Ontario Rabies Update Jun 15, 2022 – 1 New Case

One new case of rabies detected in one skunk (Niagara) this week (June 15, 2022).

We are currently at 499 cases of raccoon strain (463 expired and 36 active), and 21 cases of fox strain rabies (21 expired) in Ontario to date.

Annual Summaries

2022

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Dog

Total

Brant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Haldimand

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Halton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hamilton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Huron

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niagara

0

5

0

0

0

0

5

Norfolk

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Perth

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Fox Strain

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Raccoon Strain

0

5

0

0

0

 

0

5

Number of DRIT tests: 2,101

Number of baits distributed: 0

2021

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Dog

Total

Brant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Haldimand

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Halton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hamilton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Huron

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niagara

2

12

0

0

0

0

14

Norfolk

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Perth

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Fox Strain

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Raccoon Strain

2

12

0

0

0

 

0

14

Number of DRIT tests: 2,872

Number of baits distributed: 841,700

2020

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Dog

Total

Brant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Haldimand

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Halton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hamilton

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

Huron

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niagara

3

4

0

0

0

0

7

Norfolk

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Perth

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Fox Strain

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Raccoon Strain

3

6

0

0

0

 

0

9

Number of DRIT tests: 3,358

Number of baits distributed: 1,155,657

2019

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Dog

Total

Brant

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

Haldimand

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

Halton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hamilton

6

8

0

0

0

0

14

Huron

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niagara

1

2

0

0

0

1

4

Norfolk

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Perth

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Fox Strain

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Raccoon Strain

9

12

0

0

0

 

1

22

Number of DRIT tests: 4,425

Number of baits distributed: 1,164,992

2018

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Total

Brant

6

0

0

0

0

6

Haldimand

4

0

0

0

0

4

Halton

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hamilton

29

7

0

0

0

36

Huron

0

1

0

0

0

1

Niagara

10

7

0

0

0

17

Norfolk

1

0

0

0

0

1

Perth

0

0

0

0

1

1

Waterloo

0

1

0

0

0

1

Waterloo

0

2

0

0

0

2

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph

0

3

0

0

0

3

Total Fox Strain

0

6

0

0

1

7

Total Raccoon Strain

50

15

0

0

0

65

Number of DRIT tests: 3,535

Number of baits distributed: 1,444,161

2017

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Total

Brant

8

0

0

0

0

8

Haldimand

6

2

0

0

0

8

Halton

8

9

0

0

0

17

Hamilton

45

19

0

1

0

65

Huron

0

1

0

0

1

2

Niagara

19

2

0

0

0

21

Perth

0

1

0

0

3

4

Waterloo

0

3

1

0

0

4

Total Fox Strain

0

5

1

0

4

10

Total Raccoon Strain

86

32

0

1

0

119

Number of DRIT tests: 3,985

Number of baits distributed: >1.1M

2016

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Llama

Bovine

Total

Brant

11

1

0

0

0

0

12

Haldimand

17

0

0

0

1

0

18

Halton

7

2

0

0

0

0

9

Hamilton

126

76

1

1

0

0

204

Huron

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Niagara

10

2

0

0

0

0

12

Perth

0

1

0

0

0

1

2

Total Fox Strain

0

2

0

0

0

1

3

Total Raccoon Strain

171

81

1

1

1

0

255

Number of DRIT tests: 4,586

Number of baits distributed: >1.6 million

2015 (December only)

County

Raccoon

Bovine

Total

Haldimand

1

0

1

Hamilton

9

0

9

Perth

0

1

1

Total Fox Strain

0

1

1

Total Raccoon Strain

10

0

10

Number of DRIT tests: 145

Number of baits distributed: ~220,000