According to many residents and pest control professionals, the rats in downtown Toronto have spread out since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. As if lockdowns weren’t difficult enough. Rats that lived in the alleyways of restaurants and tourist hubs moved into residential neighbourhoods to find food, burrowing into backyards and through the foundations of Toronto homes.
All the construction in the city doesn’t help, either. Since 2016, when Union Station started renovating, many commuters have …