Public Safety»Wildlife & Pest Control

Pest Control Department

While we live in an urban environment, wildlife, big and small, lives all around us, and with us. The City of Coquitlam offers pest control advice and has a Bear Aware Program to help mitigate risks living with urban wildlife.

Pest Control

If you see a pest problem on public land, want information about a pest, suspect that you have a rodent problem, or just want general information about urban pest management, please contact the Urban Wildlife Coordinator (urbanwildlife@coquitlam.ca), or the Engineering Customer Service.

Pest-related issues include those of:

Rodents (rats and mice),
Urban wildlife (e.g. raccoons, coyotes, squirrels),
Mosquitoes, and
Other insects (e.g. ants, wasps)

For pest control concerns on private land, please refer to a private pest control company. Local pest control services can be found on Yellowpages.ca and other internet search engines.

Mosquito Control & West Nile Virus

Culex Environmental Ltd. has been contracted by Metro Vancouver to undertake nuisance mosquito control in the City of Coquitlam, Township of Langley, City of Surrey, City of Pitt Meadows and the District of Maple Ridge. The program includes:

Monitoring river levels, temperature, rainfall and snow pack levels
Monitoring numbers of larval mosquitoes in water bodies
Applying naturally occurring bacterial larvicide
Monitoring numbers of adult mosquitoes to gauge effectiveness of larviciding
Public education and community outreach

For more information or to request a site visit to investigate standing water for potential mosquito breeding please call 604-872-1912 or email info@culex.ca.

Up-to-date information on West Nile Virus, including prevention and treatment can be found on the Fraser Health website. To find out how to report incidents of West Nile Virus, please refer to Fraser Health Toll-free Information and Reporting.

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