Claims

What we claim, and how to check it in Canada

Name: TEN7 Readiness Index Census 2026-Q4: published figures, Canada
Creator: TEN7
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Every figure the census publishes for Canada, each with the number of sites behind it, the group it describes, what it measures and the one caveat that goes with it. Each has its own address, so a figure can be quoted with a link that shows exactly it.

Index 12.1 · Census Q4 2026 · computed 2026-11-06 · 36 figures

How to check

Every number here comes from files you can open

The groups and every site in them: the cohort pages linked from each row below.
How the census is run and what it cannot support: methodology.
The figures behind every page: summary.json.
This page as data: claims.json, CC BY 4.0.

Cite as TEN7 Readiness Index Census 2026-Q4

A figure is a share of the sites we could scan. Sites that refused the scanner are counted separately and are not in any share but the one that counts them. Any figure from fewer than 30 sites is withheld.

Crawler access

45.4%

45.4% of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada are gated: AI crawlers are turned away by their robots.txt (RCH-1) or by their security (RCH-2). A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

1,392 of 3,063 scored sites · ca-gated

45.1%

45.1% of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada fail the test of whether their security lets AI search crawlers in (RCH-2). A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

1,380 of 3,063 scored sites · ca-rch2-fail

0.8%

0.8% of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada fail the test of whether robots.txt lets AI search crawlers in (RCH-1). A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

26 of 3,063 scored sites · ca-rch1-fail

7.3%

7.3% of the 3,413 sites we tried to scan across 3 cohorts in Canada refused the census scanner.

249 of 3,413 sites we tried to scan · ca-scanner-refused

Gated, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	37.7%	49 of 130	cohort page	`regional-gated`
Municipalities	47.1%	1,114 of 2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-gated`
Charities	40.4%	229 of 567	cohort page	`charities-gated`

Security turns AI crawlers away (RCH-2), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	37.7%	49 of 130	cohort page	`regional-rch2-fail`
Municipalities	46.7%	1,105 of 2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-rch2-fail`
Charities	39.9%	226 of 567	cohort page	`charities-rch2-fail`

robots.txt shuts AI crawlers out (RCH-1), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	0.0%	0 of 130	cohort page	`regional-rch1-fail`
Municipalities	0.8%	19 of 2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-rch1-fail`
Charities	1.2%	7 of 567	cohort page	`charities-rch1-fail`

Refused the census scanner, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	8.1%	12 of 148	cohort page	`regional-scanner-refused`
Municipalities	4.9%	126 of 2,572	cohort page	`municipalities-scanner-refused`
Charities	16.0%	111 of 693	cohort page	`charities-scanner-refused`

AI posture

4.5%

4.5% of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada pass the test of whether they publish an llms.txt file (EXT-1). A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

138 of 3,063 scored sites · ca-llms-txt

3.7%

3.7% of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada pass the test of whether they post a Content Signals statement (PST-2). A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

113 of 3,063 scored sites · ca-content-signals

Pass the llms.txt test (EXT-1), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	2.3%	3 of 130	cohort page	`regional-llms-txt`
Municipalities	4.7%	112 of 2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-llms-txt`
Charities	4.1%	23 of 567	cohort page	`charities-llms-txt`

Pass the Content Signals test (PST-2), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	5.4%	7 of 130	cohort page	`regional-content-signals`
Municipalities	3.8%	89 of 2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-content-signals`
Charities	3.0%	17 of 567	cohort page	`charities-content-signals`

Findable and readable content

78.9%

78.9% of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada fail the test of whether a canonical link names their real address (RCH-3). A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

2,418 of 3,063 scored sites · ca-rch3-fail

No canonical link naming the real address (RCH-3), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	73.8%	96 of 130	cohort page	`regional-rch3-fail`
Municipalities	80.0%	1,893 of 2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-rch3-fail`
Charities	75.7%	429 of 567	cohort page	`charities-rch3-fail`

Overall readiness

16.8%

16.8% of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada are rated Not ready. A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

516 of 3,063 scored sites · ca-not-ready

The median score of the 3,063 scored census entries across 3 cohorts in Canada is 54 out of 100. A further 249 refused the scanner and are not counted.

3,063 scored sites · ca-median

Rated Not ready, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	8.5%	11 of 130	cohort page	`regional-not-ready`
Municipalities	18.2%	431 of 2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-not-ready`
Charities	13.1%	74 of 567	cohort page	`charities-not-ready`

Median score, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Regional governments	57	130	cohort page	`regional-median`
Municipalities	53	2,366	cohort page	`municipalities-median`
Charities	57	567	cohort page	`charities-median`