Primary control zone (PCZ-279 – Alberta)

Designation order

WHEREAS, on October 8, 2025, primary control zone 279 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 Ottawa, Ontario, this day of October 8, 2025, at 11:50 am.

Martin Appelt
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.

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 8, 2025, at 10:10 am.

Paul MacKinnon
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 279 (PCZ-279)

Starting at junction Township Rd 54 and Range Rd 192
North on Range Rd 192 to Hwy 52
West on Hwy 52 to Range Rd 195
North on Range Rd 195 to 8 Street
Continuing North on 8 Street to GPS coordinate 49.5122N 112.5392W
Northeast from GPS coordinate 49.5122N 112.5392W across terrain to GPS coordinate 49.5235N 112.5341W on Range Rd 194A
Northeast on Range Rd 194A to Range Rd 193A
Southeast on Range Rd 193A to Township Rd 70
East/southeast on Township Rd 70 to Road 846/Hwy 61
Northeast on Road 846/Hwy 61 to Range Rd 194
Northwest/north on Range Road 194 to Township Rd 72A
East on Township Rd 72A to Range Rd 192
North on Range Rd 192 to Township Rd 74
East on Township Rd 74 to Range Rd 180
South on Range Rd 180 to Township Rd 72
East on Township Rd 72 to Range Rd 175
South on Range Rd 175 to Hwy 61
East on Hwy 61 to Range Rd 175
South on Range Rd 175 to Township Rd 55
West on Township Rd 55 to Range Rd 181
South on Range Rd 181 to Township Rd 54
Southwest/west on Township Rd 54 to Range Rd 192.