BC SGAR Ban (2023)
BC's 2023 permanent restriction on brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, and difethialone changed how every pest control company in the province treats rodent infestations.
BC IPM Act
The foundational BC legislation governing pesticide use, IPM planning, and pest control operator licensing across the province.
BC Wildlife Act
The legislation that governs BC wildlife — raccoons, squirrels, skunks, birds, bats — and dictates what pest control companies can legally do with them.
Food Premises Regulation
Every BC food premises must be free of pests, free of conditions that harbour or breed them, and protected against their entry.
Health Canada PCP Registry
Every pesticide sold or used in Canada must be registered with Health Canada's PMRA and carry a PCP Registration Number on its label.
WorkSafeBC Pesticide Regs
BC's workplace rules for anyone who mixes, loads, applies, or works around pesticides — covers certification, PPE, signage, re-entry timing, and spill response.
Metro Van Municipal Pest Bylaws
Every Metro Vancouver municipality puts the legal duty to control rats, mice, and pests on the property owner — not the tenant — and can charge back remediation costs if the owner fails to act.
A working regulatory reference BC pest control should have but doesn’t.
No other BC pest control company publishes a maintained, plain-English guide to the laws they operate under. That’s a gap that affects homeowners trying to understand whether retail bait products are legal, strata councils deciding whether their rodent program complies with the 2023 SGAR restriction, and restaurant operators planning around the BC Food Premises Regulation.
We built this reference for our own team. Publishing it serves BC’s pest-affected public and keeps us honest about the statutes we operate under.