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

Richard Gunderman, MD – How to Discourage a Doctor

ByCanLyme TeamSep 20, 20141 min read

Not accustomed to visiting hospital executive suites, I took my seat in the waiting room somewhat warily. Seated across…

Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States

ByCanLyme TeamSep 15, 20141 min read

Chris D. Crowder, Heather E. Carolan, Megan A. Rounds, Vaclav Honig, Benedikt Mothes, Heike Haag, Oliver Nolte, Ben J.…

Ottawa, Canada: Lyme disease can’t keep Manotick baker down

ByCanLyme TeamSep 15, 20142 min read

 Manotick News By  Emma Jackson   Veronique Ayling has been dreaming of her own cupcake shop for the better part…

Tick Paralysis in a Snowshoe Hare by Ixodes pacificus Ticks in British Columbia, Canada

ByCanLyme TeamSep 15, 20142 min read

J Veter Sci MedAugust 2014 Volume 2 Issue 2 August 29, 2014 AbstractWe provide the first reported case of…

Spotted fever group rickettsiae in multiple hard tick species from Fairfax County, Virginia.

ByCanLyme TeamSep 15, 20142 min read

Henning TC, Orr JM, Smith JD, Arias JR, Norris DE. The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and…

Invariant natural killer T cells act as an extravascular cytotoxic barrier for joint-invading Lyme Borrelia

ByCanLyme TeamSep 15, 20142 min read

Maria-Jesus Sanz, Connie H. Y. Wong, Pierre-Olivier Hardy, Aydan Salman-Dilgimen, Tara J. Moriart, George Chaconas, Adriana Marques, Roman Krawetz,…

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

Number of Lyme disease victims rises in BC

ByCanLyme TeamMar 28, 20082 min read

The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation has already received calls from many people in BC who have found ticks on…