The federal government paid $107,009,881.31 in compensation for outbreaks of Avian Influenza according to data released from the Canadian Food Inspection in response to an Access to Information request.
The largest claim was for $8,562,428.70 paid on Sept. 6 this year. It was by far the largest.
The second-largest was $6,221,619 paid Aug.6, 2022.
The third-largest was $4,585,50 was paid Mar. 28, 2023.
Another $4,067,350 paid July 5, 2022.
A payment of $2,599,191 went out on April 3 this year and $2,077,853.12 on Sept. 2. 2022.
There were five of $1.5 million or more, two between $1 and $1.5 million and 10 between $600,000 and $1 million.
There were a few for $10.
The data does not reveal names or locations.
When the virus is identified in a flock, the CFIA orders it destroyed and sets up a five-kilometre quarantine zone that bans poultry-industry traffic in and out.
