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.

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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths! 

Recent dispatches

Helping kids stay safe in the outdoors, and at camp

ByCanLyme TeamMay 8, 20251 min read

Get our free downloadable camp kit with posters and a campfire song!

The persistent problem of Long Lyme disease

ByRobert G. MurrayMay 7, 20257 min read

There’s a stubborn lack of significant change in Canada regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.

Lyme disease is difficult to detect. But a new device could make it almost as easy as taking your temperature

ByEmmett ShaneApr 9, 20255 min read

CanLyme’s Dr. Vett Lloyd and Dr. Anna Ignaszak studying tiny biosensor to detect bacteria in patients’ urine.

The pathology of tick-borne illnesses

ByDr. Sarah KeatingApr 4, 20251 min read

Presentation to pathology staff and trainees at Ontario Forensic Pathology Services in Toronto.

It’s all in your head: Medical gaslighting a common problem for women, including those with Lyme, study finds

ByEmmett ShaneMar 26, 20255 min read

Health-care professionals often don’t listen to their female patients, researchers say.

Researchers probe the secret of how ticks stick

BySarah HackettMar 14, 20253 min read

Several creatures are able to glue themselves to rocks or solid surfaces – think mussels or spiders – but…

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

‘A great scientist’ and a ‘fun guy to talk to’: A tribute to Reuben Kaufman 

ByEmmett ShaneFeb 25, 20256 min read

World renowned expert on ticks retires after nearly 20 years on CanLyme board.

A special thank you to CanLyme volunteers, Sue and Gary McDougall

BySarah HackettFeb 21, 20253 min read

From videography, to Lyme prevention education and tick kit fulfillment — they’ve done it all.

The U.S. is improving its tick surveillance programs. But they still paint an incomplete picture as Lyme cases mount

ByEmmett ShaneFeb 11, 20256 min read

Mapping of disease-causing ticks is ‘currently insufficient,’ new report says.

Manitoba Lyme cases far higher than official count, study finds

ByCanLyme TeamFeb 5, 20253 min read

Lyme is widely recognized as an underreported illness. For example, a 2015 American study shows cases in the U.S.…

Incidence and economic cost of Lyme disease cases in Canada given climate change projections

ByRobert G. MurrayJan 27, 202521 min read

Grappling with the challenge of estimating future Lyme disease incidence and economic costs for the 21st century with projected…

Epidemiology of Lyme Disease in Canada 2009-2019

ByRobert G. MurrayJan 22, 20255 min read

While the current numbers likely underrepresent the number of people living with Lyme disease in Canada, it is still…

Exploring how environmental factors might relate to the presence of pathogen-carrying ticks

ByRachel LiJan 20, 20253 min read

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

ByEmmett ShaneJan 16, 202517 min read

Professor of Public Policy and Canadian Politics joins CanLyme’s advisory board.

Canadian Lyme Alliance conducting patient survey

ByMary KeatingJan 9, 20252 min read

Please consider taking 15 minutes to share your valuable input and experience.