The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food has declared primary control zones (PCZ) to prevent the spread of avian influenza in Canada. As a result of this declaration, birds, their products and by-products, as well as things exposed to birds cannot be moved into, out of, within, or through PCZ except by permission. There are 2 permits available, a general permit and a specific permit.
The type of permit required will depend on whether you are located in a commercial PCZ, non-commercial PCZ, or a low pathogenic PCZ. You can verify if you are located in a PCZ and the type of PCZ using the listing of infected premises.
Personal use and domestic distribution of retail meat, meat products, fully cooked meat, table egg from grading station, egg product and processed egg are exempt from permitting requirements. The movement of pet birds within Canada, provided they are kept in a single household and have no direct or indirect contact with poultry, poultry facilities and other captive birds, is also exempt from permitting requirements.
Use the interactive tool below for information on the required permit along with conditions for the transportation of birds and by-products in the PCZ.
Choose the right requirements
- For Low Pathogenic PCZ – Infected zone, choose "Commercial Primary Control Zone – Infected Zone" requirements
- For Low Pathogenic PCZ – Security zone, choose "Commercial Primary Control Zone – Security Zone" requirements
- For Fraser Valley (FV), British Columbia Infected Zone, choose "FV Infected Zone Category 1 or Category 2" requirements
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Is your Movement into, out of, within, or through a Non-Commercial PCZ only
- Yes
- + No
What type of product are you moving?
- + Live birds
What type of live birds?
- + Live birds to slaughter (for domestic use only)
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of the restricted zone
- Within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 from the Free Zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, or into a Security Zone
- + Transit through an Infected Zone or Restricted Zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- + Transit through a Security Zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
What is the product in transit for?
- Domestic Destinations
- Export
- Within or between FV Infected Zone Category 1
- + Within or between FV Infected Zone Category 2
What type of bird?
- Anseriformes (ducks and geese) or Columbiformes (pigeons)
- Galliformes (chickens, turkeys)
- + From FV Infected Zone Category 1 to FV Infected Zone Category 2
What type of bird?
- Anseriformes (ducks and geese) or Columbiformes (pigeons)
- Galliformes (chickens, turkeys)
- + From FV Infected Zone Category 2 to FV Infected Zone Category 1
What type of bird?
- Anseriformes (ducks and geese) or Columbiformes (pigeons)
- Galliformes (chickens, turkeys)
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the Free Zone or Security Zone
- + Live birds from a commercial poultry farm
What is your destination?
- + To another farm
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of the restricted zone
- Within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, Within, or Into a Security Zone
- Transit through the Infected Zone, Restricted Zone, Security Zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Within or between FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
What type of bird?
- Anseriformes (ducks and geese) or Columbiformes (pigeons)
- Galliformes (chickens, turkeys)
- From FV Infected Zone Category 1 to FV Infected Zone Category 2
- + From FV Infected Zone Category 2 to FV Infected Zone Category 1
What type of bird?
- Anseriformes (ducks and geese) or Columbiformes (pigeons)
- Galliformes (chickens, turkeys)
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the Free Zone or Security Zone
- Into the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 from the Free Zone
- To an intermediate site (e.g.: broker, feed store) in the PCZ
- + To an intermediate site (e.g.: broker, feed store) in the Free Zone
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of the infected zone
- Out of the restricted zone
- Out of the Security Zone
- Transit through a PCZ
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + To another farm
- + Live birds from a non-commercial farm
What is your destination?
- To another farm out of or within the Infected Zone, Restricted Zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- To an intermediate site (e.g.: broker, feed store) in the PCZ
- To an intermediate site (e.g.: broker, feed store) in the Free Zone
- To another farm out of or within the SZ
- + Day-old poultry from hatchery
Note: Day old poultry means chicks, poults, ducklings, goslings etc.
What is your destination?
- + To another farm
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of the infected zone to the free zone
- Within the infected zone
- Out of the restricted zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the free zone or security zone
- Within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, Within, or Into the Security Zone
- Transit through a PCZ
- + Into, Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
Type of destination premises?
- Supply managed flock
- Non-Supply managed flock
- To an intermediate site (e.g.: broker, feed store) in the PCZ
- + To an intermediate site (e.g.: broker, feed store) in the Free Zone
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the free zone
- Out of the restricted zone to the free zone
- Transit through a PCZ
- Out of the Security Zone
- + To another farm
- + Live birds to slaughter (for domestic use only)
- + Eggs
What type of eggs?
- + Unwashed and ungraded table eggs or surplus hatching eggs from a farm premises to regulated egg grading station and/or breaking station
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, Within, or Into the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- + Table eggs (washed and graded) or breaking stock from regulated egg grading station to further processing
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, Within, or Into the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- + Movement of ungraded eggs sold on farm (Farm Gate Sales) or direct limited local sales (direct sales from farm at markets)
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Out of or within the security zone
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Eggs to hatchery (for domestic use only)
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Into the restricted zone or security zone
- Out of or within the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the Free Zone
- + Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
Type of hatching eggs?
- Anseriformes (ducks, geese) or Columbiformes (pigeons)
- Galliformes (chickens, turkeys)
- + Unwashed and ungraded table eggs or surplus hatching eggs from a farm premises to regulated egg grading station and/or breaking station
- + Other poultry products, by-products and carcasses
What type of other poultry products, by-products and carcasses?
- + Fresh and frozen meat for further processing (for domestic use only)
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, or into the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- Out of, within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Fully cooked meat to regulated facility
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, or into the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- Out of, within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Egg product and processed egg to regulated facility
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, or into the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- Out of, within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Poultry by-products (offal, blood, bones) to a rendering facility
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, or into the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- Out of, within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Poultry by-products (offal, blood, bones) to an alternate disposal site approved by CFIA (non-rendering facility)
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, or into the security zone
- + Transit through a primary control zone
What is the product in transit for?
- Export
- Domestic destinations
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the Free Zone
- Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Movement of Poultry Carcasses Resulting From Normal End of Production Depopulation From a Premises to a Rendering Facility or to a Disposal Site Approved by the CFIA
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of and within the infected zone
- Out of and within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, and into the security zone
- Transit through a Primary Control Zone
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the Free Zone
- Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Movement of Poultry Carcasses resulting from Normal Mortality and Non-Saleable Egg Waste from a Premises to a Rendering Facility
- + Movement of Poultry Carcasses resulting from Normal Mortality and Non-Saleable Egg Waste from a Premises to a Disposal Site (non-rendering) approved by the CFIA
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of and within the infected zone
- Out of and within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, and into the security zone
- Transit through a Primary Control Zone
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the Free Zone
- Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Poultry manure and litter
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, or into the security zone from the Free Zone or FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Transit through a primary control zone
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2 to the Free Zone
- Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Fresh and frozen meat for further processing (for domestic use only)
- + Feed
What type of feed?
- Feed and feed ingredients from a feed mill, farm or other business with no poultry on-site to premises with poultry on-site
- + Feed and feed ingredients from a poultry farm to another premises with poultry on-site
What type of movement involving a Commercial Primary Control Zone or Fraser Valley (FV) Infected Zone?
- Out of or within the infected zone
- Out of or within the restricted zone
- Into the infected zone
- Into the restricted zone
- Out of, within, into the security zone
- Transit through a primary control zone
- Out of the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- Within or between the FV Infected Zone Category 1 or 2
- + Products for diagnostic or equipment
What type of products?
- Poultry diagnostic samples
- Equipment, conveyances, service personnel entering a poultry premises
- + Live birds
Assistance with permits and movement control permissions in PCZs
Alberta
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in PCZs, commercial producers should contact their marketing board organization.
Small flock owners: contact the Alberta Ag-Info Centre at 310-3276 (in Alberta) or 403-742-7901 (out of province), 8 am to 5 pm MDT (Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays).
British Columbia
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in PCZs, commercial producers should contact their marketing board organization.
Small flock owners: contact your Small Flock Hotline at 1-888-221-7141, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm PDT (Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays).
Manitoba
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in PCZs, commercial producers should contact their marketing board organization.
Small flock owners: contact Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development at 204-945-7663, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm CDT (Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays) or by email at CVO-EOC-AI@gov.mb.ca.
New Brunswick
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in the PCZ contact the CFIA at 506-851-2103, 8 am to 6 pm (AST), or email NB-AI-MovementControl@inspection.gc.ca
Nova Scotia
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in the PCZ contact the CFIA at 902-530-1010, 8 am to 4 pm (AT), or email NS-AI-MovementControl@inspection.gc.ca
Ontario
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in the PCZ, email cfia.ontmovementlicandpermits-deplacementlicenceetpermis.acia@inspection.gc.ca
Small flock owners: contact the Small Flock Information Line at 1-888-292-5856, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT (Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays).
Québec
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in primary control zones (PCZ), commercial producers should call their marketing board organization (association, federation, group) as listed below.
- Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec : 514-556-1679
- La Fédération des producteurs d'œufs du Québec : 1-800-665-6383
- Les Producteurs d'œufs d'incubation du Québec : 819-469-6704
- L'Association québécoise des industries animales et céréalières (AQINAC) and Les Couvoiriers du Québec : 450-799-2440
Small and backyard flock owners should contact the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) at permisZCPdeplacement@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca.
All stakeholders not affiliated with one of the associations mentioned above, must contact CFIA at cfia.QCControleDeplacementsPermis-MovementPermits.acia@inspection.gc.ca
Saskatchewan
For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in PCZs, commercial producers should contact their marketing board organization.
Small flock owners: contact the Saskatchewan Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377 or 306-694-3727, 8 am to 5 pm CST (Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays).