Air quality

Beach quality

Food and water

Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS)

The Medical Officer of Health Report and Recommendations on Perfluoroalkylated Substances in Water is related to the detection of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) in North Bay waterways. Dr. Jim Chirico, Medical Officer of Health, has been investigating this issue to determine whether a health hazard exists. He has made the following recommendations to protect the health of the public.

View the Medical Officer of Health Report and Recommendations on Perfluoroalkylated Substances in Water (August 2017)

E. coli

The following report summarizes the investigation led by the Health Unit into an outbreak of Escherichia Coli (E. coli) O157:H7 in North Bay, Ontario in October and November 2008.

Investigative Summary of the Escherichia Coli Outbreak Associated With A Restaurant in North Bay, Ontario (June 2009)

Vector borne diseases (Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, Lyme disease, West Nile virus)

Lyme disease

• The age-standardized rate for Lyme disease in the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit region has been statistically similar to the Ontario rate for all years between 2006 and 2016, with an annual median number of 0 cases (confirmed and probable). In the past five years (2012-2016), a median of one case occurred in our region, while between 2006 and 2011, a median of zero cases occurred in our region.

More information can be found in the following report: Lyme disease in the NBPSDHU region between 2006 - 2016 (May 2017).

Vector borne disease surveillance activity

• Details of all West Nile virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus and Lyme disease activity in the Health Unit region.  

View the 2017 Vector Borne Diseases Surveillance Report (June 2018)

View the 2020 VBD Surveillance Protection Plan