Average Cost of Pest Control & Wildlife / Animal Removal in the Greater Toronto Area - Price List
What do our competitors charge on average for a similar/comparable pest control, pest extermination or a wildlife removal service in Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga, Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Orangeville, Caledon, Hamilton, Oakville, Burlington, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Newmarket, Stouffville, and other Southern Ontario locations?
What will the other pest control companies operating in the Greater Toronto Area charge you? How much do other Toronto pest control companies and wildlife removal companies charge for bed bug, cockroach, or mouse extermination? How much does wildlife removal cost? What do you think raccoon removal will cost in Oakville? How about squirrel removal in Mississauga?
The following table shows THEIR average prices. You will be surprised by how much we can beat these prices. To find out our unbeatable rates, give us a call at 416.268.3408.
Why pay these prices, when we can do a better job with a much lower price tag?
What will the other pest control companies operating in the Greater Toronto Area charge you? How much do other Toronto pest control companies and wildlife removal companies charge for bed bug, cockroach, or mouse extermination? How much does wildlife removal cost? What do you think raccoon removal will cost in Oakville? How about squirrel removal in Mississauga?
The following table shows THEIR average prices. You will be surprised by how much we can beat these prices. To find out our unbeatable rates, give us a call at 416.268.3408.
Why pay these prices, when we can do a better job with a much lower price tag?
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2 rooms |
3 rooms |
4 rooms |
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Bed Bug |
$500 - 600 |
$600 - 800 |
$800 - 1,000 |
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Cockroach |
$250 - 300 |
$350 - 375 |
$400 - 450 |
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Mouse /Rat |
$275 - 350 |
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Ant |
$275 - 350 |
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Centipedes |
$275 - 350 |
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Millipedes |
$275 - 350 |
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Silverfish |
$275 - 350 |
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Sow bug |
$275 - 350 |
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Earwig |
$275 - 350 |
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Flea & Tick |
$400 - 500 |
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Wasp, Hornet, Bee |
$350 - 500 |
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Spider |
$300 - 350 |
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Raccoon, Squirrel, Skunk, etc. |
$500 - 800 |
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But price is not just a simple number. It is inextricably linked to something we very deeply care about - service quality.
We promise to offer the most reasonable price without having to compromise the quality of workmanship. Savvy consumers and homeowners are quite naturally aware of what economists refer to as the quality-price ratio. When making an optimal purchase decision, we should refrain from choosing lower prices, where the cost reduction is achieved through a corresponding reduction in the product or service quality. To give you a basic example, would you prefer a car that costs $20,000 with a poor powertrain quality over a car that costs $30,000 but has a lower long-run maintenance cost? The more pricey vehicle, thanks to its reliability and longer lifespan of its most expensive and important components, over time proves to be less expensive than a vehicle that cost more to acquire. Hence the conventional wisdom expressed in the old proverb - cheap is expensive, and expensive is cheap!
There are several major examples of this quality-price trade-off from the pest control and wildlife removal industry in Ontario. The first, and perhaps, the most disturbing example is the quality-price ratio of pest removal services acquired by multi-residential units (especially, high-rise apartment buildings maintained by large development corporations and property management firms). Many of these firms contract low-end pest control services that use poorly-trained and poorly-paid staff using the most inexpensive products. In those circumstances, there is a complete lack of quality control; service quality is simply not one of the variables that firms and decision-makers take into account. Property managers often pay a firm $10 (this price tag could be slightly lower or higher depending on the parties to the transaction) to treat a residential unit for cockroaches. The cost of the proper treatment (using adequate supplies, tools, and skilled labour) would in many cases be more than 10-15 times greater than the actual transaction cost. The human and environmental consequences of these poor decisions are dire. No wonder why many apartment buildings can never get rid of cockroaches or other pests that move from one unit to another and over time become even more untreatable due to factors related to pest biology and pesticide chemistry.
Another example is the so-called handymen fixes that some offer to the very serious wildlife invasion problems. A make-shift, poorly-thought, -planned, and -applied fix, of course, is going to be more affordable than a thorough wildlife removal job done according to a tested protocol and quality control standard. At TSR we face this situation almost on a daily basis when customers try to leverage some unserious estimates acquired from inapt agents. Would you rather pay someone without any serious track record or reputation a modest sum to "attempt" to "fix" your problem? What about the unavoidable negative consequences that these transactions will almost always have.
Below, is an ad placed in a local classifieds website by a pest control operator that does not even try to hide they are cutting corners.
We promise to offer the most reasonable price without having to compromise the quality of workmanship. Savvy consumers and homeowners are quite naturally aware of what economists refer to as the quality-price ratio. When making an optimal purchase decision, we should refrain from choosing lower prices, where the cost reduction is achieved through a corresponding reduction in the product or service quality. To give you a basic example, would you prefer a car that costs $20,000 with a poor powertrain quality over a car that costs $30,000 but has a lower long-run maintenance cost? The more pricey vehicle, thanks to its reliability and longer lifespan of its most expensive and important components, over time proves to be less expensive than a vehicle that cost more to acquire. Hence the conventional wisdom expressed in the old proverb - cheap is expensive, and expensive is cheap!
There are several major examples of this quality-price trade-off from the pest control and wildlife removal industry in Ontario. The first, and perhaps, the most disturbing example is the quality-price ratio of pest removal services acquired by multi-residential units (especially, high-rise apartment buildings maintained by large development corporations and property management firms). Many of these firms contract low-end pest control services that use poorly-trained and poorly-paid staff using the most inexpensive products. In those circumstances, there is a complete lack of quality control; service quality is simply not one of the variables that firms and decision-makers take into account. Property managers often pay a firm $10 (this price tag could be slightly lower or higher depending on the parties to the transaction) to treat a residential unit for cockroaches. The cost of the proper treatment (using adequate supplies, tools, and skilled labour) would in many cases be more than 10-15 times greater than the actual transaction cost. The human and environmental consequences of these poor decisions are dire. No wonder why many apartment buildings can never get rid of cockroaches or other pests that move from one unit to another and over time become even more untreatable due to factors related to pest biology and pesticide chemistry.
Another example is the so-called handymen fixes that some offer to the very serious wildlife invasion problems. A make-shift, poorly-thought, -planned, and -applied fix, of course, is going to be more affordable than a thorough wildlife removal job done according to a tested protocol and quality control standard. At TSR we face this situation almost on a daily basis when customers try to leverage some unserious estimates acquired from inapt agents. Would you rather pay someone without any serious track record or reputation a modest sum to "attempt" to "fix" your problem? What about the unavoidable negative consequences that these transactions will almost always have.
Below, is an ad placed in a local classifieds website by a pest control operator that does not even try to hide they are cutting corners.
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Long story short, this is not a serious way of running a pest control operation. Would you want your home to be attended by untrained, unlicensed, unregistered persons working at below the minimum wage rates, applying unknown products, working in unsafe conditions simply because the service they offer is cheaper than what you could obtain from reputable pest control operators whose products and services undergo a thorough quality control?
We will continue to expose, and educate the public, about such unsafe/irresponsible business practices that create unnecessary risk for our environment and our fellow residents. For us, this is simply a matter of corporate responsibility and civic duty.
Updated in December, 2019.
We will continue to expose, and educate the public, about such unsafe/irresponsible business practices that create unnecessary risk for our environment and our fellow residents. For us, this is simply a matter of corporate responsibility and civic duty.
Updated in December, 2019.
