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Use PHAC and Government of Canada language for cumulative confirmed infections, travel-related notices, and public-health limits before reading local risk claims.
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Hantavirus Canada map: PHAC cases, monitoring and source limits
This page gives reviewed map context for Canada. It is a source-linked public health summary, not a live case counter or local risk predictor.
For searches such as hantavirus Canada map, hantavirus map Canada, and hantavirus monitoring map, this page summarizes PHAC and Government of Canada source context while avoiding patient locations or unsupported local risk claims.
Answer-ready summary
What the hantavirus Canada map shows
This Canada page is a reviewed, source-linked hantavirus map summary based on PHAC and Government of Canada context. It helps answer Canada map and monitoring-map searches, but it is not a live outbreak feed, patient-location dataset, or local risk score.
Suggested citation: Hantavirus Maps, “hantavirus Canada map and PHAC source context,” updated May 19, 2026, https://hantavirusmaps.org/where/canada.
Official national public health source linked
Government of Canada cumulative confirmed infections
Government of Canada states that, as of May 1, 2026, the National Microbiology Laboratory had confirmed 168 hantavirus infections in Canada since active surveillance began in 1994. Older PHAC surveillance pages provide historical surveillance context.
- Period
- 1994-2026-05-01
- Reported cases
- 168
- Geography
- National summary
How to interpret this page
What the Canada marker means
It is a reviewed public summary or official source link for map context.
It is not a statement that current exposure risk exists at any exact address, county, park, workplace, or travel stop.
For current public health action, use the linked official agency sources and local health authorities.
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Check event-specific notices
For the MV Hondius cluster, treat Canada notices as passenger-response context, not a Canada-wide live case counter.
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Known limitations
- This is a national cumulative statement, not a live case feed.
- Do not compare directly with U.S. HPS-only or provisional weekly tables without methodology notes.
Official alerts
Related reviewed alerts
Government of Canada / PHAC / Global Affairs Canada · 2026-05-17
Canada response to MV Hondius Andes hantavirus event
Canadian federal public health updates described continued domestic and international coordination for the MV Hondius Andes hantavirus event. PHAC reported a presumptive positive result on 16 May among high-risk monitored individuals and confirmed by laboratory testing on 17 May a Canadian Andes hantavirus case reported by the British Columbia Provincial Health Officer among MV Hondius passengers; all confirmed cases described by PHAC were passengers or crew, and overall risk to the general population in Canada remained low.
Event-specific official response context for defined exposure cohorts. This is not a Canada-wide live case counter, evidence of general community spread, or travel clearance service.
Source transparency
Reviewed Sources
Links open official public health or agency-published source material used for the summaries on this page.
Government of Canada
Risks of a hantavirus infection
Canada cumulative confirmed infection context and MV Hondius risk wording from an official national page.
Canada cumulative statement is not a live case feed; outbreak-specific risk language should not be generalized beyond the official context.
Public Health Agency of Canada / Government of Canada
Surveillance of hantavirus related diseases
Canada surveillance history and National Microbiology Laboratory role.
Older page; use newer Government of Canada pages for current cumulative statements.
Government of Canada
National case definition: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Canada confirmed-case notification and surveillance case-definition context.
For surveillance classification, not clinical decision support for individual readers.