Table 4. Annual number of cases and municipalities of disease acquisition reported by provinces participating in the Lyme Disease Enhanced Surveillance system, Canada, 2009–2015.
Province | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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British Columbia* | Cases (N) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Municipalities (N) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
Alberta | Cases (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Municipalities (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Manitoba | Cases (N) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 22 |
Municipalities (N) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 12 | |
Ontario | Cases (N) | 37 | 38 | 85 | 92 | 184 | 144 | 323 |
Municipalities (N) | 18 | 18 | 31 | 37 | 54 | 45 | 74 | |
New Brunswick* | Cases (N) | NA | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Municipalities (N) | NA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Nova Scotia | Cases (N) | 13 | 17 | 50 | 50 | 151 | 114 | 239 |
Municipalities (N) | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 21 | |
Prince Edward Island* | Cases (N) | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Municipalities (N) | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Newfoundland & Labrador | Cases (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Municipalities (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | Cases (N) | 50 | 59 | 145 | 160 | 355 | 289 | 591 |
Municipalities (N) | 21 | 25 | 46 | 49 | 77 | 79 | 109 |
Abbreviations: N, number; NA, not available
* New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia started participating to the Lyme Disease Enhanced Surveillance (LDES) system in 2010, 2012 and 2015, respectively. British Columbia does not provide information on location of acquisition of disease. Cases reported in Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador are travel-related cases only