Pest Control in Coquitlam, BC

Yes, on private property: see wildlife control. The Province points raccoon and skunk damage to a licensed pest control company, and notes that municipal bylaws may still limit traps. The City’s Animal Shelter doesn’t trap animals, though it takes reports of dead ones at 604-927-7387. For injured wildlife, the City’s list of rescue groups includes Critter Care at 604-530-2054. To keep them out, the City says to limit access under sheds and wood piles.

Carts go out between 5:30 and 7:30 a.m. on collection day, and the City says a cart put out the night before may bring a $500 fine. Between collections it advises a garage or fully enclosed structure, and says Green Cart clips aren’t bear proof. Bylaw 4284 also bans feeding any wildlife and requires ripe fruit to be picked and fallen fruit removed. Report attractants to Bylaw Enforcement at 604-927-3580.

Not second-generation anticoagulants, the kind that can kill a rodent in one feeding. B.C.’s Integrated Pest Management Regulation, s. 81 (5), confines them to essential service locations, and even there practical alternatives must have failed first. The City’s pest management page calls rodenticides a last resort, recommends snap and electronic traps, and says to seal holes and cracks larger than 6 mm. Our rodent control program seals gaps up to toonie size, and larger openings are quoted as exclusion work.

Yes. The City’s demolition permit page says owners must verify that buildings are free of pests such as rats before the permit is issued, and lists a Rodent Inspection and Control Declaration among the required documents. The form is signed by someone licensed in structural pest management, with a B.C. pesticide licence number and a Coquitlam business licence number, and goes to the Building Permits Division at 604-927-3441. The permit page also marks the bird nesting window, March 1 to August 31. Our rodent abatement for demolition page explains the inspection and follow-up visits.

Possibly raccoons, birds or other wildlife after European chafer beetle grubs. The City’s chafer page says you often notice the damage when those animals start digging for the grubs, and that more than five grubs per section of turf is the point to consider control. Check from January to March. The City doesn’t allow pesticides for chafer on residential or civic land, so it recommends nematodes around mid to late July. Japanese beetle grubs look similar, and part of Coquitlam is in the CFIA’s regulated area. We treat chafer as well as indoor beetles: see beetle control.

No. Pesticide Use Control Bylaw 4254 covers pesticides used to maintain outdoor trees, plants and turf on private residential land, including strata common property, and on City land. It doesn’t apply to buildings or the inside of buildings, or to managing a pest that transmits human or animal disease. Indoors, the Province’s rule is notice: before a licensee uses a pesticide in an occupied home, it must provide the occupant with a treatment notice, 72 hours or more in advance. See the preparation sheets for indoor treatments.

Our inspection fee is $150 + GST for a house and $125 + GST for a condo, and estimates over the phone are free. For a house, the three-visit rodent control program is $495–$650 + GST; for a condo, $395–$495 + GST. It seals any gap up to toonie size, and exclusion work for larger openings is quoted separately. Exterior baiting, where it suits the property, starts with a $150 + GST minimum setup fee, then $78.75–$95 + GST per visit, with 30 days’ notice to cancel.

Generally the landlord. The Residential Tenancy Branch says landlords are generally responsible for controlling insect infestations such as bed bugs, and Fraser Health says a landlord can’t legally apply pesticides personally in a suite they rent out and must hire a licensed operator. Separately, s. 10 (2) of B.C.’s Integrated Pest Management Regulation requires that operator to provide the occupant with a treatment notice 72 hours or more before treating. For the treatment itself, go to bed bug control; for getting ready, use the preparation sheets.