The combination of weather patterns and construction projects has haunted Toronto, creating a rat-pocalypse. Toronto residents are experiencing a spike in rat activities, 311 complains are skyrocketing in certain Toronto areas. For instance, Parkdale – High Park, Davenport and Beaches-East York areas produced the most complaints in 2020. Most of these areas have multiple ongoing construction projects that can trigger rat populations to look for new places to build their nesting burrows.