Expert Mosquito Control Services

Managing Mosquitoes On Your Property

Mosquitoes are more than a backyard annoyance. They disrupt outdoor time, leave irritating bites, and can make patios, decks, and play areas uninhabitable. These pests thrive in warm months and flock to places with standing water, shade and vegetation. If they find conditions they like around your home, their populations can grow quickly and become hard to control on your own.

Orkin Canada’s mosquito control services are designed to reduce mosquito activity around your home and help you reclaim your outdoor space.

How Does Orkin Canada’s Mosquito Control Service Protect Your Home?

Your local Orkin Mosquito Control Pro will create a tailored treatment plan to effectively remove mosquitoes from areas where they are most active. When your local Orkin Mosquito Control Pro is on the job, you can rest easy knowing your home will be professionally protected from mosquitoes.

• Spray Treatments: Using a targeted application method, your local Orkin Mosquito Control Pro treats key areas where mosquitoes are known to rest. These treatments provide residual control, continuing to work between service visits to help reduce mosquito activity over time.
• Growth Regulator Treatments (Only available in certain areas): Effective mosquito control starts with addressing breeding sites. Your local Orkin Mosquito Control Pro will provide recommendations for eliminating standing water whenever possible. In areas with heavy breeding activity, your local Orkin Mosquito Control Pro will implement growth regulators to effectively control any eggs and larva in any standing water on your property.
• Baited Traps: Baited traps serve as both a monitoring and control tool, designed to capture female mosquitoes during their breeding cycle. By creating an ideal breeding environment, the trap attracts female mosquitoes to lay their eggs inside. The specialized design prevents newly hatched mosquitoes from escaping, stopping up to 130 eggs per female from developing into adults.

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Why Mosquito Control Matters

Mosquitoes are persistent pests that can make it hard to sit back and enjoy your yard during the warm months. Understanding why they appear and how they grow helps highlight the importance of acting early. 

Health Hazards

Mosquitoes bite to feed on blood, leaving itchy welts and irritation that can lead to secondary infections. Some mosquito species in Canada can transmit West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, making it important to manage populations before they become a problem.

Breeding & Rapid Population Growth

Mosquitoes lay eggs in standing water. Even small amounts, like water pooled in planters, toys, gutters, or bird baths, can attract breeding females. When conditions are right, mosquito numbers can increase quickly and continue to grow exponentially throughout the season.

Impact on Outdoor Living

From family barbecues to relaxing on the deck, mosquitoes can make outdoor spaces hard to use. A professional treatment program helps reduce mosquito activity so you can enjoy your yard comfortably throughout the season.

Where Mosquitoes Live and Breed

Mosquitoes are typically active from late spring through early fall. They prefer warm, humid conditions and are typically most active at dawn and dusk. Around residential properties, mosquitoes often rest in shaded areas such as tall grass, dense shrubs, under decks, or in cluttered yard spaces. Indoors, they rest in humid, dark corners and areas with less disturbance and airflow.

They seek out standing water to lay eggs, which is why eliminating water sources around your property is one of the most effective steps you can take to reduce mosquito populations.

Common Service Areas

Backyard Mosquito Prevention

Summer is the perfect time to enjoy your backyard, without the worry of mosquitoes. As your local Orkin Mosquito Control Pro will carefully assess and treats all areas where mosquitoes may be residing to ensure your backyard is protected. You can rest easy knowing that your local Orkin Mosquito Control Pro is on the job.

Cottage Mosquito Control

Helpful Resources

• The Life Cycle of a Mosquito
• Mosquito Bites: Everything You Need to Know
• Top 5 Facts About Mosquitoes
• Top 5 Mosquito FAQs

Why Choose Orkin Canada for Mosquito Control?

Mosquitoes can make it hard to enjoy your yard. Orkin Canada offers targeted mosquito control to help reduce activity and bring comfort back to your outdoor space. 

• Expert Mosquito Control for Your Home: Our Local Orkin Mosquito Control Pros receive advanced training, backed by Ph.D. entomologists and leading experts, to deliver proven mosquito control solutions.
• Smarter, Environmentally Friendly Solutions: We use targeted mosquito treatments that focus on mosquito habitats and breeding sites to reduce populations around your home.
• If Mosquitoes Return, So Do We: Your comfort is our priority. We’ll re-treat at no extra cost. Not happy? We’ll refund your service payment.* 
• 73+ years of trust: Canadian homeowners have relied on Orkin Canada for proven pest control solutions since 1952.  

*Subject to certain terms and conditions

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do mosquitoes live?

Mosquitoes do not typically ‘live’ anywhere; rather, they rest in areas that are humid, shady, moist, and with access to standing water. Around homes, they are commonly found in tall grass, dense shrubs, on shaded tree trunks, under decks, in gutters, and near pools of water, such as bird baths or planters. Indoors, they rest in dark, quiet areas such as on walls, baseboards, ceilings, inside or under furniture. Female mosquitoes lay eggs in stagnant water, where the eggs hatch into larvae, which then develop into pupae before becoming adults. Reducing these water sources is one of the most effective ways to help minimize mosquito populations.

When are mosquitoes most active?

Mosquitoes are typically most active at dawn and dusk when temperatures are cooler and humidity is higher. In Canada, mosquito season starts late spring, generally peaks during the summer months and ends early fall, depending on seasonal temperatures.

What attracts mosquitoes to my yard?

Mosquitoes are drawn to standing water, overgrown vegetation, shaded areas, and sources of heat and moisture. Even small pockets of water can attract breeding mosquitoes.

How can I reduce the mosquito population around my home?

Reduce standing water, trim overgrown vegetation, clean gutters, refresh bird bath water and remove or empty items that collect rainwater. These steps help limit the environment mosquitoes can breed and thrive.

Does professional mosquito control work?

Yes. Professional treatments target areas where mosquitoes breed and rest, helping to reduce populations throughout the season. Combined with prevention steps, this approach offers the best long-term results.