Primary control zone (PCZ-283 - Quebec)

Designation order

WHEREAS, on October 13, 2025, primary control zone 283 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 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, this day of October 13, 2025, at 2:58 pm.

Charlene Vidito-Milne
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 13, 2025, at 1:20 pm.

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 283 (PCZ-283)

Starting at the intersection of rang Sacré-Coeur at the point with coordinates lat. 46.257327 and long. -73.468187
East through fields to the point with coordinates lat. 46.258404 and long. -73.4241
South through fields to the point with coordinates lat. 46.256446 and long. -73.411286
South through fields to the intersection of Range 1st and 2nd at the point with coordinates lat. 46.246113 and long. -73.377838
South through fields to the intersection of Ligne-Ste-Anne Rd. at the point with coordinates lat. 46.213831 and long. -73.335901
South through fields to the intersection of Rang Saint-Anne at the point with coordinates lat. 46.179777 and long. -73.320039
South to the intersection of Des Érables Street
To the south becomes Saint-Pierre Road, to the intersection of Grand Rang St-Pierre
East to the intersection of the CN Railway
South to the intersection of Rang de la Chaloupe
West to the intersection of Rang de la Première Chaloupe E
West to the intersection of Highway 131
North to the intersection of Rang Ste-Rose
West to the intersection of Lajeunesse Street
West to the point with coordinates lat. 46.086461 and long. -73.511931
Northwest to the intersection of St. Beatrix Road at the point with coordinates lat. 46.088629 and long. -73.516021
To the north becomes Sainte-Béatrix Road, to the point with coordinates lat. 46.166076 and long. -73.597972
North through fields to the intersection of Rang Jolimont at the point with coordinates lat. 46.177806 and long. -73.580200
North through fields to the intersection of Saint-Pierre Street at the point of coordinates lat. 46.225350 and long. -73.567477
To the north, Saint-Pierre Street becomes Sainte-Louise Street to the intersection of Louis-Cyr Rd/131
North to the point with coordinates lat. 46.240279 and long. -73.528780
Northeast through fields to the point with coordinates lat. 46.255373 and long. -73.491537
East to the intersection of Rang du Sacré-Coeur at the point with coordinates lat. 46.25552 and long. -73.470874
East to the point with coordinates lat. 46.257327 and long. -73.468187