Twelve cases of measles in B.C., including three new cases in Chilliwack, have been confirmed. Across Canada, there are now 1,983 confirmed cases of the potentially dangerous infectious airborne disease in the country’s latest outbreak, according to an e-mail from Health Canada to The Epoch Times.
“There is indeed a multijurisdictional measles outbreak ongoing in Canada,” Health Canada said, adding that “of the 3,381 measles cases (3,081 confirmed, 300 probable) reported in 2025, most cases (2,273 cases; 1,983 confirmed, 290 probable) are linked to this outbreak.”
Canada reached elimination status on measles in 1998, but several outbreaks have the country on track to lose this status after October of this year. The highest provincial infection numbers come from Ontario, with 2,186 confirmed cases of measles, followed by Alberta with 961 and Manitoba with 113….