Ontario Pesticide Exam study guide and books
Start with the free official guide — it is what the test is written from. Books only help if you want printed practice or a structured course.
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Official guide
Ontario Regulation 63/09 (General) under the Pesticides Act
Government of Ontario · Free online (e-Laws)
The regulation behind most Core questions: pesticide classes, licences, supervision of technicians and trainees, structural exterminations, storage, containers, transport and spills.
OPT&C Exterminator Information Guide
Ontario Pesticide Training and Certification, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus · Free PDF · 2025
How certification works: licence categories, exam format, fees, rewrites and applying to the ministry. Read it before you register.
Use pesticides safely (Health Canada)
Health Canada · Free online
Plain-language safety advice: protective clothing, label rates, re-entry, weather limits, storage, disposal and poisoning first aid.
Pest control tips (Health Canada)
Health Canada · Free online
Identification and integrated control of cockroaches, carpenter ants, bed bugs, fleas, wasps, rats and mice — the structural pests behind our pest topics.
Free practice tests
- Ontario Pesticide Exam Practice Test 125 questions with explanations
- Ontario Pesticide Exam Practice Test 225 questions with explanations
- Ontario Pesticide Exam Practice Test 325 questions with explanations
- Ontario Pesticide Exam Mock Exam 1 – 50 QuestionsTimed practice · 60 minutes · answers explained