The Alberta Passive Tick Surveillance Dashboard is updated annually and includes data up to December 31st, 2023. This dashboard summarizes data collected through the Alberta Submit-a-Tick program. Additional information can be found on Alberta’s Lyme disease and tick surveillance program webpage and in the Data Notes tab. If you find a tick on a person, a pet or anywhere outside, consider submitting a photo of it to the Alberta Submit-a-Tick program via the eTick program.
Highlights
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Key Highlights
- The current risk of acquiring Lyme disease from a tick in Alberta is low
- Currently, there is no evidence that ticks capable of transmitting the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease have formed established populations in Alberta. Instead, it is likely that detection of these species represent adventitious ticks, meaning they have been brought into the province on migratory birds or other animals.
- In 2023, 1,231 ticks were identified through the tick surveillance program
- 182 out of 1,231 (14.8%) ticks were identified as Ixodes ticks capable of transmitting B. burgdorferi
- 115 out of 182 (63.2%) Ixodes ticks eligible for B. burgdorferi testing were submitted to the lab
- Among the Ixodes ticks submitted for testing, 22 out of 115 (19.1%) were positive for B.
burgdorferi
- This represents 1.8% (n = 22/1,231) of all ticks reported
- Ixodes ticks positive for B. burgdorferi were identified in all Zones
- This report includes data from 2014-2023 for Alberta-acquired ticks
Data flow
Total tick submissions
(including out of province travel)
(n = 1,351)
(including out of province travel)
(n = 1,351)
Total tick submissions
(Alberta-acquired)
(n = 1,231)
(Alberta-acquired)
(n = 1,231)
Ticks capable of transmitting
B. burgdorferi
(n = 182)
B. burgdorferi
(n = 182)
Ticks submitted for
B. burgdorferi
testing
(n = 115)
B. burgdorferi
testing
(n = 115)
Ticks positive for
B. burgdorferi
(n = 22)
B. burgdorferi
(n = 22)