Rabies cases in Ontario by municipality and virus variant
Annual cases of rabies detected in Ontario including the species, virus variant, municipality and number of cases.
Footnotes
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footnote[1] human with bat strain rabies
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footnote[2] variant typing not done, classified as bat strain
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footnote[3] imported dog with Iranian dog strains.
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Data dictionary
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Numeric |
The year the animal was tested for rabies. Testing was done by Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative laboratories. CFIA conducted all confirmation and virus variant typing. |
| Municipality | Text |
What municipality the case was detected in. Municipalities are listed by single and upper tier groupings. |
| Species | Text |
Species infected with rabies |
| Bat variant | Integer |
Cases of bat variants of rabies detected |
| Raccoon variant | Integer |
Cases of raccoon variant of rabies detected |
| Fox variant | Integer |
Cases of Arctic fox variant of rabies detected |
| Dog variant | Integer |
Cases of dog variants of rabies detected |
Additional information
- Last updated
- May 27, 2026
- Created
- March 20, 2026
- Format
- text/csv
- File size
- 17.4 KiB
- Licence
- Open Government Licence – Ontario
- Name
- Rabies cases in Ontario by municipality and virus variant
- Type
- Data
- Language
- English
- Data made public date
- October 14, 2021
- Data range start
- January 1, 2015
- Data range end
- December 31, 2025
- Validation status
- success
- Validation timestamp
- 2026-05-27T17:56:21.771746
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