How Much Does Pest Control Cost in Richmond, BC?

One published Metro Vancouver price list starts at about $195 for a single wasp nest, $450 for a three-visit rodent program and $525 for bed bugs, with carpenter ant work at $1,300 to $1,500. A second list starts lower for rodents. Other local companies publish higher figures, so treat these as a floor and not as what you will pay.

Those are starting prices before GST. What you actually pay depends on the pest, the size and type of your home and how many visits the job takes.

Published starting prices by pest

These figures come from the price lists that two companies serving Metro Vancouver, Pest Detective and 911 Pest Control, post on their own websites. We checked them in October 2026. We have no connection to either company.

Pest or service	Published range	What moves the price
Inspection only	$85 to $170	Sometimes credited toward treatment
Wasp or hornet nest	About $195 for the first nest	Height and access
Mouse control program	$199 to $349	$199 for an apartment, $349 for a house
Rat control program	$240 to $450	$240 is an exterior-only program, $450 is three visits
Cockroach treatment	From about $295	Severity, number of visits
Wildlife trapping or removal	$175 to $400	Repairs are quoted separately
Exterior perimeter treatment	About $435	Size of the home
Bed bug treatment	From about $525	Number of rooms, heat or chemical
Carpenter ant treatment	$1,300 to $1,500	Finding and treating nests in the structure

Treat the table as a way to sense-check a quote, not as an offer. Each service page has more detail: rat and mouse control, bed bug treatment, ant control, wasp and hornet nest removal, cockroach extermination and wildlife removal.

What drives the price up

The pest. A wasp nest is one visit. Rodents, cockroaches and bed bugs need follow-up visits because one treatment does not reach every animal or egg.

The building. A condo is quicker to treat than a detached house with a crawlspace, an attic and a garage. Shared buildings add coordination with the strata or landlord.

Access. A nest at the peak of a two-storey roof, or rodents entering through a roofline, means ladders and more time.

Repairs. For rodents and wildlife, the lasting fix is sealing entry points. That work is often quoted separately from the trapping, and it varies more than anything else on the bill.

How long it has been going on. A few mice caught early is a small program. A year-old infestation with contaminated insulation is not.

Why rodent quotes changed in BC

Since January 21, 2023, BC has prohibited second-generation anticoagulant rat poisons in residential buildings. Before that, a common low-cost approach was a few bait stations and a monthly refill.

For homes, providers now rely on trapping and on sealing the building. That is more labour at the start, so a proper rodent program can cost more up front than the old bait-station model did. The upside is that sealing fixes the cause. Bait never did.

What a good quote includes

Ask for the quote in writing and check that it states:

• Which pest is being treated and in which areas of the home
• The method, in plain words
• How many visits are included and over what period
• What you need to do to prepare
• Whether sealing, repairs or cleanup are included or priced separately
• What happens, and what it costs, if the pest comes back
• The business name and, where pesticides will be used, the BC pesticide user service licence number

If any of that is missing, ask. A provider who is vague about scope before the job tends to be vague about results after it.

Is the cheapest quote the best one?

Not usually. The common ways a low quote ends up costing more are a single visit where three were needed, no sealing on a rodent job and no follow-up inspection on bed bugs.

Compare the scope first and the price second. For anything bigger than a single wasp nest, getting two quotes is worth an extra day.

Renting or in a strata?

In BC rentals, landlords are generally responsible for arranging and paying for pest control. The Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre says a landlord who believes the tenant caused the problem should still pay for treatment promptly and seek compensation afterward. Report pests to your landlord in writing as soon as you find them.

In a strata, check your bylaws. Many strata corporations hold a contract for common areas and exterior rodent control, while owners handle the inside of their own unit. Pests that cross between units usually become a building matter.

Getting a price for your home

Published ranges only take you so far. The quickest way to a real number is an inspection, or at least a conversation with a provider about what you are seeing. Tell us what you've noticed and we'll try to pass your request to an independent provider who covers your part of Richmond.