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Pest & Wildlife Control in New Westminster

The Wild Pest serves every New Westminster neighbourhood from Queen's Park to Queensborough — technicians on-site within 75 minutes, with a 60-day pest guarantee and 3-year wildlife exclusion warranty.

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On-site fast

On-site in New Westminster within 75 minutes, 7 days a week, 7am–10pm. Downtown, Uptown, and Sapperton typically closer to 60 minutes; Queensborough and Massey-Victory Heights closer to 75 to 90.

Written guarantees

60-day pest return · 3-year wildlife exclusion warranty · Same-day response or service is free.

Based near New Westminster

The Wild Pest technicians are dispatched from Metro Vancouver daily. Covering every corner of New Westminster, BC.

What makes pest pressure in New Westminster unique

New Westminster is the oldest city in Western Canada and its housing stock shows it. The Queen's Park, West End, Massey-Victory Heights, and Sapperton neighbourhoods carry substantial pre-1930 heritage stock — Edwardian, Craftsman, and early BC cottages on narrow urban lots with original cedar siding, single-pane windows, and utility penetrations sealed to pre-1920s standards. That housing era drives carpenter ant (Camponotus modoc) and Rattus norvegicus pressure at the highest density we see anywhere in Metro Vancouver outside East Vancouver. Our 2026 Vancouver Rat Report found New Westminster accounted for 14% of year-over-year Metro Vancouver rat callout growth.

The city also has genuinely unusual geography. Downtown New Westminster climbs steeply from the Fraser River waterfront to Royal Avenue; Queensborough sits across the North Arm on Lulu Island with its own delta hydrology and ALR adjacency; and the Brunette River corridor through Sapperton carries continuous wildlife habitat. Mid-rise and high-rise concrete clusters at Columbia and New West Station drive bed bug and cockroach pressure typical of dense concrete housing. New Westminster Bylaw §7582 places rodent control on property owners. The SkyTrain corridor and compact city footprint mean our SLA is relatively fast for the Tri-Cities edge.

Most common in New Westminster

The pests we see most often here.

Rodents

New Westminster's pre-1930 heritage housing stock, combined with Fraser waterfront proximity and Brunette River corridor, drives some of the highest Rattus norvegicus pressure in Metro Vancouver. Our 2026 Rat Report found NewWest accounted for 14% of regional year-over-year callout growth. Full audit, entry-point mapping, and permanent sealing.

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Carpenter ants

Pre-1930 heritage stock has absorbed nearly a century of Fraser-valley moisture — cedar siding, original single-pane windows, aged deck ledgers — making Camponotus modoc pressure extremely high in Queen's Park and West End. Our protocol treats the colony and audits the moisture source; fixing the water is half the permanent solution.

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Bed bugs

Downtown New Westminster concrete high-rise stock along Columbia Street and Royal Avenue carries ongoing Cimex lectularius pressure. Single-visit thermal eradication kills every life stage in one session — the protocol strata councils choose to avoid multi-week chemical disruption.

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Raccoons

Procyon lotor uses the Brunette River corridor, Queen's Park greenway, and Fraser waterfront as continuous habitat. Humane one-way door exclusion with galvanized hardware-cloth sealing — single-point 12-month or full-home 3-year warranty.

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Cockroaches

German cockroach pressure runs elevated in downtown high-rise stock and older multi-family heritage properties. Multi-visit gel-bait and IGR protocol, most infestations resolved in 2–3 visits. 60-day guarantee included.

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Squirrels

Eastern grey squirrels enter heritage wood-frame stock through aged gable vents, roof returns, and fascia gaps throughout Queen's Park and West End. One-way door exclusion with permanent hardware-cloth sealing stops the re-entry cycle.

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Serving across New Westminster

Downtown · Queen's Park · West End · Sapperton · Uptown · Queensborough · Massey-Victory Heights · Brunette River

FAQ

Questions from New Westminster customers.

How fast can you reach my New Westminster address?+
Most New Westminster bookings see a technician on site within 75 minutes during our 7am–10pm window. Downtown, Uptown, and Sapperton typically run closer to 60 minutes. Queen's Park, West End, and Massey-Victory Heights run about 70 to 80. Queensborough, across the North Arm, runs closer to 75 to 90 minutes. We give you a realistic window on the booking call.
Why does New Westminster have so many rats?+
Three reasons compound. First, New Westminster has some of the oldest housing stock in Western Canada — pre-1930 heritage wood-frame with structural vulnerabilities that simply do not exist in newer construction. Second, Fraser River waterfront and Brunette River corridor provide continuous Rattus norvegicus habitat on two sides of the city. Third, our own 2026 Vancouver Rat Report found New Westminster accounted for 14% of Metro Vancouver's year-over-year rat callout growth — the highest per-capita growth rate in the region. The permanent fix is always physical exclusion on the built structure.
Why are Queen's Park homes so prone to carpenter ants?+
Queen's Park carries dense pre-1930 heritage housing — Edwardian and early Craftsman with original cedar siding, single-pane windows, and decades of absorbed Fraser-valley moisture. Camponotus modoc follows moisture, and century-old wood-frame stock in Metro Vancouver climate is textbook habitat. Our Queen's Park carpenter-ant work always pairs treatment with a moisture audit because without fixing the underlying water source — persistent gutter issues, rotted deck ledgers, aged siding — the colonies rebuild within a year.
Is your raccoon work humane and legal?+
Yes. Under the BC Wildlife Act, relocating urban wildlife more than one kilometre is typically prohibited — and relocated raccoons often die within weeks. Our New Westminster Procyon lotor work is always humane one-way door exclusion: the raccoon leaves to forage, cannot re-enter, we seal the entry permanently with galvanized hardware cloth. We check for dependent young during kit season and hold exclusion until the family has naturally relocated together.
Do you work with New West heritage stratas and character buildings?+
Yes. New Westminster has substantial heritage strata stock — converted Edwardian and Craftsman multi-unit buildings through Queen's Park and Sapperton, and downtown mid-rise concrete stratas along Columbia. We operate under confidential single-unit and building-wide protocols. Our work respects heritage status: we use minimally invasive exclusion techniques on character buildings and document every intervention for both strata records and heritage compliance where applicable.
What about Queensborough pest pressure?+
Queensborough sits on Lulu Island across the North Arm with delta hydrology more similar to Richmond than to the rest of New Westminster. That means higher water table, continuous Rattus norvegicus pressure along drainage corridors, and ALR adjacency on the south side. Housing is mixed 1970s–2010s detached and townhouse. We service the full Queensborough area including the island's industrial and commercial stock.
Are your treatments safe for kids and pets?+
Yes. Interior products are applied in cracks and voids where only pests can access. Most interior treatments are pet- and kid-safe once dry, typically within an hour. Rodent bait stations are tamper-resistant and placed where children and pets cannot reach. We do not use glue traps. We do not use second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides.
Do you handle commercial properties in New Westminster?+
Yes. Our commercial IPM programs cover restaurants along Columbia Street, Sixth Street, and Sapperton, food-processing and warehouse stock along the Fraser waterfront and Braid industrial corridor, healthcare through Royal Columbian Hospital and adjacent medical facilities, and strata properties citywide. HACCP-compliant monthly or bi-weekly programs with named account managers and inspection-ready reporting. Pricing from $175 per month.
Browse services

Every The Wild Pest service, available in New Westminster.

Quarterly Plan
$139 / quarter
Rodents
From $395
Bed Bugs
From $1,200
Ants
From $295
Wasps
From $195
Raccoons
From $495
Squirrels
From $395
Full Exclusion
From $2,500
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