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Rats like us, they really like us!
BY CARLY LEWIS
| DECEMBER 10, 2025
As Torontonians, we have a lot to be proud of. As the year’s accolades and best-of lists continue to roll in, there’s one particular accomplishment we want to highlight. For the fourth year in a row, Toronto has earned the crown when it comes to rats—no, we don’t mean allegedly corrupt politicians, we mean actual rats! Rodents! We did it, everyone.
Pest-control company Orkin has once again named Toronto the rattiest city in the country, attributing this honour to the city’s high population density, which results in an overabundant food supply for rodents.
Mississauga, Brampton, North York, Oakville and Etobicoke made the top 25 within Ontario, so congratulations to those cities as well.
Dale Kurt, a regional manager with Orkin, told the CBC that to avoid rats, people should close off access points to buildings, such as vents and small gaps underneath doors. If we follow these instructions, we’ll be less likely to win next year. But, with city council voting to approve a rat management plan last summer, this could be our last year as rat champions anyway.
We’ll enjoy it while we can. And so should the rats!
Original:
https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-has-once-again-been-named-canadas-rattiest-city
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RAT APOCALYPSE!
