Canada Municipalities
Search every site in this cohortca-municipalities
Every municipal government in Canada, largest by population first.
Median score
53
across 2366 sites
Middle half
45–59
spread around the median
Full range
25–77
lowest to highest
Gated
1114 of 2366
block AI crawlers outright
Middle of 31 cohorts. All cohorts 54 · best cohort 63.
Where this list came from
The source, and how we filtered it
| Source | Municipal governments of Canada, Statistics Canada; Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation du Québec; Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing; Wikidata (2021 Census (table 98-10-0002-01, released 2022-02-09); MAMH Répertoire dataset modified 2026-10-30; Ontario MMAH list dated 2022-10-05; Wikidata 2026-11-02) |
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| License | Statistics Canada Open Licence; Répertoire des municipalités CC BY 4.0 (Données Québec); Ontario's list of municipalities is a data.ontario.ca dataset under the Open Government Licence – Ontario (read 2026-11-05); Wikidata CC0 1.0. Every one permits commercial republishing with attribution. |
| Cite as | Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation du Québec, Répertoire des municipalités du Québec, Données Québec, CC BY 4.0. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0002-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. |
| How we filtered it | Every 2021 census subdivision whose Standard Geographical Classification type is municipal (36 types, listed in the script); reserves, settlements, unorganized territories and other non-municipal types excluded. source_id is the CSD code; ranked by 2021 Census population. Addresses: Quebec from the MAMH Répertoire; Ontario from the MMAH list matched on name and census division; otherwise Wikidata P856 on the CSD code (P3012). Directory and social addresses dropped. |
| Built | 2026-11-02 |
The filtering is ours and is disclosed as ours. The source published a list; the decision about which rows of it belong in a cohort was a judgment call, and it is written down so somebody can disagree with it.
Distribution
Where the 2366 sites land
| Grade | Share of the cohort | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weak | 1355 | 57.3% | |
| Not ready | 431 | 18.2% | |
| Adequate | 571 | 24.1% | |
| Strong | 9 | 0.4% |
By dimension
What the cohort earns, dimension by dimension
The mean share of each dimension’s available points that this cohort earned. Low here means the whole sector is weak on it, not that one site dragged an average down. The per-site spread is in the dataset.
| Dimension | Mean share earned | Mean |
|---|---|---|
| #1 · Reach
These parameters determine the fundamental ease of access that AI has to your site information. |
72% | |
| #2 · Read
AI generally turns off JavaScript. Does your site information survive without it? |
50% | |
| #3 · Understand
Does a machine know who and what you are? |
25% | |
| #4 · Act
Sitemaps, redirects, 404s, licensing terms, and not wasting the crawl budget. |
57% |
How much of each site we read
The cap is 32 URLs and it is a ceiling, not a promise. A portal whose every link points at a different host yields one page; a university yields the full sample. The median here is 32, the range 1–32, published so that "we sampled 32 URLs per site" cannot become a claim the data does not support.
33 sites in this cohort served a certificate we could not verify. They were read anyway and scored normally, because reporting no response for a site every browser loads would describe our TLS stack rather than the site, and each one carries the finding in its row.
Where this cohort fails
13 tests almost nobody in this cohort passes
Universal — nobody passes these
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT-3 | If you have a public API, is it described in a standard file? | 4 | 2 | |
| EXT-11 | Have you marked the part of a page that answers a spoken question? | 2366 | 0 | |
| EXT-12 | Do you tell search engines the moment a page changes? | 2366 | 0 | |
| EXT-14 | Does your site offer its actions to AI browsers as tools? | 2041 | 0 | |
| EXT-15 | Can an AI agent find out how to sign in to your site? | 4 | 0 | |
| EXT-16 | Do you publish a card or a skills list for the agents you run? | 2366 | 0 | |
| EXT-17 | Do you list your agents in your domain's DNS records? | 2326 | 0 | |
| EXT-18 | Do you tell AI shoppers how they can pay? | 15 | 0 | |
| EXT-7 | If you run real question-and-answer pages, are they marked as such? | 90 | 0 | |
| RED-11 | Does each page tell machines where its Markdown copy is? | 2 | 1 | |
| RED-12 | If a machine asks for Markdown, does your site give it? | 2366 | 2 | |
| UND-2 | Does your site use the page labels that search engines still read for what you publish? | 2366 | 3 | |
| UND-9 | If a page is behind a paywall, does it say so? | 2 | 2 |
Near-universal — 95% and above
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED-10 | Do you offer a plain-text (Markdown) copy of your pages? | 1583 | 2 | |
| EXT-2 | Do you list your APIs and agent tools where agents look for them? | 319 | 0 | |
| UND-1 | Does your site say clearly who you are? | 2366 | 2 | |
| UND-5 | Does the author label in your page code point to that person? | 1510 | 1 | |
| UND-10 | Does your page code link to your official profiles elsewhere? | 2366 | 2 | |
| PST-2 | Have you posted a Content Signals statement about what AI may do with your content? | 2366 | 0 | |
| EXT-1 | Do you publish an llms.txt file for coding assistants? | 2366 | 0 |
Common — 90 to 95%
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSR-7 | Are you set up in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, and do you read their AI reports? | 2366 | 0 |
Coral bars mark tests worth 2 points or more, the failures that actually move a score.
Every site
Every 3,493, named, with a report for each
Whether or not it has been scanned. Rows with no website on record, sites that were unreachable and sites that turned us away stay in the table with the reason on them, and none of them enters an average: dropping them would shrink the population to the part that was easy to measure. A few points between two neighbors is noise. The box filters every row in the cohort, not only the page you are on; click a header to sort the rows on this page by name or by score.
Showing 1,301–1,400 of 3,493 · page 14 of 35
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (Quebec) (Village) notre-dame-du-bon-conseil-village.qc.caregister id csd:2449075; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sayabec municipalitesayabec.comregister id csd:2407085; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Clet st-clet.comunreachableregister id csd:2471045; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot saintehelenedebagot.comregister id csd:2454095; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Neguac neguac.comregister id csd:1309038; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Belfast no website on recordregister id csd:1102002; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Zacharie st-zacharie.qc.caregister id csd:2428005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 40 | No | 1 | |
| Sacré-Coeur sacre-coeur.caregister id csd:2495010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | No | 32 | |
| Smoky River No. 130 mdsmokyriver.comregister id csd:4819041; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly saintantoinedetilly.comregister id csd:2433095; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Whitehead no website on recordregister id csd:4607057; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Valleyview valleyview.govoffice.comregister id csd:4818018; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 1 | |
| Wentworth-Nord wentworth-nord.caregister id csd:2477060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 70 | No | 32 | |
| Val-Joli val-joli.caregister id csd:2442095; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | No | 31 | |
| Ashcroft village.ashcroft.bc.caregister id csd:5933019; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Shawville town.shawville.qc.caregister id csd:2484010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Malachie st-malachie.qc.caregister id csd:2419025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 2 | |
| Burns Lake burnslake.caregister id csd:5951022; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 1 | |
| Victoria (Newfoundland and Labrador) no website on recordregister id csd:1001365; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Messines messines.caregister id csd:2483060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Jean-de-Dieu saintjeandedieu.caregister id csd:2411010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Trinity Bay North trinitybaynorth.comregister id csd:1007022; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 30 | |
| Shelburne (Nova Scotia) (Town) shelburnens.caregister id csd:1201008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 43 | Gated | 32 | |
| Witless Bay townofwitlessbay.comregister id csd:1001559; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Albert munstalbert.caregister id csd:2439085; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 23 | |
| Fox Creek foxcreek.cablockedregister id csd:4818002; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Franklin municipalitedefranklin.caregister id csd:2469010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Stephenville Crossing no website on recordregister id csd:1004018; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Lambton lambton.caregister id csd:2430095; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Whitemouth rmwhitemouth.comregister id csd:4601046; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Prairie Lakes no website on recordregister id csd:4605071; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Flavien st-flavien.comregister id csd:2433052; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre saintbenoitlabre.comregister id csd:2429100; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Faraday faraday.caregister id csd:3512058; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 34 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sainte-Barbe ste-barbe.comregister id csd:2469065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Keremeos keremeos.caregister id csd:5907009; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans saintlaurentio.comregister id csd:2420020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Massey Drive masseydrive.comregister id csd:1005017; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Balmoral balmoralnb.comregister id csd:1314006; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 26 | Gated | 1 | |
| Rosthern rosthern.comregister id csd:4715032; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Larouche larouche.caregister id csd:2494265; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Bighorn No. 8 mdbighorn.caregister id csd:4815015; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | No | 16 | |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière no website on recordregister id csd:2414090; Not in the current Répertoire des municipalités under this code (merged or renamed since 2021). No website is published for it in the Répertoire des municipalités and Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Ste. Rose no website on recordregister id csd:4617041; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Nakusp nakusp.comregister id csd:5903050; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lyster lyster.caregister id csd:2432065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Minitonas-Bowsman no website on recordregister id csd:4620051; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Grassland no website on recordregister id csd:4605062; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Cleveland cleveland.caregister id csd:2442110; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel vsjs.cablockedregister id csd:2453050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 429 (rate limited) at every rate tried, after 4 attempts | — | No | — | |
| Shellbrook No. 493 no website on recordregister id csd:4716046; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Peace No. 135 mdpeace.comregister id csd:4819071; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud stfrancois.caregister id csd:2418060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Salluit nvsalluit.caregister id csd:2499135; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fairview No. 136 mdfairview.comblockedregister id csd:4819066; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| St. George no website on recordregister id csd:1302018; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Dawson (Yukon) cityofdawson.caregister id csd:6001029; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Perth-Andover no website on recordregister id csd:1312006; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Florenceville-Bristol no website on recordregister id csd:1311027; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Ulric st-ulric.caregister id csd:2408073; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 1 | |
| Bay Bulls townofbaybulls.comregister id csd:1001557; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 28 | |
| Strong strongtownship.comregister id csd:3549046; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton st-theodore.comregister id csd:2448045; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton steclotildehorton.caunreachableregister id csd:2439117; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Pinawa pinawa.comregister id csd:4601051; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | Gated | 32 | |
| Stewiacke stewiacke.netregister id csd:1210002; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley sthonoredeshenley.comregister id csd:2429038; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Pond Inlet no website on recordregister id csd:6204020; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan blrtownship.caregister id csd:3547020; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle municipalite-de-saint-bernard-de-lacolle.caregister id csd:2468005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 39 | Gated | 32 | |
| St. Laurent no website on recordregister id csd:4618040; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Paulin st-paulin.qc.caregister id csd:2451060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Humber Arm South no website on recordregister id csd:1005020; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Terrace Bay terracebay.caregister id csd:3558054; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 32 | |
| La Conception municipalite.laconception.qc.caregister id csd:2478115; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 2 | |
| Tring-Jonction tringjonction.qc.caregister id csd:2427060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 1 | |
| Rosedale no website on recordregister id csd:4615078; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Carlyle townofcarlyle.comregister id csd:4701056; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Thompson (Manitoba) (Rural municipality) no website on recordregister id csd:4603058; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Langham langham.caregister id csd:4711067; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Birch Hills County birchhillscounty.comregister id csd:4819049; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 34 | Gated | 1 | |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional echobay.caregister id csd:3557051; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 28 | Gated | 1 | |
| Moosonee moosonee.caregister id csd:3556106; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Shellbrook no website on recordregister id csd:4716047; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Tite-des-Caps sainttitedescaps.comregister id csd:2421005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Pangnirtung no website on recordregister id csd:6204009; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Henryville henryville.caregister id csd:2456042; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Rivière-Héva riviere-heva.comregister id csd:2489010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey saintfelixdekingsey.caregister id csd:2449005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Guillaume saintguillaume.caregister id csd:2449113; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 45 | No | 32 | |
| Carling carlingtownship.caregister id csd:3549036; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 27 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lac-au-Saumon municipalites-du-quebec.comregister id csd:2407057; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 28 | |
| Tingwick tingwick.caregister id csd:2439025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc saint-mathieu-du-parc.caunreachableregister id csd:2451070; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Deloraine-Winchester no website on recordregister id csd:4605038; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Harbour Breton harbourbreton.comregister id csd:1003008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 31 | |
| Petitcodiac no website on recordregister id csd:1307029; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford st-joachim.caregister id csd:2447040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 34 | Gated | 1 | |
| Telkwa telkwa.comregister id csd:5951038; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 1 | |
| Nipigon nipigon.netregister id csd:3558044; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | Gated | 32 |
Scores are for the population, not for ranking two named sites against each other. A few points between neighbors is noise. See what these numbers can and cannot support. Headline figures: summary.json (CC BY 4.0). The site-by-site data on this page is licensed; a bulk copy is from TEN7 for a fee.