Trichinellosis, Trichinosis

Trichinella

Trichinellosis is a foodborne infection caused by an intestinal parasite from the family Trichinella. Infection can occur through eating contaminated raw or undercooked meat. Infection can be prevented by cooking meat to appropriate temperatures.

Local Information

2025 Statistics

Incidence rate is the number of new cases of disease divided by the number of persons at risk for the disease during a particular time period.

Case:
0*

Incidence rate per 100,000 in 2025: 0

*Includes confirmed cases in 2025.

Incidence rate per 100,000 of trichinellosis by year

A line graph showing the crude rate and five year moving average of trichinosis by year within the Health Unit region between 2016 and 2025

  • Case counts (2016-2025), population estimates (2016-2023), & population projections (2024-2025): Public Health Ontario.
  • Query: Case counts of reportable diseases by public health unit and year. Toronto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; extracted on March 9, 2026.

Public Health Agency of Canada

Report to the Health Unit within one business day by fax (705-482-0670) or phone at 705-474-1400 or toll free at 1-800-563-2808, ext. 5229 if trichinellosis/trichinella is suspected or confirmed as per Ontario Regulation 135/18 and amendments under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O., c.H.7.

No exclusion necessary as it is not spread person to person, unless too ill to participate in regular activities.

Contact our Communicable Disease Control (CDC) program at 705-474-1400 or toll free at 1-800-563-2808, ext. 5229, or by email to cdc@healthunit.ca for more information.

Last updated: February 2025, by CDC

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