Canada loses its measles elimination status

By Gazette Staff

November 10th, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

 

This is not something Canada should be proud of.

The measles outbreak in Canada and how we reacted to it has resulted in the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) advising the The Public Health Agency of Canada that it has lost its measles elimination status — a designation it has held since 1998.

PHAC said it is collaborating with the PAHO and working with the federal, provincial, territorial and community partners to implement co-ordinated actions. These include focusing on “improving vaccination coverage, strengthening data sharing, enabling better overall surveillance efforts, and providing evidence-based guidance,” the statement said.

A severe case of measles.

Canada has recorded more than 5,100 measles cases this year, the majority tied to the multi-province outbreak, according to the most recent federal data.

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2 comments to Canada loses its measles elimination status

  • Ted Gamble

    Canada a third world developing nation.

    Thank your Liberal/NDP coalition or the media, who will pivot and blame long standing rural religious groups, Covid or Trump.

  • Mitch

    No vaccine no school invoke Notwithstanding Clause as needed to override Supreme Court’s misjudgments