GDG Environnement

What GDG Environnement does

GDG Environnement is a Quebec-headquartered environmental services firm founded in 1984 that specializes in biological control of biting insects (mosquitoes and black flies) and related public health surveillance for municipal and government clients across Eastern Canada. The company's core technology is biological larvicide application using Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) and Bacillus sphaericus, applied via helicopter, plane, ground equipment, and increasingly drones, targeting larvae in aquatic breeding sites with 80–90% nuisance reduction outcomes. Supporting capabilities include a Gold Standard-certified molecular biology laboratory using StepOnePlus real-time RT-PCR for West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis detection, processing approximately 1 million mosquitoes annually, a GIS-based real-time field monitoring platform, and proprietary branded products including FraxiProtec (emerald ash borer biological control) and Ragweed Off (invasive plant control).

The company operates through turnkey seasonal and multi-year service contracts with municipalities and public health units, with named long-tenured clients including the City of Ottawa (since 2003), Region of Waterloo (since 2003), City of Trois-Rivières (since 2008), Peel Public Health, and CFB 5 Wing Goose Bay (since 1997 via Serco). It has expanded its service surface to include tick identification and PCR analysis (launched 2022, priced at $69–$155 per tick direct-to-consumer), drone aerial services, forest inventory with GIS mapping, benthic analysis, and invasive plant control. A new direct-to-consumer revenue stream (tick analysis) complements the predominantly B2B government contract base.

GDG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kersia Group, an international food safety conglomerate, operating under Kersia Canada with offices in Trois-Rivières (Quebec headquarters) and Gloucester (Ontario). It employs 101–250 staff, serves 40+ municipalities covering 1.5 million+ Canadians, and operates across Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Labrador. The company monetizes primarily through professional services contracts (municipal biting insect control, WNV surveillance), fee-for-service laboratory testing, and unit-priced tick analysis.

Name

GDG Environnement

Legal name

GDG Environnement

Website

https://gdg.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

GDG Environnement provides biological mosquito and black fly control, RT-PCR pathogen surveillance, drone aerial services, and tick analysis to municipalities and public health agencies across Eastern Canada, using Bti larvicides and proprietary GIS monitoring under parent Kersia Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vector Control and Environmental Services

NAICS

Exterminating and Pest Control Services (561710)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Grounds Pest & Mosquito Control (Outdoor) (BPABADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Monthly/Recurring Mosquito Control Programs (HSAMAEAB), Property Inspection, Monitoring & Prevention Plans (HSAMAEAJ)

Keywords

• Biological vector control
• Mosquito control services
• Black fly management
• Tick pathogen testing
• Public health surveillance

Headquarters

HQ city

Trois-rivières

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Municipal Biting Insect Control Programs: Seasonal service contracts with municipalities for biological control of mosquitoes and black flies using Bti larvicide. Programs include field surveying, treatment operations, monitoring, and quality control. Multi-year and single-season contracts are offered.
2. Laboratory Analysis Services: Fee-for-service laboratory testing including mosquito identification, RT-PCR pathogen screening, and tick identification and analysis. Tick analysis services priced at $69 (Lyme screening) and $155 (4-pathogen panel) plus applicable fees.
3. Forestry and Environmental Services: Services including forest inventory, drone-based aerial surveillance and application, benthic analysis, mapping, and invasive plant control (Ragweed Off treatment). Charged per project or service contract.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

GDG Environnement provides turnkey biological control programs for municipalities targeting mosquitoes and black flies, using Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) and Bacillus sphaericus larvicides applied via helicopter, plane, drone, and ground equipment. Complementary offerings include West Nile Virus and EEE surveillance, RT-PCR laboratory testing for mosquito and tick pathogens, FraxiProtec™ emerald ash borer biological control, drone aerial services, forest inventory with GIS mapping, benthic analysis, and invasive plant control (including the Ragweed Off saline solution).

Product overview

GDG Environnement is a center of expertise providing ecological solutions for quality of life and public health issues in Canadian municipalities. The company's core offering consists of biological larvicide programs using Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) to control mosquito and black fly populations, achieving 80-90% nuisance reduction while preserving ecosystems. This core biting insect control service is supplemented by specialized modules including tick identification and analysis (PCR testing for Lyme disease and other pathogens), molecular biology laboratory services, drone aerial application services, forest inventory with GIS mapping, benthic analysis, and invasive plant control products like Ragweed Off. Additional offerings include FraxiProtec™ for emerald ash borer biological control. GDG serves municipalities, government institutions, and private enterprises across Quebec, Ontario, Labrador, and New Brunswick.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FraxiProtec: Biological control solution for emerald ash borer, deployed through assisted auto-contamination devices.

Products and services

• Biting Insect Control Programs Turnkey municipal programs for controlling mosquitoes and black flies using biological larvicides (Bti and Bacillus sphaericus), including field surveying, treatment operations, monitoring, and quality assurance. Sold as seasonal or multi-year contracts to municipalities and government institutions.
• Tick Identification and Analysis Service Molecular analysis service (PCR testing) to identify tick species and detect pathogens including Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and recurrent fever. Results delivered within 5 business days, or 48 hours for urgent submissions. Available directly to individual citizens via mail-in submission and to institutions.
• FraxiProtec™ Emerald Ash Borer Biological Control Trademarked biological control product for emerald ash borer using an assisted auto-contamination device with a pouch coated with active ingredient placed in a contamination chamber high in affected ash trees. Designed for municipal forestry departments and private landowners.
• Drone Aerial Application Services Aerial application of biological larvicides and other treatments using drone technology, leveraging 30 years of aerial application experience. Combined with traditional helicopter and plane operations for precision deployment across large or inaccessible terrain.
• Forest Inventory Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% to 90% reduction in mosquito and black fly nuisance in treated areas
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kersia GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKersia Group is the parent company of GDG Environnement. Kersia Group's mission is 'Inventing a food safe world' and defines its core values as Transparency, Sharing, Proficiency, and Foresight. GDG operates under Kersia Group's corporate ethics code and sustainability framework. The Group is headquartered internationally with operations in multiple countries.
• Kersia CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKersia Canada is the Canadian operating entity of Kersia Group. GDG Environnement falls under Kersia Canada's operational umbrella. The company shares compliance documentation and ethical standards with Kersia Group.
• University of OttawaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with GDG and the City of Ottawa on an ecological impact study examining the effects of Bti mosquito treatments on Chironomidae (non-biting midges) in the South March Highlands. The study ran from May to September 2016.
• SercominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSerco holds the contract with CFB 5 Wing Goose Bay and subcontracts GDG for the biological biting fly control program at the military base. GDG has been contracted under Serco since 1997.
• National Microbiology Laboratory (Viral Zoonoses), Health CanadacoreTechnology or IntegrationGDG holds Gold Standard certification from the National Microbiology Laboratory confirming the efficacy and efficiency of its WNV testing laboratory processes, including sample processing protocols, cold chain management, and contamination prevention procedures.
• Groupe Arbo-Ressources Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFollowing GDG's decision to no longer offer invasive plant control services, the company refers clients to Groupe Arbo-Ressources Inc. for specialized invasive and undesirable plant solutions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Rentokil Initial: Global hygiene and pest-control conglomerate with municipal and commercial offerings after the Terminix merger. Massive overlap on commercial pest control; mosquito/vector control is a smaller segment of their portfolio so they are a partial competitor for public-sector bids.
• Terminix (Rentokil Terminix): North American pest-control incumbent under Rentokil with broad residential and commercial offerings including mosquito and tick services. Compared with GDG, Terminix serves a different primary customer (B2C/SMB) and lacks the depth of biological-larvicide municipal turnkey programs, but competes for adjacent RFPs.
• Anticimex: International pest-control group operating across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific offering residential, commercial, and municipal programs including vector control. Comparable at the corporate parent level — Anticimex's municipal and public-health segment directly intersects with GDG's territory — though it competes less on the Bti-biological specialization.
• Orkin (Rollins): One of North America's largest pest-control operators under Rollins, providing residential and commercial exterminating, including mosquito services. Broader portfolio and B2C-led motion — overlaps with GDG only on commercial/municipal mosquito work, where Orkin competes less directly with biological-larvicide specialists.

Emerging players

• Mosquito Joe: Residential and commercial mosquito-control franchise operating barrier sprays and misting-system installations across North America. Adjacent service mix (mosquito control, barrier treatments) but smaller-scale, consumer-led model rather than municipal turnkey programs.
• Mosquito Squad: US franchised residential mosquito and tick control provider focused on backyard barrier treatments. Different end customer (consumer vs. municipal) but operates in the same mosquito-control category and uses complementary barrier-spray techniques to GDG's Bti programs.

Direct peers

• SOPFIM: Société de protection des forêts contre les insectes et maladies is a Quebec-based biological control operator that historically ran aerial Bti and Btk spraying programs against black flies and spruce budworm. Comparable because it operates the same biological-larvicide aerial-application model and the same Quebec regulatory ecosystem; GDG's scientific lead Richard Trudel worked there.
• Clarke (Clarke Mosquito Control): US-based full-line mosquito control and aquatic weed management company providing larviciding, adulticiding, surveillance, and laboratory testing to municipalities and districts across North America. Directly comparable service portfolio — turnkey municipal vector control, lab testing, and Bti application — competing for similar public-sector contracts at a larger US footprint.
• Vector Disease Control International (VDCI): US vendor of integrated mosquito management programs for municipalities, counties, and special districts — offering surveillance, larvicide, adulticide, and aerial application. Closest head-to-head competitor for turnkey municipal biting-insect contracts with biological and chemical modalities.
• Allstate Resource Group: Aerial application services and equipment supplier for public-health and forestry vector-control programs, including mosquito adulticiding and larviciding. Comparable for aerial deployment capabilities that overlap with GDG's helicopter, plane, and drone application work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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