Federally Reportable Aquatic Animal Disease Cases in Canada, 2010-2025

Mandatory notifications to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency provide real-time updates on Canada's aquatic animal health status. This dataset lists the number of confirmed cases of federally reportable diseases in both wild and farmed aquatic animals from 2010 onward. The data is published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitor national and provincial disease trends based on real-time status updates.
• Analyze the impact of reportable diseases on wild versus farmed aquatic animal populations.
• Model disease spread and risk factors based on confirmed case counts.
• Support regulatory compliance and outbreak response planning based on mandatory notification data.

Strengths

• Data is updated in real-time as mandatory notifications are confirmed.
• Covers a 15-year time range from 2010 to 2025.
• Includes cases from both wild and farmed aquatic animals.
• Published under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or reporting bias inherent to the mandatory notification system.

Provenance

Source

Canadian Food Inspection Agency | Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments

Collection Method

Mandatory notifications of suspected or confirmed reportable diseases from owners and workers with aquatic animals.

Time Range

2010-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 17:42:21.338606; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada, with national and provincial breakdowns