If the idea of bed bugs makes you squirm, you might want to avoid the places named on Orkin Canada Pest Control's new list of "Canada's Top Bed Bug Cities."
The report, released Tuesday, ranks the "bed buggiest" cities across the country — and the results have shifted somewhat from previous years.
While Toronto has claimed the top spot for the seventh year in a row, Vancouver seems to have put its extermination practices into full gear as it moved from second place to sixth. Winnipeg moved up to seventh, which is noteworthy considering it wasn't even in the top 10 last year.
Montreal's placement on the list may surprise you. When news of the bed bug crisis in Paris spread a few months ago, there were reports of fear and panic amongst Montrealers given the high degree of travel between the two cities with daily non-stop flights between Charles De Gaulle Airport and Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
However, Montreal did not crack the top 10. In fact, we moved further down the list compared to last year taking 14th place rather than 12th.
Here's the full list of Canadian cities that are most infested with bed bugs:
- Toronto
- Sudbury
- Oshawa
- Hamilton
- Ottawa
- Vancouver
- Winnipeg
- St. John's
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Scarborough
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- London
- Montreal
- Timmins
- Windsor
- North York
- Moncton
- Halifax
- Etobicoke
- Mississauga
- Niagara Falls
- Prince George
- Peterborough
- Saskatoon
Bed bug cities in Canada.Orkin Canada | Press release
The Orkin Canada bed bug list is created based on the number of commercial and residential bed bug treatments performed by the company. The new list was compiled using treatments performed between January 1,2023 and December 31, 2023.
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