Toronto publishes food-premises inspection results as open data. Pest citations in that file are a public signal that an operator may need help. You can dig the file yourself, or have someone filter it for you each morning.
The City of Toronto releases food-premises inspection records under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. The public terms of use say results are usually posted within 24 to 36 hours (weekend inspections by end of day Monday).
Sources (checked Oct 31, 2026): City of Toronto food inspection open data dataset · Open Government Licence – Toronto · City food-inspection terms of use.
In practice you download or query the file, keep rows whose wording mentions pests (entry, harbouring, breeding, missing pest-control records, insect or rodent health hazards), then skip places you already saw. That works. It also takes time every morning before route work.
Ontario's Food Premises Regulation requires every food premise to be protected against pests and to keep pest-control records for at least one year. Toronto Public Health recommends a licensed pest control operator and tells operators to keep 12 months of records on site.
Sources (checked Oct 31, 2026): O. Reg. 493/17: Food Premises, section 13 · Pest Control in Food Premises – City of Toronto · Eight Steps to a PASS.
A citation is not a signed contract. Read the inspector's line before you drive.
We do not add phone numbers the City did not publish. We do not promise any lead becomes a contract.
As of Oct 31, 2026 (America/Toronto): September 228 food-business inspections with a pest citation (Sep 1–30); October 1–28 230 (partial month). One count is one distinct food business cited for pests on a given inspection day; monthly totals sum those daily counts.
Counts: stats/pest/page-counts.json (as of 2026-10-31). Open Government Licence – Toronto.
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