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

Montreal Gazette newspaper trashes Lyme Disease victims and then refuses to allow evidence based rebuttal – they prefer scientific “opinion” over scientific fact..

ByCanLyme TeamJul 21, 20155 min read

Recently, the Montreal Gazette newspaper published this article …  According to the Montreal Gazette we are scaring people by…

The US government and Infectious Disease Society of America admitted they cannot win the battle on Lyme with science.

ByCanLyme TeamJul 21, 20152 min read

Read this https://www.openeyepictures.com/references/McSweegan.pdf Dr. Morshed from the British Columbia Center for Disease Control, listed as a recipient on the emails…

B.C. patient questions accuracy of Lyme disease test used by province

ByCanLyme TeamJul 21, 20151 min read

Mark Hume VANCOUVER – The Globe and Mail – Published Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 Internal government documents show blood tests used…

Internal government documents raise concerns over accuracy of B.C. Lyme disease tests

ByCanLyme TeamJul 20, 20153 min read

July 20, 2015 Lyme disease patients denied treatment based on faulty tests Vancouver, BC ~ Confidential documents, obtained through…

Mexico: Tick-borne illness spreads to Tijuana

ByCanLyme TeamJul 19, 20151 min read

By Bob McPhail July 17, 2015 A second case of rickettsiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne bacterial illness, has been…

CTV News: Woman living with Lyme disease shares diagnosis, treatment challenges

ByCanLyme TeamJul 19, 20151 min read

CTV London Published Friday, July 17, 2015 A Huron County woman has had her life turned upside down by…

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

Mother diagnosed with MS and facing life in a wheelchair is cured – after she discovered her symptoms were due to a TICK BITE

ByCanLyme TeamJun 18, 20131 min read

 PUBLISHED 17 June 2013 Julia  Marshall-Wessendorf, 37, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in  2010 An MRI scan  showedlesions on…

Lyme Disease — Debatable Motion in the New Brunswick Legislature

ByCanLyme TeamJun 14, 20134 min read

Press Release  Lyme Disease — Debatable Motion in the New Brunswick Legislature June 14, 2013 Fredericton,NB- New Maryland Sunbury…

Teen puts hope in U.S. Lyme disease treatment

ByCanLyme TeamJun 13, 20131 min read

She takes few steps towards the camera. As wobbly, as unsure, as unsteady as a baby’s precarious first steps.…

Lyme Borreliosis in Human Patients in Florida and Georgia, USA

ByCanLyme TeamJun 7, 20132 min read

 Int J Med Sci   2013; 10(7):915-931.  doi:10.7150/ijms.6273 Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the cause of…

Tick, Lyme disease season hits Windsor-Essex

ByCanLyme TeamJun 7, 20131 min read

CBC News – Posted: Jun  7, 2013 It’s tick season and the Essex Region Conservation Authority has already received a…

Ticks carrying Lyme disease on the rise across N.B.

ByCanLyme TeamJun 7, 20131 min read

Biologist Vett Lloyd says it’s no longer a localized problem and everyone should be on alert CBC News – Posted:…

Money stolen: girl’s treatment for Lyme disease in jeopardy

ByCanLyme TeamJun 6, 20131 min read

A thief who stole cards full of money meant to help Chelsey Livingston-Rector battle Lyme disease, may have robbed…

Explosion of ticks biting people and pets in Hamilton [Ontario, Canada]

ByCanLyme TeamJun 6, 20132 min read

By Mark McNeil The Hamilton area is facing an infestation of brown dog ticks and health authorities are worried…

The NOT so great outdoors – Kathryn Maroun interview

ByCanLyme TeamJun 5, 20131 min read

In this episode of The Maritime Outdoorsman, Dave talks about the NOT so great outdoors.  After telling about his…