Diseases of Public Health Significance (DOPHS)

Timely reporting of communicable diseases is essential for their control.

If you suspect or have confirmation of the following specified “Diseases of Public Health Significance”, or their “etiologic agents”, as per Ontario Reg 135/18 and amendments under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, please report them to the local Medical Officer of Health.

Download the Diseases of Public Health Significance Lists

Report diseases listed below to:

Report Immediately:

Report By Next Working Day: 

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  1. https://www.wechu.org/professionals/diseases-public-health-significance-dophs
  2. https://www.wechu.org/diseases-public-health-significance-pdf
  3. tel:519-258-2146
  4. tel:226-783-2132
  5. tel:519-973-4510
  6. tel:226-783-2113
  7. https://www.wechu.org/health-care-providers/diseases-public-health-significance-investigation-and-reporting-forms
  8. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/anthrax
  9. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-infectious-diseases/botulism
  10. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/brucellosis
  11. https://www.wechu.org/your-health/diphtheria
  12. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/streptococcal-infections-invasive-group
  13. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/haemophilus-influenzae-type-b-hib
  14. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/hantaviruses.html
  15. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/ebola
  16. https://www.wechu.org/your-health-reportable-diseases/hepatitis
  17. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/measles
  18. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/invasive-meningococcal-disease
  19. https://www.wechu.org/cv
  20. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/polio-poliomyelitis-acute
  21. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/rabies
  22. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/mpox
  23. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/hiv-aids
  24. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/acute-flaccid-paralysis-afp
  25. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/amebiasis
  26. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/blastomycosis
  27. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/campylobacter
  28. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/carbapenemase-producing-enterobacteriaceae-cpe
  29. https://www.wechu.org/pregnancy-and-parenting-your-health/chickenpox
  30. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/chlamydia
  31. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/cholera-0
  32. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/cryptosporidiosis-crypto
  33. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/cyclosporiasis
  34. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/echinococcus-multilocularis-infection
  35. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety/foodborne-illness
  36. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/outbreaks
  37. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/giardia
  38. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/gonorrhea
  39. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/hepatitis-b
  40. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/hepatitis-c
  41. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/influenza-flu
  42. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/listeriosis
  43. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/ticks-and-your-health
  44. https://www.wechu.org/your-health/meningitis
  45. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/mumps
  46. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/whooping-cough-pertussis
  47. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/outbreaks
  48. https://www.wechu.org/your-health-pregnancy-and-parenting/rubella
  49. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/salmonella
  50. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety/shigellosis
  51. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/syphilis
  52. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/tetanus-lockjaw
  53. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/tuberculosis-tb
  54. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/typhoid-fever
  55. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/e-coli
  56. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/west-nile-virus
  57. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety/yersiniosis
  58. https://www.wechu.org/tags/infection-control
  59. https://www.wechu.org/tags/infectious-disease-prevention