Primary control zone (PCZ-244–Quebec)

2024-12-19: Revocation order (PDF – 135 kb)
2024-12-04: Amended designation order (PDF – 121 kb)
2024-12-04: Amended declaration order (PDF – 145 kb)

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 low 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 19, 2024 at 1:20pm.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

Primary Control Zone (PCZ)	Primary Control Zone Declaration Order Date	Designation Order Date
PCZ-244	November 18, 2024	November 18, 2024

Amended designation order

WHEREAS on December 4, 2024, the boundaries of Primary Control Zone 244 described in the schedule of a Primary Control Zone Declaration Order (referred to in this order as "Declaration Order") were amended by the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, pursuant to subsection 27.3 of the Health of Animals Act^{Footnote 1} (the "Act") in respect of low pathogenic avian influenza;

WHEREAS, as an inspector, I am authorized under section 33(1) 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 low pathogenic avian influenza.

AND WHEREAS as an inspector, I am also authorized under section 33(2) of the Act to exercise the power of the Minister under section 27.3 of the Act to amend an order made under subsection 27(2) of the Act.

THEREFORE, by this order, I amend the Designation Order made on November 18, 2024 to refer to the amended Declaration Order made on December 4, 2024 for Primary Control Zone 244.

Dated at Calgary, Alberta this day of December 4, at 8:50 am.

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, 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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Amended declaration order

WHEREAS on November 18, 2024, I, Jean-Guy Forgeron, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, declared Primary Control Zone 244 in a Declaration Order, pursuant to subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals Act^{Footnote 1} (the Act) in respect of the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

WHEREAS I am authorized to exercise the power of the Minister under section 27.3 of the Act to amend an order made under subsection 27(1) of the Act.

THEREFORE, by this order, I amend the Primary Control Zone described in the Schedule of the Declaration Order referred to above by replacing it with the Primary Control Zone in respect of the low pathogenic avian influenza described in the attached Schedule.

Dated at Ottawa, Ontario this day of December 4, 2024, at 10:30 am.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-President of the CFIA

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for low 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 244 (PCZ-244)

Starting at 4th Rang at the GPS coordinates lat. 45.767204 and long. -72.758097.
East across fields to the intersection of Brouillard rd. and Rang Saint-Augustin.
Southeast to Hwy Jean-Lesage/Hwy 20.
Southwest to the GPS coordinates lat. 45.71464 and long. -72.76815.
Northwest across fields to the GPS coordinates lat. 45.73028 and long. -72.791324.
North across fields to 2nd Rang at the GPS coordinates lat. 45.747952 and long. -72.791925.
Northeast across fields to 3rd Rang at the GPS coordinates lat. 45.75927 and long. -72.776046.
East across to 4th Range at the GPS coordinates lat. 45.767204 and long. -72.758097.

Archived orders

Designation order (archived) – November 18, 2024

2024-11-18: Designation order (PDF – 181 kb)

WHEREAS, on November 18, 2024, primary control zone 244 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.

Dated at Delta, British Columbia this day of November 18, 2024, at 7:01 am.

Janice Bridgland
Inspector

Schedule

AND

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

Return to footnote 2 referrer

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 (archived) – November 18, 2024

2024-11-18: Declaration order (PDF – 99 kb)

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 18, 2024, at 9:30 am.

Jean-Guy Forgeron
Executive Vice-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 244 (PCZ-244)

Starting at the intersection of Rang St-Méthode and Rang du Cordon, south to Ross Road.
To the east which becomes the 11th Rang to the Route des Loisirs.
East to the GPS coordinates lat. 45.827512 and long. -72.670025.
South through fields to the intersection of 13th Rang and Laframboise Street.
South to Principale de St-Nazaire d'Acton Street.
To the east to the du Moulin St.
To the south, du Moulin St. becomes Route Major to 9th Rang.
To the west, the 9th Range becomes the Route Lachaine to the 8th Range.
To the west, the 8th Range becomes the Bochatay Road to the 7th Range.
Heading west to the intersection of Rang de la Carrière.
To the south, Rang de la Carrière becomes St-Éphrem St. to Lanoie St.
South to the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railway.
Heading west to Rang St-Georges.
Northwest to the intersection of 2nd Range West.
Heading northeast to the intersection of St-Simon-de-Bagot Main Street.
North through fields to the intersection of Yamaska Street and Notre-Dame de St-Hugues Street.
Northeast on Yamaska Street to the intersection of 4th Rang.
East through fields to the intersection of Rang St-Prime and Rang St-Méthode.
To the northeast to Rang du Cordon.