Southern Ontario tick risk map

[wwjd7]

In case you’ve wondered where the greatest risk in southern Ontario to tick bites are located, this map illustrates it well.

[+northernpenguin]

In case you've wondered where the greatest risk in southern Ontario to tick bites are located, this map illustrates it well.

 

Handy! I see Spring Fling 9 is in the "Low risk" or "No risk" category. Legions of Mosquitos should be present though.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

A bit misleading if you interpret that to imply there are more ticks in those areas.

 

Truth is... it is where there are more people, thereby more tick "bites". The last I knew, wild animals never report their tick "bites".

Put more people in the grey area, the colors would soon change.

 

FWIW

[+northernpenguin]

A bit misleading if you interpret that to imply there are more ticks in those areas.

 

Truth is... it is where there are more people, thereby more tick "bites". The last I knew, wild animals never report their tick "bites".

Put more people in the grey area, the colors would soon change.

 

FWIW

 

Yes and no. Last time I checked Toronto's population density is an order of magnitude higher than Niagara, Brockville and Kingston. I would expect the highest risk sections to be places like Milton and Burlington or Vaughan (assuming no ticks in the Toronto metro area due to lack of forested areas).

[+Dr. House]

The OP is a tad misleading on the crux of the message presented by this map. Rather than just "tick bites" in general, the heat map paints a picture of the risk level for the emergence of an endemic area for Lyme Disease from black-legged tick bite.

 

A bit of context is provided here.

Edited June 22, 2013 by Dr. House