I'm from PG, they are the size of crows up here
The mosquitos here are baby sized. I don't know what pg is like but compared to northern ontario there are "no" mosquitos here (as in whistler) and everyone should be happy you don't have horse and blackflies in town. Mosquittos are the wimps of the flying annoyances.
Now the wasps here, holy crap like humming birds..I can't believe how big they get haha
Last year I barely noticed a difference pre and post crankworx. But then I tend not to worry to much about riding the trails that get the heavy abuse.