BEST Ant Exterminators Near You in Toronto!
Get Addison’s 3 in 1 Ant Removal Plan
Jump To: Service Area, Our Process, Prevention & Monitoring, Identifying Ant Infestation, Customer Reviews
You want…
to quickly eliminate an ant infestation, stop the reproduction of this invasive, damaging pest...
an affordable, professional, honest and warrantied ant exterminator
An environmentally conscious treatment that is safe for the whole family, including your pets.
Here’s what to expect:
A fast no-obligation quote over the phone in seconds
Answers to any of your questions
No secret service fees or follow-up costs.
Flexible scheduling with 24-hour, same-day service throughout the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario.
Addison has...
A trusted track record
Decades of experience
The safest, most effective insecticides
Comprehensive guarantee
Thorough customer service
Rigorously trained technicians
Tried and tested pest control methods
Service Area Near Toronto, Ontario
Downtown Toronto, Midtown, Chinatown, the Annex, Burlington, Little Italy, Harbourfront, Cabbagetown, Summerhill, Forest Hill, Rosedale, the Junction, Parkdale, Bloordale, Scarborough, North York, Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan, Etobicoke, Markham, Pickering, Hamilton, London and beyond!
Key Facts about Ants in Toronto
Ants can cause structural damage to your GTA home in Ontario and can spread dangerous bacteria to your food
Ants can get into your home through tiny cracks and holes in your house's foundation, door and window seals, brick and woodwork
Ants use pheromone trails to attract large numbers of worker ants to sugary or fatty foods anywhere in your home including the kitchen, bathrooms, living rooms, and bedrooms
Many people are not bothered by ants, but unless you deal with an infestation in it’s very early stages ants can be a challenge to eliminate on your own
A professional integrated pest management plan is the best way to quickly and completely eradicate an ant infestation and give you safe, long-lasting protection
Our process
Step 1: Ant Spray Treatment
Category:
Chemical + Residual
Equipment:
Precision surface sprayer
Method:
A fine mist of residual spray is applied to the backs, sides and bottoms of kitchen appliances, the inside and outside of kitchen and bathroom cabinets and drawers, underneath counters, sinks, radiators as well as the door jambs and floors throughout the home.
Strengths:
Kills ants on contact and remains active as a protective surface treatment to continue to kill ants as they come out of hiding.
Keeps your home and furniture protected for up to 6 months.
Fully approved by Ontario Ministry of Environment, safe and non-toxic for humans and animals of all shapes and sizes.
Weakness:
If used improperly, may promote pesticide resistance.
Step 2: Ant Powder Treatment
Category:
Physical+Chemical
Equipment:
Power duster
Method:
A fine silica dust insecticide is injected into all crevices and wall cavities through electrical sockets, gaps underneath baseboards and gaps around pipes under the sink, bathtub or toilet.
Strengths:
Cuts up the ant abdomen.
Coats the insides of the wall cavities to create a protective powder barrier around your home.
No ants can spread to or from attached houses, adjacent apartments or condo units.
Essential lasting protection.
Fully approved by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, safe and non-toxic for humans and animals of all shapes and sizes.
Weakness:
Only suitable for crack and crevice treatment.
Easily washed or vacuumed away.
Step 3: Ant Gel Bait Treatment
Category:
Chemical
Equipment:
Gel bait gun
Method:
A small bead of bait droplets is applied on the back of kitchen appliances, underneath sinks, and toilets, on the hinges and tracks of kitchen and bathroom cabinets and drawers.
The clear bait is very discreet, it is distributed in drops about the size of a grain of rice.
Strength:
effective, discreet and safe method to eliminate an ant infestation.
A can be a cannibalistic species. This means that more and more ants will be exposed to the bait as their dead bodies are consumed in the ant colony.
Weakness:
Must be implemented in conjunction with rigorous cleaning and sealing to eliminatex x other food sources and draw ants to the bait.
Beware of Discount Pest Control in Ontario
These companies use low quality or low concentration surface sprays with only 10 to 14 days of protection.
There can be thousands of ants in a single ant colony, the right insecticides and baits are necessary to ensure, the queen is eliminated along with the rest of the colony.
A treatment that is not sufficiently thorough and aggressive will allow the queen to continuously resupply the colony with new workers and lead to frustrating re-infestations.
Prevention and Monitoring near Toronto
When it comes to ants, being proactive is the key to successfully eliminating this dangerous pest from your home near Toronto, ON.
Addison’s Ant Prevention and Monitoring
As part of our service, a trained Addison technician will:
Identify and seal up potential ant entry points
Give cleaning tips and strategies to keep the highest risk areas free of food and debris that could draw in new ants
Install baited glue board traps to monitor the population of ants
By using high quality residual insecticides Addison treatments keep your home protected from ants for up to 6 months
What you need to know for an effective ant treatment near Toronto, ON
Having clear and complete information about the species, life cycle, foraging and reproductive habits of ants will help you get the most out of any ant treatment and prevention.
How to identify ants
Ants vary considerably across different species.
Common to all adult ants
Three part bodies consisting of a head, a thorax and an abdomen
A hard, waterproof exoskeleton
Two antennae used to detect other ant colony members.
Maxillary palps to detect scents
Mandibles used for grasping, carrying and fighting (biting)
Six legs located on the thorax
Reproductive parts and other vital organs in their abdomen
Tiny holes called spiracles that take in and release carbon dioxide
Ant Colour
carpenter ant: black
pharaoh ant: yellowish to light brown
Thief ant: yellowish to light brown
fire ant: light brown
pavement ant: dark brown to black
Argentine ant: dark brown to black
odorous ant: dark brown to black
ant eggs: translucent white oval
Ant Shape
elongated
three segmented; head, thorax and abdomen
two antennae that may be segmented
Ant Size
range in size from 2mm to 30mm
ant eggs: 0.5mm in diameter
Ant Behaviour and Characteristics
Ant colonies behave like a single organism
Most active in spring and summer months
all ants are bred to fit 1 of 3 castes: queens (reproductive females), workers (non-reproductive females), and males (for reproduction)
Ants use pheromone trails to flag feeding and breeding spots for other ants to find
Ant Reproduction Habits
Undergo complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, adult
egg to adult takes 6-12 weeks
Most colonies have a single queen that gives birth to all colony members
breed in the late spring and early summer
How do I know if I have an ant infestation in my Ontario Home or Business?
Many people are not bothered by ants in their home
Ants can do significant damage to wood timbers and brick and mortar in home
Ants are "univoltine" which means new reproductive "princess ants" establish new colonies once per year
If a neighbour has an ant infestation, you run a higher risk of ant infestation in your home
Be on the lookout for:
Ant Sightings
Ants can be sighted in kitchens, bathrooms, cellars
Ants are seen alone or in foraging trails
Use baited sticky traps to gauge the severity of an ant infestation
Ants nests
Ants excavate large nests with complex underground galleries
Sometimes known as an ant "hill” because of the ring of sandy frass that surrounds the opening to the nest
You may see these nests on grout of outdoor tiles, on surface of damp exposed wood or anywhere in the garden
How did ants get into my home near Toronto?
In warmer months, ants often enter homes in search of sweet and greasy foods.
They can gain access to the living space in a variety of ways:
tiny breaches and fissures in brick facades
gaps in weather stripping or screens
open windows and doors
food or paper products from infested stores
When food is left out in kitchens and other areas of the home, ants with access to your living space will establish pheromone-marked scent trails, alerting the other workers of their colony to the supply. Spilled juice under the fridge or sweets discarded on a window sill can lead to the rapid invasion of ants from outdoors.
With enough food and water ants will establish colonies:
in wall voids
under foundations
underneath welcome mats
in gardens
underneath patio tiles
next to your kitchen window
Although ants are considered more of a nuisance than a pest, ant colonies in your home are unsanitary, can lead to the contamination of your food stores and even cause structural damage.
What do ants eat?
Most ant species are vegetarian omnivores
Adaptive diet allows them to survive in almost any feeding environment
Prefer food scraps high in fat or carbohydrate like cheese, bread, rice, chips, cereal, meat etc.
Many species of ants live in the wild in self-sustaining ecosystems with adequate food and harbourage sites.
Ants species become a pest threat:
When they become adapted to the climatic conditions and foraging opportunities in human environments
When they have a relatively long life cycle and a high reproductive potential
How serious are ants in & near Toronto?
Highly adaptive insect
Can rapidly infest domestic environments where food and shelter are available
Pose significant health risks to humans
Spread of pathogens and bacteria that contaminate food preparation and work surfaces
Come into with contact a variety of organic matter including garbage, sewage and other refuse
Bacteria and pathogens attach to the hairs on the ants' legs and abdomen
Deposit a bacteria trail wherever they move
May walk over food preparation surfaces leaving behind dangerous bacteria that can cause illnesses including:
gastroenteritis
typhoid
dysentery
poliomyelitis
salmonella
e.coli
staph infection
Do ants bite humans?
Yes
Different species of ants can bite humans under different circumstances
Biting is not typical behaviour, and their bites are not painful or venomous