Positive Rabies in Canada

Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Once symptoms appear, rabies is always fatal in animals and people. In Canada the animals that most often transmit rabies are foxes, skunks, bats, and raccoons.

Data on confirmed cases of rabies are compiled and updated annually.

Note: The term "clinical cases" refers to cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and horses only. These are animals that are symptomatic, but that are not diagnostically confirmed. However, they are considered to be positive for rabies, due to their close association in both time and location to a laboratory-confirmed case (e.g. a group of sheep showing clinical signs of rabies that are flock members with a sheep diagnostically confirmed to be infected with rabies). These symptomatic sheep would be considered by the CFIA to be "clinical cases" without confirmatory diagnosis.

Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to September 30, 2011

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1.12
Cats	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2.25
Bovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1.12
Equine	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2.25
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skunks	-	-	-	-	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	31.46
Bats	-	-	7	-	4	2	23	8	-	-	-	-	44	49.44
Foxes	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	10	11.24
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wolves	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1.12
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Badger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antelope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	9	-	7	-	23	15	24	11	-	-	-	-	89	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2010

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2.44
Cats	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3.25
Bovine	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.81
Equine	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.81
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skunks	-	-	-	-	17	33	10	-	-	-	-	-	60	48.78
Bats	-	-	5	2	1	2	29	7	1	1	-	-	48	39.03
Foxes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4.88
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wolves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Badger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antelope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	6	-	5	3	21	40	39	7	1	1	-	-	123	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2009

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	9	6.21
Cats	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2.07
Bovine	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	5.52
Equine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	2.07
Skunks	-	-	-	-	15	24	8	2	-	-	-	-	49	33.79
Bats	-	-	9	2	4	1	29	9	-	-	1	-	55	37.93
Foxes	7	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	13	8.96
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wolves	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	3.45
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Badger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antelope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	12	-	9	2	24	32	49	16	-	-	1	-	145	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2008

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	5	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	12	5.11
Cats	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	1.27
Bovine	-	-	-	-	1	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	12	5.11
Equine	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	1.70
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skunks	-	-	-	-	25	43	25	6	-	-	-	-	99	42.13
Bats	-	-	14	1	2	1	38	5	-	-	-	-	61	25.96
Foxes	12	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	15	6.38
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	-	-	27	11.49
Wolves	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	0.85
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Badger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antelope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18	-	14	1	33	50	79	40	-	-	-	-	235	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2007

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb. A)	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	3	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	7	2.56
Cats	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1.10
Bovine	-	-	-	-	1	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	15	5.49
Equine	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.73
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.37
Skunks	-	-	-	-	12	30	30	6	-	-	-	-	78	28.57
Bats	-	-	14	-	-	1	62	15	1	-	-	-	93	34.07
Foxes	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	13	4.76
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	58	-	-	-	-	59	21.61
Wolves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hamster	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.37
Donkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.37
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	12	-	15	-	17	39	106	81	1	2	-	-	273	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.

A) A 73-year-old man from central Alberta died in hospital in May after testing positive for rabies in March 2007 as a result of a bat bite in August 2006. The last human death from rabies in Canada occurred in a 52-year-old man in British Columbia in 2003.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2006

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S..	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	6	-	-	-	1	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	13	5.68
Cats	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	2.62
Bovine	-	-	-	-	3	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	26	11.35
Equine	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3.06
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.44
Skunks	-	-	-	-	21	39	23	1	-	-	-	-	84	36.68
Bats	-	-	11	4	4	3	42	8	-	-	-	-	72	31.44
Foxes	12	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	14	6.11
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	5	2.18
Wolves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hamster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antelope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.44
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18	-	11	5	33	65	82	15	-	-	-	-	229	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2005

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S..	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	4	-	-	-	1	3	1	3	-	-	-	-	12	4.84
Cats	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	4	1.61
Bovine	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	16	6.45
Equine	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.81
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skunks	-	-	-	-	18	59	17	-	-	-	-	-	94	37.90
Bats	-	-	18	1	1	-	61	12	1	-	-	-	94	37.90
Foxes	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	4	18	7.26
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	1.21
Wolves	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	1.61
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hamster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bears	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.41
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	10	-	18	1	24	73	96	21	1	-	-	4	248	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory.
* The rabies positive cases identified in Newfoundland and Labrador originated in Labrador.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2004

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	1	7	2.68
Cats	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	0.77
Bovine	-	-	-	-	-	2	20A)	-	-	-	-	-	22A)	8.43
Equine	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	6	2.30
Caprine	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.77
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Porcine	-	-	-	-	-	1B)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1B)	0.38
Skunks	-	-	4	-	19	68	25	-	-	-	-	-	116	44.44
Bats	-	-	13	3	3	-	56	7	-	-	-	1	83	31.80
Foxes	4	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	-	-	-	3	14	5.36
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	1.92
Wolves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	3	1.15
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hamster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antelopes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4	-	17	3	25	78	114A)	11	1	-	1	7	261A)	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, North West Territories and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.

A) Includes 7 clinical bovine cases.
B) Pot-Belly Pig

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2003

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	1.51
Cats	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	5	1.89
Bovine	-	-	-	-	-	4	6A)	1	-	-	-	-	11A)	4.15
Equine	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.75
Caprine	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.38
Porcine	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.38
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1.51
Skunks	-	-	-	-	18	36	22	-	-	-	-	-	76	28.68
Bats	-	-	17	4	4	2	74	13	1	-	-	-	115	43.39
Foxes	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	5	-	-	-	15	28	10.56
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	16	6.04
Wolves	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.38
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hamster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antelopes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodchuck / Ground Hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lynx	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bears	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.38
Total	-	-	17	4	24	50	127A)	22	1	1	-	19	265A)	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from Prince Edward Island, North West Territories, NU. and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.

A) Includes 1 clinical bovine case.
B) A 52-year-old man from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia died of rabies. Test results showed that this was a bat variant of rabies virus. The last human death from rabies in Canada occurred in a 9-year-old boy in Quebec in 2000.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2002

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	3	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	2.29
Cats	-	-	-	-	1	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	2.58
Bovine	-	-	-	-	4	3	11A)	-	-	-	-	-	18A)	5.16
Equine	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	1.15
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.29
Porcine	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.29
Skunks	-	-	-	-	20	35	46	-	-	-	-	-	101	28.94
Bats	-	-	11	6	1	2	73	19	-	-	-	-	112	32.09
Foxes	14	-	-	-	-	3	41	3	-	-	-	4	65	18.62
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	1	3	-	-	-	26	7.45
Wolves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	0.28
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.57
Grizzly bear	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.29
Total	18	0	11	6	27	48	208A)	24	3	0	0	4	349A)	100.00

A) Includes 6 clinical bovine cases.

* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.
**Two rabies positive cases identified in Newfoundland (Island) and two originated from Labrador.

Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2001

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	5	-	-	-	2	2	4	2	-	-	-	1	16	3.60
Cats	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	0.90
Bovine	-	-	-	-	2	9	15A)	-	-	-	-	-	26A)	5.84
Equine	-	-	-	-	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	2.25
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.45
Foxes	20	-	-	-	-	1	26	9	-	-	-	7	63	14.16
Skunks	-	-	-	-	26	37	58	-	4	-	-	-	125	28.09
Bats	-	-	20	3	13	-	58	8	1	-	-	-	103	23.15
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	-	46	-	-	-	89	20.00
Wolves	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	3	0.67
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.23
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.22
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.22
Lynx	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.22
Total	26	0	20	4	46	53	217A)	19	51	0	0	9	445A)	100.00

A) Includes 4 clinical bovine cases.

* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.
** All rabied positive case identified in Newfoundland and Labrador originated from Labrador.

Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 2000

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	3	-	-	-	-	23	3.43
Cats	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1.19
Bovine	-	-	-	-	7	19	17A)	-	-	-	-	-	43A)	6.42
Equine	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	1.19
Caprine	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.30
Skunks	-	-	-	-	142	199	58	-	5	-	-	-	404	60.30
Bats	-	-	12	3	11	1	34	7	2	2	-	-	72	10.75
Foxes	15	-	-	-	-	-	32	11	-	-	-	-	58	8.66
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	1	40	-	6	-	-	-	47	7.01
Wolves	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	0.45
Coyotes	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.15
Woodchuck/ Ground hogs	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.15
Total	16	0	12	3	171	237	194A)	21	13	2	0	1	670A)	100.00

A) Includes 7 clinical bovine cases.
B) A nine-year-old boy died of rabies in Quebec in October. Last human death from rabies in Canada occurred in B.C. in 1985.

* No cases reported from Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.
** The rabied positive case identified in Newfoundland and Labrador originated from Labrador.

Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 1999

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	-	-	-	-	2	6	1	2	-	-	-	-	11	2.20
Cats	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0.80
Bovine	-	-	-	-	8	19	12	-	-	-	-	-	39	7.80
Equine	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1.00
Ovine	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.40
Foxes	5	-	-	-	-	2	12	5	-	-	-	-	24	4.80
Skunks	-	-	-	-	118	190	46	1	-	-	-	-	355	71.00
Bats	-	-	14	3	4	2	18	1	-	-	-	-	42	8.40
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	1	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	13	2.60
Wolves	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	0.40
Woodchuck/ Ground hogs	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0.40
Bison	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.20
Total	6	0	14	3	137	230	100	10	0	0	0	0	500	100.00

* No cases of rabies reported from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.

Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.

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Positive Rabies in Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)

January 1 to December 31, 1998

Species	N. W. T. / NU.	Yukon	B.C.	Alb.	Sask.	Man.	Ont.	QC.	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	N.L.	Total	% Total
Dogs	1	-	-	1	1	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	11	2.96
Cats	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	2.15
Bovine	-	-	-	-	1	17	10A)	1	-	-	-	-	29A)	7.79
Equine	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0.81
Foxes	9	-	-	1	-	2	4	12	-	-	-	-	28	7.53
Skunks	-	-	-	-	61	138	33	1	-	-	-	-	233	62.63
Bats	-	-	12	4	8	1	30	1	-	-	-	-	56	15.05
Raccoons	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.27
Hamster	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.27
Antelope	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.27
Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.27
Total	10	0	12	6	76	172	81A)	15	0	0	0	0	372A)	100.00

A) Includes 2 clinical bovine cases.

* No cases of rabies reported from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.

Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.