Designation order
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2025, primary control zone 276 was declared by Paul MacKinnon, the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, under subsection 27(1) of the Health of Animals ActFootnote 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 Montreal, Quebec this day of September 16, 2025, at 1:00 pm.
Daniel Dussault
Inspector
Schedule
CommercialFootnote 2 or non-commercialFootnote 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.
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 ActFootnote 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 September 16, 2025, at 11:28 a.m.
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 276 (PCZ-276)
- Starting from the intersection of Fulford Road, Davis Road and Allard Road
- North on Fulford Road to the point with coordinates lat. 45.31198 and long. -72.554279
- East through the field to the intersection of Horizon Blvd. at the point with lat. 45.312816 and long. -72,52832
- South to Allard Road
- East to the intersection of Lakeside Road and Foster Road
- North to the intersection of Doucet Road
- South-east to Courtemanche Road
- East on Courtemanche Road until Kent Rd at Brill Creek Road
- South on Brill Creek Road until Brown rd at Glen Road
- West to Bolton Pass Road and highway 243
- Southeast to Stagecoach Road
- West to Mont-Écho Road
- South to Turkey Hill Road
- East to Benoît Road
- South, then west, Benoît Road becomes Rosenberry Road, then follow Mont-Écho Rd, to Vallée Road and then Draper Road/Highway 139 N to French Horn Road
- Northwest on French Horn Road which becomes McCurdy Road to West Brome Road/highway 139
- North to Knowlton Road/Highway 104
- West to the intersection of Jean-Jacques Bertrand Blvd. and Principale Street
- North on Principale Street to Pierre-Laporte Blvd./Highway 241 to Ayers Street
- North on Ayers Street to Hallé Road E
- East to Chapman Road
- North-east to Sanborn Road
- North to Miltimore Creek Road
- East on Miltimore Road that becomes Howard Road to Iron Hill Road
- North on Iron Hill Road that becomes Huntingdon Road to Bromont Blvd.
- East to the intersection of Brome Road, Fulford Road and Matapédia Road
- North on Matapédia Road to Lotbinière Road
- East on Lotbinière Road to the intersection of Fulford Road and Davis Road