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

Victoria, BC: 19 year old Victoria teen has fought Lyme Disease for 6 years

ByCanLyme TeamJun 22, 20152 min read

[CanLyme note:  Yet another case with eerily similar symptoms and circumstances to the others reported over the past few…

Springhill, NS: Ticks become talk at Springhill search and rescue hall

ByCanLyme TeamJun 22, 20151 min read

June 22nd, 2015 by Christopher Gooding SPRINGHILL – It’s enough to make anyone want to stay out of the…

COMMUNIQUÉ : Quebec – La maladie de Lyme

ByCanLymeJun 18, 20151 min read

COMMUNIQUÉ IL EST URGENT D’AGIR! La maladie de Lyme est en progression constante chez les humains et les animaux…

Chronic persistent late Lyme disease not a new phenomenon

ByCanLyme TeamJun 18, 20152 min read

Chronic Lyme borreliosis in the laboratory mouse. Am J Pathol. 1993 Sep; 143(3): 959–971 Abstract C3H/HeJ mice were inoculated…

COMMUNIQUÉ : Quebec – La maladie de Lyme

ByCanLyme TeamJun 18, 20151 min read

COMMUNIQUÉ IL EST URGENT D’AGIR! La maladie de Lyme est en progression constante chez les humains et les animaux…

How to Protect Horses From Lyme Disease

ByCanLyme TeamJun 17, 20151 min read

By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc June 17, 2015 The Horse magazine Spring has sprung … and so have 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

FOIA request to CDC took five years to fulfill … corruption

ByCanLyme TeamMay 24, 20132 min read

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers itself to be one of the nation’s foremost scientific institutions, dedicated…

Woman is finally able to put name to debilitating disease

ByCanLyme TeamMay 24, 20131 min read

Tsawwassen resident Karen Marchand says she used to pride herself on being a  healthy person, but all that changed…

Lyme Disease Association holding informational event in Fort Erie [Ontario,Canada]

ByCanLyme TeamMay 23, 20131 min read

A tick can get under your skin without it even being realized for months and sometimes years. May is…

B.C. Canada: Woman’s mystery illness leads to Lyme disease diagnosis

ByCanLyme TeamMay 23, 20132 min read

Sitting in a dark room at Little House Society in Tsawwassen, Karen Marchand speaks slowly and with great apparent…

New Brunswicker tackles Lyme disease issues

ByCanLyme TeamMay 23, 20136 min read

Stephanie Stoneleigh… “Just want you to know I have sent this letter this morning to about 75 contacts in…

Time Canadian Medicare system woke up … letter to editor

ByCanLyme TeamMay 23, 20131 min read

New Brunswick resident Stephanie Stoneleigh has had enough and wants the News Brunswick health care system to wake up…

Winnipeg Free Press: Tick season means pets at risk of Lyme disease

ByCanLyme TeamMay 23, 20131 min read

 It’s roughly the size of the nail on your pinky finger, but it can pose a huge threat to…

Alberta: Province expands tick surveillance program

ByCanLyme TeamMay 20, 20132 min read

Albertans have been asked to keep their eyes peeled for a little black bug over the next few months,…

Psychiatric guidelines under attack – driven by drug companies

ByCanLyme TeamMay 19, 20132 min read

OUR POLITICIANS CAN STOP THIS NONSENSE IF SO MOTIVATED AND NOT DOING THE DRUG COMPANY’S BIDDING. DEMAND THE VICTIM’S EXPERTS,…