@ctvnews: Tick reports are surging across Eastern Canada this year – and especially in Ontario. Driven by climate change, migratory birds, and expanding mice and deer populations, experts expect the troubling trend to continue well into the future, increasing the risk of serious tickborne illnesses like Lyme disease. Data submitted to eTick.ca as of June 23 shows that confirmed tick reports are up 38.5 per cent in Canada so far this year compared to the same period in 2025. Reports of blacklegged and western blacklegged ticks – the two species that carry Lyme disease – are also up by 35.2 per cent. After suffering through a late-stage Lyme disease diagnosis in 2015, Justin Wood founded Geneticks, Canada’s first private tick testing lab. “I expect this upward trend to continue every year in Canada for the foreseeable future,” Wood told CTVNews.ca from Uxbridge, Ont. “Climate change is the driver to this process.” #newsstories #canada #Ontario #britishcolumbia #manitoba

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