Pest Management and Products
Responsible Pesticide Use
If not properly managed, pests can affect our quality of life in many different ways. Pests can represent a threat to public health and the environment as well as create significant negative impacts to the economy if they are not efficiently controlled.
Pesticides are products that are developed to control, destroy or inhibit the activities of pests. Some pesticide products are available for domestic use, while a larger number are available for commercial and restricted uses. All pesticide products are highly regulated at all levels of government.
Your Role
To limit the use of pesticides, Health Canada's  Pest
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), promotes various
methods to effectively
control pests and prevent infestations. In order to reduce
or eliminate the need for pesticide use, you can:
- Answer the question: Do I really have a pest problem?
- Understand pest behaviour;
- Modify your physical environment to make it less attractive to pests; and,
- Modify your physical environment to altogether repel the pest.
If you choose to use pesticides, be sure to use them properly.
Need more information?
We invite you to consult our fact
sheets that describe our role, regulations, partnerships
and that address important issues such as the re-evaluation
of Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood and other
pesticide products.
You can also visit the About PMRA section to find out more about pesticide regulation in Canada, or our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page.
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