Scarborough Pest Control

Pest Control in Scarborough

Sterex Pest Control provides licensed pest control services across all Scarborough neighbourhoods. Scarborough's older housing stock, dense rental buildings, and active wildlife corridors create year-round pest pressure — our technicians are experienced with the specific pest profiles in each area.

What matters in Scarborough

Scarborough is governed by the City of Toronto, so its apartment buildings fall under RentSafeTO — but its housing is mostly post-war bungalows, back-splits, and tower clusters rather than downtown condos, which shifts the work toward rodents, wildlife, and exterior entry points.

Scarborough combines post-war bungalows and back-splits on generous lots with high-rise apartment clusters along Kingston Road, Markham Road, and Eglinton. The low-rise stock brings mice through foundation and garage gaps, carpenter ants around aging window framing, and raccoons at soffits backing onto the Highland Creek and Rouge ravine systems. The tower clusters bring the German cockroach and bed bug work typical of older multi-unit buildings.

Common pests in Scarborough

What we treat here

Scarborough sees high cockroach pressure in older apartment buildings and rental units, especially in Agincourt and Malvern. Bed bugs are common in multi-unit buildings. Mice are active in older semi-detached and detached homes in fall and winter, entering through aging foundation gaps. Raccoons are very active near the Scarborough Bluffs, Highland Creek, and Rouge River corridors. Ants peak in late spring and summer.

Most-requested pricing

What Scarborough customers ask about most

Mice treatmentFrom $200

Townhome; bait stations + accessible gaps sealed

Cockroach treatment$250 condo/townhome · $300 home

One kitchen; homes up to 3,500 sq ft

Wasp nest removalFrom $175

Accessible exterior nest under 9 ft

All prices are before HST. Severe infestations are quoted upfront.

Full Ontario price list

Local rules and programs

What applies specifically in Scarborough

RentSafeTO applies to Scarborough apartment buildings

Scarborough is part of the City of Toronto, so apartment building owners here must keep units pest-free, inspect common areas at least every 30 days, inspect within 72 hours of being told about pests, use licensed operators where required, and post pest control records on the tenant notification board. Units with an active pest problem cannot be rented to new tenants.

City of Toronto — RentSafeTO building owner requirements

Commercial work in Scarborough

Scarborough's commercial base runs to strip plazas, food retail, restaurants, and industrial and warehousing north of Highway 401. Food premises need service records that hold up to a Toronto Public Health inspection, and Sterex issues a timestamped report after every visit.

Commercial pest control

Wildlife pressure in Scarborough

The Rouge and Highland Creek ravine systems and Scarborough's mature tree canopy put raccoons and squirrels directly against rooflines. On bungalows and back-splits the recurring entry points are roof vents, soffit corners, and the low roof edge over an attached garage — all of which are easy to reach from a mature tree.

Wildlife removal and exclusion

Service coverage

Neighbourhoods in Scarborough

Tell us the neighbourhood and property type when you book. That pair usually says more about access and likely entry points than the pest name on its own.

Agincourt

Malvern

Wexford

Morningside

Guildwood

Scarborough Village

Rouge Hill

Woburn

Birchcliff

Most requested in Scarborough

Start with the service that matches your problem

Residential pest control Commercial pest control Cockroach control Bed bug treatment Mice and rat control Wildlife removal

Frequently asked questions

Pest control questions for Scarborough

Yes. Scarborough is part of the City of Toronto, so the same RentSafeTO obligations apply: owners must keep units free of pests, inspect common areas at least every 30 days, respond within 72 hours of a pest report, use licensed operators where required, and post pest control records and schedules on the tenant notification board. Sterex provides a timestamped report after each visit, which is the documentation those requirements ask for.

The Rouge and Highland Creek ravine systems run through the area and the tree canopy is mature, so raccoons have both cover and a route to rooflines. On Scarborough's bungalows and back-splits the low roof edge over an attached garage is often the easiest access point. Removing an animal without sealing the opening it used generally leads to a repeat visit, so exclusion work matters more than trapping alone.

Ontario structural extermination licenceWSIB-covered and insuredTimestamped report after every visit3-month residential warranty*About Sterex

*Warranty applies when prep is completed, technician recommendations are followed, and structural entry points are addressed.

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