Victoria ranked 3rd rattiest city in B.C., according to pest control company
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Orkin Canada has released its annual top 10 list of the rattiest cities in British Columbia and Victoria has once again cracked the top three.
It’s not a list that any city wants to be on, and this year’s ranking is actually an improvement over last year.
“We slipped actually, we slipped in the rankings,” said Christopher Day, Vancouver Island branch manager for Orkin Vancouver Island.
“Last year we were number two, this year we are number three in the province.”
The list was compiled somewhat unscientifically by Orkin Canada Pest Control. The numbers are based on the number of calls the company received in each city.
This year, Vancouver gets the top spot, followed by Burnaby, then Victoria.
Elsewhere on the Island, Duncan fell to 18th from last year’s 14th-place ranking, and Sidney dropped off the list entirely.
“I think COVID has played a roll, certainly, in the proliferation of rodents in the area,” said Matt O’Neill, vice president of sales for Pest Detective.
Through the pandemic, downtown cores have been relatively empty, leaving rodents to live unbothered.
