Here's How You Can Reduce the Risk of Lyme Disease This Tick Season

Here's how you can reduce the risk of Lyme disease this tick season

With blacklegged ticks increasingly common across Ontario, public health officials are urging people to take basic precautions — like using repellent and staying on marked trails

Ticks likely to cause 3,000 cases of Lyme disease in Ontario this year

Location of ticks in Ontario in 2025. Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum OTTAWA — The number of people infected by Lyme disease — a bacterial infection spread by black-legged tick bites — continues to rise in the province. Public Health Ontario (PHO) counted 152 diagnosed cases so far during the first four months of 2026 […]