate 124.570106W 49.896881N at the junction of McMahon Ave and Skeena Street
East on Skeena Street to Sutherland Ave
North/Northwest on Sutherland Ave to Wolfson Street at GPS coordinate 124.566351W 49.904068N
Southeast from GPS coordinate 124.566351W 49.904068N across terrain to GPS coordinate 124.413669W 49.855466N on Halsam Lake Road/Burma Road
Southeast on Halsam Lake Road/Burma Road to Halsam Lake Road/Granit Main Road
Southeast on Halsam Lake Road/Granit Main Road to Weldwood Road
Northwest/Southwest/southeast on Weldwood Road to Sunshine Coast Hwy
Southwest on Sunshine Coast Hwy to Brew Bay Road/Mahood Road
South on Brew Bay Road/Mahood Road to GPS coordinate 124.371687W 49.773311N
Southwest from GPS coordinate 124.371687W 49.773311N across terrain to GPS coordinate 124.437165W 49.728593N along the northeast edge of the shoreline of Texada Island
Northwest from GPS coordinate 124.437165W 49.728593N along the northeast edge of the shoreline of Texada Island to GPS coordinate 124.604229W 49.803020N.