Welcome to the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was created to promote a more complete and comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease and related illnesses through research, education and advocacy to help reduce misdiagnosis and improve treatments for Lyme disease.
Get help for Lyme
Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.
Learn more about Lyme
Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
Get the facts
Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Exploring how environmental factors might relate to the presence of pathogen-carrying ticks
The work of understanding why some ticks carry pathogens and others do not, while not straightforward, is important.
Meet Mario Levesque, a tireless advocate for patients living with long Lyme
Professor of Public Policy and Canadian Politics joins CanLyme’s advisory board.
Canadian Lyme Alliance conducting patient survey
Please consider taking 15 minutes to share your valuable input and experience.
Permethrin: An underused tool for prevention of tick-borne infection
Permethrin treated clothing is often recommended as an evidence-based means of preventing tick bites. Unfortunately, in Canada, there are limited…
This giving season, your support changes lives
For over two decades, the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation has worked to raise awareness about Lyme disease and fight…
$2 million gift boosts University of Guelph Lyme research lab
A Canadian research lab dedicated to the study of Lyme disease got a big boost in November with a…
Where there are ticks, there’s often Lyme disease
Lyme disease is caused by an infection that is most often transmitted by ticks, but it can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy.
Ticks can attach to your body without being seen or felt, and diagnosis can be difficult due to symptom presentation, testing protocols and other challenges.
Learn to protect yourself
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Research priorities of patients with Lyme disease in pregnancy
Canadian study explores patient concerns and identifies maternal-fetal Lyme research priorities.
Vision loss, giant cell arteritis, and Lyme neuroborreliosis
Optic neuritis, giant cell arteritis and Lyme disease: a case presentation.
Persistence of Lyme patients and the role of patient organizations
This in-depth article by Cox and Levesque gives context to many of the systemic barriers that Canadian Lyme patients…
Combination antibiotic therapy for treatment of Lyme disease
Monica Embers discusses her research findings in this latest course from Invisible International.
The significant impacts of infections, such as Lyme, on mental health
An in-depth review by three leading experts.
Medical Gaslighting and Lyme Disease: The Patient Experience
Published December 29, 2023 in Healthcare Authored by Jennifer L. Fagen, Jeremy A. Shelton, Jenna Luché-Thayer Abstract: Even though…
Medical Gaslighting and Lyme Disease: The Patient Experience
published December 29, 2023 Abstract: Even though there are approximately half a million new cases of Lyme disease in…
Research points to delayed diagnosis for Black patients with Lyme disease
Increased awareness is an important first step in addressing this problem.