Flea and Tick Control in King City
If you need flea and tick control in King City, AstraHive Pest Control offers licensed treatment backed by a 90-day warranty. Ticks and fleas are active through the warm months, and your pets and yard decide the plan in King City.
More on fleas and ticks for King City homeowners
| What the guides say | Guide |
|---|---|
| Adult fleas usually feed several times a day on the blood of mammals and birds. | Health Canada: fleas |
| There is no vaccine against Lyme disease, so preventing tick bites is the most effective protection. | Public Health Agency of Canada: preventing Lyme disease |
| Use a full-length mirror for the front and sides of your body, and a hand mirror (or a second person) for your back and scalp. Turn on bright lighting, a dim bathroom won't cut it for spotting a nymph the size of a sesame seed. | How to Check Yourself for Ticks After Being Outside: A Complete Body-Check Guide |
| A personal tick check handles exposure from hikes, parks, and campsites, but if your own yard has overgrown grass, brush, or a wooded edge, you're re-exposing yourself every time you step outside. That's where property-level tick control comes in. | How to Check Yourself for Ticks After Being Outside: A Complete Body-Check Guide |
How AstraHive Pest Control gets rid of fleas and ticks in King City
- Ask first about pets, bites and affected rooms.
- Treat. Fleas are treated inside the affected areas. Ticks get an exterior perimeter ULV fogging that lasts about 90 days on walls and about 30 days on grass and vegetation. Where needed we add an insect growth regulator (IGR) for fleas.
- Treat the pets too. Your vet must treat pets at the same time, or they bring fleas back in.
- Follow-up in 4 to 6 weeks, because one treatment kills adult fleas but not the eggs.
Products are Health Canada approved and applied according to the product label, and our technicians are licensed by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP). Our flea and tick work is backed by a 90-day warranty.
Fleas and ticks in your King City home or building?
Our licensed technicians start with an inspection and a clear plan for your property.
Call 905-925-8427Ticks and fleas near King City: what the sightings show
GBIF, the open biodiversity database, holds 39 recorded sightings of blacklegged ticks, American dog ticks and cat fleas within roughly 13 km of King City, and the busiest month is May with 19.
| Species or group | Recorded sightings |
|---|---|
| Blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) | 28 |
| American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) | 11 |
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records for Canada. These are observations logged by naturalists and museums, so counts show where people looked as well as where a species lives.
Within about 3 km of the centre of King City, OpenStreetMap maps 56 wooded areas and 5 named parks, including King City Lions Park, Kettle Lake Park, Blue Heron Park and Salamander Park. Health units describe ticks as living in wooded or brushy areas, leaf litter and tall grass.
Your Post-Outdoor Tick-Check Routine in King City
From our guide How to Check Yourself for Ticks After Being Outside: A Complete Body-Check Guide: the checks below are the ones to run through at a King City property.
- Remove outer clothing before walking through the house
- Inspect clothing, socks, and shoes
- Perform a full-body tick check with bright light and a mirror
For King City: Under King's Clean Yards By-law every person must ensure their land is free and clear of infestation, which the by-law defines as the overrunning of a property by vermin, rodents and insects.
Yards, pets and homes in King City
King City is part of King, so these are King figures. 87% of homes in King are detached houses with yards, which is where pets pick up ticks and fleas. Apartments and townhouses with shared yards, shared corridors and pets can pass fleas between units.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, private households in King. Shares of occupied private dwellings.
When ticks and fleas are recorded near King City, month by month
39 recorded sightings of ticks and fleas fall within about 13 km of King City. The busiest month is May with 19 records, and none are recorded in Jan, Feb, Aug, Sep.
| Species or group | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklegged tick | . | . | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 4 | . |
| American dog tick | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| All recorded | . | . | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 4 | . |
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records for Canada within about 13 km of King City, all years. Records show where and when people looked, not how many pests there are.
Frequently asked questions: King City
How many tick and flea sightings are logged near King City?
GBIF holds 39 recorded sightings of blacklegged ticks, American dog ticks and cat fleas within roughly 13 km of King City.
Do ticks live in my yard?
Health units say ticks live in wooded or brushy areas, leaf litter and tall grass, and an exterior perimeter fogging lasts about 30 days on grass and vegetation.
Can fleas survive winter indoors?
Yes. Heated homes let fleas keep breeding, which is why a winter infestation still needs treatment.
Sources
- Township of King: Clean Yards By-law 2016-68 . land free and clear of infestation
- Tribunals Ontario, Landlord and Tenant Board: Maintenance and Repairs . landlords must control pests such as cockroaches and mice; municipal standards
- York Region: YorkSafe Inspection Reports . published food premises inspection reports
- York Region: West Nile Virus . 34 traps, positive traps by municipality, private catch basin treatment
- York Region: Lyme Disease . blacklegged ticks and attachment time
- Health Canada: Fleas (pest control tips) . life cycle, pets, vacuuming
- Environment and Climate Change Canada: Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 . monthly temperature, precipitation, frost days and degree-days
- Statistics Canada: structural type of dwelling by tenure, 2021 Census (table 98-10-0240-01) . dwelling types and renter households
- Statistics Canada: dwelling condition by period of construction, 2021 Census (table 98-10-0233-01) . age of homes and repair needs