As expected, rabies continues to be an issue in Ontario following the emergence of raccoon rabies in the Hamilton area in late 2015, and a separate emergence of fox rabies northwest of there around the same time. Hopefully raccoon rabies will be eradicated, as it was the first time it entered the province (1999-2005), but it’s a multi-year (and expensive) process.

Here are the latest rabies case maps and control areas.  Case maps are posted weekly on the OMAFRA rabies website, the Ontario Animal Health Network and Ontario.ca