National

2024 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• 5,239 cases diagnosed nationally in 2024. (Preliminary numbers.)
• Number of annual cases doubled between 2022 and 2024
• Total number of annual Lyme cases in 2024 are the highest ever recorded for a single year.

British Columbia

2024 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• 20 cases reported.
• Cases equally divided across the four southern health regions (Interior, Fraser, Vancouver Coastal, Island).
• Rates remain consistently low in BC while they soar nationally.

Alberta

2024 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• In 2024, 121 Ixodes spp. ticks were submitted to the tick surveillance program.
• Of the 76 that were submitted to the lab for testing, 12 tested positive for Lyme bacteria.
• Lyme infected ticks came from the Calgary, Central, Edmonton, and North zones.

Saskatchewan

2023 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• Since 2009, 150 blacklegged ticks have been collected in the province.
• Fourteen of those ticks tested positive for Lyme bacteria.
• In 2023, three blacklegged ticks were collected through active surveillance.

Manitoba

2024 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• There were 77 confirmed and 7 probable cases of Lyme disease.
• It's the most confirmed cases ever recorded in a single year.
• There were also 2 confirmed cases of anaplasmosis and 2 confirmed cases of babesiosis.

Ontario

2025 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• There were 3,002 Lyme disease cases diagnosed in 2025.
• 2025 case totals are well above the 5-year average.
• More than a third of those cases were diagnosed in July.

Quebec

2023 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• 652 cases were reported.
• The number of cases in Quebec have risen sharply over the past 15 years.
• Roughly 86% of cases were contracted locally.

Newfoundland & Labrabor

2023 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• 12 cases were recorded between 1996 and 2023.
• No cases of Lyme were acquired within the province.
• The province is not currently considered endemic for Lyme.

2024 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• There were 2,350 confirmed or probable cases in 2024.
• Nova Scotia has had the highest rate of Lyme disease in the country since the disease became nationally notifiable in 2009.
• The provincial case definition changed in 2023 resulting in significantly higher case counts over previous years.

2024 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• 160 blacklegged ticks tested for Lyme bacteria. 
• 35 blacklegged ticks were positive for Lyme bacteria.    
• The majority of infected blacklegged ticks came from the Saint John area.

2023 is the most current year for which statistics are available.

• In 2020, 49 blacklegged ticks were submitted to public health of which 3 tested positive for Lyme bacteria.    
• Only one locally acquired case has ever been recorded (in 2012).
• On average there are 0-4 cases of Lyme reported each year.