Professional Bed Bug Extermination

Eliminating Bed Bugs from Your Home

Bed bugs are on the rise across Canada, and even the cleanest homes can be at risk. These tiny pests feed on human and pet blood, and once they’ve settled in, they’re tough to detect and even harder to eliminate.

Drawn to warmth and carbon dioxide, bed bugs typically emerge at night to feed and hide during the day in mattresses, baseboards, carpets, and even wallpaper. Left untreated, a small problem can grow fast—up to 13,000 bed bugs in just six months. For a complete and lasting solution, you need a trusted bed bug exterminator.

Why Bed Bug Treatment Matters

Bed bugs are persistent, invasive, and increasingly common. DIY methods often miss the hidden infestations, giving them time to spread. 

Health Risks

• Painful Bites: Bed bug bites can cause itching, swelling, allergic reactions, and loss of sleep. See how to identify a bed bug bite.
• Social/Mental Toll: Living with an infestation can lead to stress, anxiety, and embarrassment.

Home Impact

• Rapid Reproduction: A few bugs can quickly turn into thousands. Adults can survive up to a year without feeding.
• Widespread Infestations: They often start near beds but quickly spread to furniture, flooring, and walls.
• Hard to Find: Bed bugs hide in tiny crevices, making them nearly impossible to fully remove without professional tools.
• Reinfestation Risk: Without targeted treatment, bed bugs can return even after you think they’re gone.
  

How Does Orkin Canada Keep Your Home Protected Against Bed Bugs

• Canine Bed Bug Detection & Inspection Services – Faster and more reliable than any other detection method, Orkin Canada’s bed bug dogs are ideal for regularly inspecting multi unit apartment/condo buildings and homes. Our canine teams can inspect a room in minutes, ensuring you receive the peace of mind you deserve.
• Bed Bug Encasements – Orkin Canada offers an array of bed bug encasement products to help stop bed bugs from spreading and help protect your beds and furniture from future infestations.
• Bed Bug Heat Treatments – In the event of a severe bed bug infestation, your local Orkin Pro may recommend the use of heat treatments to eradicate bed bug populations. This environmentally friendly approach uses sustained high temperatures to penetrate all bed bug harbourage areas, including furniture, electronics and walls.
• Aprehend^® Proactive Treatments – Your local Orkin Pro may also use an environmentally friendly bio-pesticide called Beauveria conidia  in an oil-based formulation as part of a proactive strategy, or as part of an overall treatment.
• Steam and Vacuuming – We use steam to kill eggs and bed bugs on contact, and to drive out of hiding spots. In addition to steam, we may also use a HEPA vacuum to remove live bugs, shed skins, eggs and debris before treating with residual or contact products.
• Contact and Residual Treatments – These types of bed bug treatments provide an instant knock down and ensure long term effectiveness when combined with a integrated bed bug control program.

Helpful Resources

How To Avoid Bed Bugs When Travelling
The Life Stages of Bed Bugs
Top 5 Facts About Bed Bugs
100 Facts About Bed Bugs

Why Choose Orkin Canada for Bed Bug Treatment?

• Expert Care For Your Home: Your local Orkin Pro is trained by leading entomologists and uses specialized bed bug dogs to detect infestations, even in hard-to-spot areas.
• Smarter, Greener Bed Bug Control: We combine heat, steam, vacuuming, and environmentally responsible solutions with expert follow-up to eliminate bed bugs at every stage of their life cycle.
• If Bed Bugs Return, So Do We: Our 100% satisfaction guarantee means we’ll re-treat at no cost until the problem is solved—or refund your service payment.*
• 72+ years of trust: We’ve protected Canadian families and businesses since 1952. 

Frequently Asked Bed Bug Removal Questions

How do Orkin Canada exterminators get rid of bed bugs?

Orkin Canada implements a number of different solutions to rid your home of bed bugs. It can include steaming, vacuuming, heat and insecticides, coupled with follow-up monitoring to ensure the issue is dealt with.

Where should I look for bed bugs in my bedroom?

Watch as an Orkin Pro helps you identify where to look for bed bugs in your bedroom.

Should I throw away my mattress if I have bed bugs?

No, it is not recommended to throw away your mattress because it can be treated (depending upon the extent of the problem). However, if a mattress is heavily infested, we recommend throwing it away. When throwing away your mattress it is important to mitigate any risks; wrap the infested mattress in plastic, label it prior to putting it out for pick-up or throwing away so that nobody picks it for reuse.

What brings bed bugs out of hiding?

Bed bugs are drawn from their hiding spots when they are hungry. They are attracted to body heat, odour and carbon dioxide emitted by a host.

Does washing clothes kill bed bugs?

Washing clothes kills bed bug only if hot water and a full washing cycle is used. Washing clothes in cold water alone does not kill bed bugs.

What is the main cause of bed bugs?

Contrary to popular belief, bed bugs are not caused by having dirty or cluttered homes. Bed bugs are opportunists, all they need is blood so they can occupy any home regardless of the status of the home or structure as long as there are people in it. Bed bugs are brought into homes when people travel or are exposed to infested objects.

Do bed bugs infest the whole house?

Bed bug infestations usually start around the sleeping area, usually on your bed, but as the population grows, they are introduced or moved to other parts of the house. If objects from the infested bedroom or other infested areas get moved around the house, this will ensure that a growing infestation is made worse. Bed bugs can also actively move between rooms in search of blood meals. Contrary to its name, bed bugs are not restricted to beds only, they can be found on other objects as well.