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

USA CDC won’t do ‘on-camera interview’ on Lyme: It is ‪Lyme Disease Awareness Month after all

ByCanLyme TeamMay 24, 20161 min read

May 23, 2016, Outbreak News Today [More government arrogance using their tax payer funded salaries to ignore tax payers.]…

Global TV, Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeggers cautioned to watch out for ticks [Lyme on increase]

ByCanLyme TeamMay 24, 20161 min read

May 24th, 2016 WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg mom is warning people to be on the lookout for black legged ticks…

What has the USA, ‘lead in the water’ crisis got to do with Lyme disease?

ByCanLyme TeamMay 23, 20163 min read

American Scientist, May-June, 2016 Katie L. Burke “ To make matters worse, the Flint water crisis is a repeat…

NEW TESTING FOR LYME DISEASE

ByCanLyme TeamMay 23, 20161 min read

May 23, 2016 A new urine test that could detect Lyme disease has been completed. 40% of Lyme disease…

CBC News Montreal: Reported cases of Lyme disease on the rise in Montreal

ByCanLyme TeamMay 22, 20161 min read

May 19th, 2016 Arlene Rill knows all about the dangers of Lyme disease. The 65-year-old resident of Hampstead, Que.,…

CBC News Ottawa: Jim Wilson, CanLyme president, wants patients as equal partners on Lyme Borreliosis policy.

ByCanLyme TeamMay 21, 20161 min read

May 16th, 2016 As a result of Elizabeth May’s private member’s Bill 442 that passed unanimously through both the…

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. 

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More news

La maladie de Lyme en progression au Québec

ByCanLymeMar 28, 20142 min read

SHERBROOKE – Premières victimes de la maladie de Lyme au Québec, les producteurs agricoles et forestiers ont la désagréable…

MacLean’s magazine – The truth about Lyme disease

ByCanLyme TeamMar 24, 20141 min read

 Lyme disease can masquerade as MS, ALS, even dementia and its numbers are growing tenfold. So why is Canada…

Radio de la SRC, maladie de lyme – L’AUDIO FIL DU JEUDI 20 MARS 2014

ByCanLymeMar 23, 20141 min read

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La maladie de Lyme touche l’Estrie

ByCanLymeMar 23, 20141 min read

Des producteurs agricoles de la région touchés par la maladie de Lyme lancent un cri du coeur à la…

Maladie de Lyme bien présente au Québec

ByCanLymeMar 23, 20141 min read

Actualité rurale | 3 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Le Dr Jacques-Christian Brault pratique la médecine familiale au Bas-Saint-Laurent.…

Marlène Downey doit se faire soigner aux É.-U.

ByCanLymeMar 23, 20141 min read

Actualité rurale | 4 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Productrice d’arbres de Noël avec son conjoint, Larry, dans les Cantons-de-l’Est,…

Des mesures réclamées pour contrer la maladie de Lyme

ByCanLymeMar 23, 20141 min read

 Publié le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54 | Mis à jour le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54     (SHERBROOKE) «Ce…

Marlène Downey doit se faire soigner aux É.-U.

ByCanLyme TeamMar 23, 20141 min read

Actualité rurale | 4 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Productrice d’arbres de Noël avec son conjoint, Larry, dans les Cantons-de-l’Est,…

Maladie de Lyme bien présente au Québec

ByCanLyme TeamMar 23, 20141 min read

Actualité rurale | 3 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Le Dr Jacques-Christian Brault pratique la médecine familiale au Bas-Saint-Laurent.…