Primary control zone (PCZ-277 – Saskatchewan)

Designation order

WHEREAS, on October 2, 2025, primary control zone 277 was declared by Paul MacKinnon, 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 this day of October 2, 2025, at 1:00 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, 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, 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 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 October 2, 2025, at 3:32 pm.

Paul MacKinnon
President of the CFIA

Schedule

"Primary Control Zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the province of Saskatchewan – Declaration Schedule" described as:

The following area in the province of Saskatchewan bounded by:

Geographical boundaries for: Primary Control Zone 277 (PCZ-277)

Starting at the junction of Township Road 372 and Range Road 2233
North on Range Road 2233 to Highway 5
West on Highway 5 to Grid Road 669
North on Grid Road 669 to Township Road 384
East on Township Road 384 to Dixon Road
North on Dixon Road to Township Road 390
East on Township Road 390 to Range Road 2232
North East from the junction of Township Road 390 and Range Road 2232 across terrain to GPS coordinate 105.051918W 52.340242N on Grid Road 667
South from GPS coordinate 105.051918W 52.340242N on Grid Road 667 to Grid Road 756
East on Grid Road 756 to Range Road 2220
South on Range Road 2220 to Township Road 384
East on Township Road 384 to Highway 368
South on Highway 368 to Township Road 374
West on Township Road 374 to Highway 5
West on Highway 5 to Range Road 2221
South on Range Road 2221 to Township Road 372
West on Township Road 372 to Range Road 2233