How Common Are Bed Bugs in Canada?
WouterThere are many ways to get rid of bed bugs, and there are many ways to keep them at bay. One way to keep bed bugs at bay is to use a bed bug killer. There are some commercial products on the market today that will kill bed bugs, but they may not be as effective as a preventative measure. If you want to keep bed bugs away from your home, you should also consider hiring a pest control company.
Bedbugs may have been present in Canada before the development of civilization, and they’re likely to remain so for as long as human habitation has existed. However, since the Second World War, chemical insecticides have greatly reduced their incidence, and bedbugs were virtually eradicated from most cities. Then, around the early 2000s, the numbers of reported infestations began to rise dramatically. It wasn’t until 2003 that entomologists began to realize the problem was widespread and needed to be addressed.
Statistics Canada has compiled a bed bug registry, which allows people to search for reported cases of the pests. There is information available for most major cities across Canada. Toronto was the city with the most cases of bed bug infestations. This year, the number of reported cases of bed bugs decreased by nearly 20% across Canada. Despite this, Toronto was named as Canada’s worst bed bug problem in 2019.
