The Canadian pig industry has an excellent health status. However, it is high risk due to international travel and unprecedented international trade of animal and animal products. A national identification and traceability system could significantly reduce the impact of a crisis. Identification needs national livestock premises registry, national tattoo number classification system, swine slaughter database, and a national hog identification and movement reporting system. The registry will serve to locate each livestock premises in Canada. The tattoo number classification system should be linked with a premises location and applied to all market hogs before leaving premises for slaughter. The swine slaughter database should include swine movement information received from the packing plants and marketing boards in order to trace back to farms. The ID and movement reporting system should include all animal movement (from slaughter, auctions, etc.), trucker license, identification of animals (group ID for farm to farm movements), and is important for import/export. To implement these strategies the pig industry needs to work with the government to establish a program. The program would be mandatory for any and all producers.