Scientists say new species of ticks carrying troubling pathogens travelling our way from the northern United States at a rate of about 50 kilometres per year, including the lone star tick which can leave a bitten person with a severe allergy to meat.
Lone star tick can leave a bitten person with severe meat allergy
Tom Murphy · CBC News
· Posted: May 11, 2026 11:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago
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The lone star tick can carry a pathogen that can leave a bitten person with a severe allergy to meat. Scientists are concerned they could appear in Canada. (Allen G. Breed/The Associated Press)
Canadians need to get ready for a slow and steady invasion from south of the border, according to scientists.
The threat comes from different varieties of ticks carrying dangerous pathogens that are looking to establish themselves in Canada.
According to the Government of Canada, there are already more than 40 different types of ticks in Canada.
The most well known is the blacklegged tick, or deer tick, which carries the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. It has common symptoms of fever,
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