Submit-a-tick program

Alberta Health Services
If you find a tick on your pet, yourself, someone else, or anywhere outside, Alberta Health asks you to submit it for testing as part of a tick surveillance program.

Ticks will be checked to see if they are blacklegged ticks. All blacklegged ticks will be tested to see if they carry the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, that can cause Lyme disease in humans. Results of this program will help Alberta Health better understand the risk of Lyme disease in Alberta.


How do I submit a tick:

• First, read how to remove a tick safely (click here).
• Bring it to an Alberta Health Services Environmental Health office locations (click here for locations). Phone first to make an appointment.
• If you live in a First Nations community in Alberta, contact the health centre in your community.
• If you find a tick on your pet, you can take the tick to most veterinarians. Contact your local veterinary clinic to find out if they will submit ticks for testing for you.

Note: This program does not test for Lyme disease in humans. If you are concerned about a tick bite, see your physician, and bring the tick with you, if you have one, as part of your patient care visit.