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

This giving season, your support changes lives

ByCanLyme TeamDec 2, 20242 min read

For over two decades, the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation has worked to raise awareness about Lyme disease and fight…

$2 million gift boosts University of Guelph Lyme research lab

ByCanLyme TeamDec 1, 20242 min read

A Canadian research lab dedicated to the study of Lyme disease got a big boost in November with a…

ILADS 2024: Moving the needle on tick borne disease

ByDr. Sarah KeatingNov 29, 20242 min read

Every year more Canadian health care practitioners are realizing the importance of tick borne and other chronic infections and…

CDC reconfirms Chronic Lyme, denies effectiveness of more antibiotics

ByCanLyme TeamNov 27, 20242 min read

Animal models of the disease show that persistent symptoms may be due to an interplay between persistent infection, immune…

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

Remembering Jim Wilson

ByJanet Sperling, PhDJul 9, 20241 min read

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our founder and past-president, Jim Wilson.

Researchers study ticks in Ottawa where residential zones border woodland areas

ByCanLyme TeamJun 17, 20242 min read

32% of the adult and nymph ticks tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

Bartonella DNA more common in patients with psychosis

ByCanLyme TeamJun 14, 20242 min read

Research also identifies limitations with antibody testing.

Count me in

ByCanLyme TeamJun 13, 20246 min read

Why case reporting underestimates risk and why it matters.

Finding Resilience: A Teen’s Journey Through Lyme Disease

ByCatherine KinsellaJun 6, 20243 min read

The writing in this book is captivating, moving back and forth between Rachel’s perspective and what Dorothy recalled about…

Summer camp leaders, outdoor educators, teachers, and parents

ByCanLyme TeamMay 29, 20243 min read

Help keep kids safe in the outdoors by learning about ticks and Lyme disease.

Clinician education grants available at CanLyme

ByCanLyme TeamMay 24, 20242 min read

Deepen your understanding of Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections through online learning.