Plant Pests and Invasive Species

The objectives of the plant protection program within the CFIA are to prevent the introduction and spread within Canada of plant pests of quarantine significance, to detect and control or eradicate designated plant pests in Canada.

Information about plant pests and invasive species

• Pests Regulated by Canada
  • Diseases
  • Insects
  • Invasive Plants
  • Nematodes / Other
• Plants of Canada Database
• Plant Pest Surveillance
• Plant Protection Organizations
• Canada's role in international plant protection
• Reporting plant pests - a shared responsibility

E-commerce and the Plant Protection Act

• Online trading of plants and other organisms

Import, export and domestic movement requirements

• Proposed changes to earthworm plant protection import requirements
• Biological Control Agents
• Canada-US Joint Notice - Sea Container Cleanliness
• Domestic Plant Protection Measures
• Facilities Handling Plant Pests
• Interim In-transit Requirements for Plant Health
• Notice to Industry (April 3, 2018) – Updates to the delivery of the plant health potentially injurious organisms program
• Notice to industry (June 27, 2018) – Updates to the phytosanitary import requirements for importing micro-organisms
• Notice to industry (December 20, 2017) – Updates to the phytosanitary import requirements for potentially injurious organisms
• Phytosanitary certificates
• Plant Protection Policy Directives
• Risk Management Documents