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 1,601–1,700 of 3,493 · page 17 of 35
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage saintnarcissedebeaurivage.caregister id csd:2433030; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 45 | No | 1 | |
| Carnduff carnduff.caregister id csd:4701008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Stanstead (Quebec) (Canton (municipalité de)) cantonstanstead.caregister id csd:2445025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-Hilarion sainthilarion.caregister id csd:2416050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Roland no website on recordregister id csd:4603062; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Hudson Bay No. 394 no website on recordregister id csd:4714001; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Stukely-Sud stukely-sud.comregister id csd:2445105; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Special Area No. 3 specialareas.ab.caregister id csd:4804012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 43 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Claude municipalite.st-claude.caregister id csd:2442100; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf st-leonard.comblockedregister id csd:2434115; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Salmo salmo.caregister id csd:5903011; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | Gated | 32 | |
| St. George's townofstgeorges.comregister id csd:1004013; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 34 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-Siméon (Quebec) (Municipalité) saintsimeon.caregister id csd:2415058; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Eugène saint-eugene.caregister id csd:2449105; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Glenella-Lansdowne no website on recordregister id csd:4608055; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Watson Lake watsonlake.caregister id csd:6001003; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Central Prince no website on recordregister id csd:1103043; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Plaisance ville.plaisance.qc.caregister id csd:2480045; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 31 | |
| Smoky Lake smokylake.caregister id csd:4812029; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Manning manning.caunreachableregister id csd:4817078; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Frelighsburg frelighsburg.caregister id csd:2446010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Glenboro-South Cypress no website on recordregister id csd:4607039; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Blanc-Sablon municipalitedeblancsablon.caregister id csd:2498005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Laird (Ontario) lairdtownship.caregister id csd:3557011; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Minto-Odanah no website on recordregister id csd:4615074; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Two Borders no website on recordregister id csd:4605056; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity no website on recordregister id csd:1007050; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| L'Isle-aux-Coudres municipaliteiac.caregister id csd:2416023; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| St. Lawrence no website on recordregister id csd:1002008; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Roxton cantonderoxton.qc.caregister id csd:2448015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| Montpellier montpellier.caregister id csd:2480090; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Kingston (Prince Edward Island) kingstonpei.caregister id csd:1102022; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | No | 32 | |
| Meota No. 468 no website on recordregister id csd:4717001; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage spdb.caregister id csd:2433025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Félix-d'Otis st-felix-dotis.qc.caregister id csd:2494225; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Bolton-Est boltonest.caregister id csd:2445095; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 70 | No | 32 | |
| Sainte-Sabine (Quebec) (Municipalité) stesabine.caregister id csd:2446105; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 1 | |
| Weyburn No. 67 rmweyburn.caregister id csd:4702044; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 32 | |
| Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Quebec) (Village) stejeannedarc.qc.caregister id csd:2492015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 39 | No | 32 | |
| South River (Ontario) southriverontario.comregister id csd:3549056; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 70 | No | 1 | |
| Sainte-Félicité (Quebec) (Municipalité) (csd:2408023) saintefelicite.caregister id csd:2408023; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 32 | |
| Fort Simpson fortsimpson.comregister id csd:6104038; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois st-etiennedebeauharnois.qc.caregister id csd:2470030; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Westbury westbury.caunreachableregister id csd:2441065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci mun-ndm.caregister id csd:2462055; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 4 | |
| Melbourne melbournecanton.caregister id csd:2442075; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | Gated | 32 | |
| Longlaketon No. 219 no website on recordregister id csd:4706070; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| La Macaza munilamacaza.caregister id csd:2479047; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Benjamin st-benjamin.qc.caregister id csd:2428025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | No | 1 | |
| Notre-Dame-du-Nord nddn.caregister id csd:2485090; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 34 | Gated | 32 | |
| Snow Lake snowlake.comregister id csd:4621071; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski saintnarcisse.netregister id csd:2410015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 32 | |
| Souris no website on recordregister id csd:1101036; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly municipalitedejoly.comregister id csd:2433065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Cyprien (Quebec) (Municipalité) saintcyprien.caregister id csd:2412005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Grande-Vallée grande-vallee.caregister id csd:2403020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Michel-du-Squatec squatec.qc.caregister id csd:2413065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford saint-louis-de-blandford.caregister id csd:2439170; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 68 | No | 32 | |
| Kipling townofkipling.caregister id csd:4705016; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | Gated | 32 | |
| Whitestone whitestone.caregister id csd:3549039; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Ludger st-ludger.qc.caregister id csd:2430072; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Paddockwood No. 520 rmofpaddockwood.comregister id csd:4715099; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 32 | |
| Lac-Drolet lacdrolet.caregister id csd:2430080; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Bonaventure saint-bonaventure.caregister id csd:2449125; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Birch Hills birchhills.caregister id csd:4715068; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview harbourmainchapelscovelakeview.caregister id csd:1001469; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-Frédéric saint-frederic.comregister id csd:2427065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Mahone Bay townofmahonebay.caregister id csd:1206008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 45 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lac du Bonnet (Manitoba) (Town) townoflacdubonnet.comregister id csd:4601060; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 32 | |
| Preeceville townofpreeceville.caregister id csd:4709064; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 45 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Norbert saint-norbert.netregister id csd:2452070; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 40 | Gated | 31 | |
| Grenfell grenfell.caregister id csd:4705029; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 1 | |
| Lac-Simon lac-simon.netregister id csd:2480095; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Sainte-Pétronille stepetronille.comblockedregister id csd:2420030; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| South Algonquin township.southalgonquin.on.caregister id csd:3548001; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Entrelacs entrelacs.comregister id csd:2462053; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | No | 1 | |
| Duchess villageofduchess.comregister id csd:4802036; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Valemount valemount.caregister id csd:5953007; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Durham-Sud durham-sud.comregister id csd:2449015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière steagathedelotbiniere.comregister id csd:2433017; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Kaslo kaslo.caregister id csd:5903023; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis st-maxime.qc.caregister id csd:2404010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 1 | |
| Davidson townofdavidson.comregister id csd:4711014; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon st-leon-de-standon.comregister id csd:2419020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 2 | |
| Bentley townofbentley.cablockedregister id csd:4808026; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Otter Lake otterlakequebec.caregister id csd:2484055; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 32 | |
| Melita no website on recordregister id csd:4605052; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Chute-Saint-Philippe chute-saint-philippe.caregister id csd:2479065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | No | 32 | |
| Schreiber schreiber.caregister id csd:3558051; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kazabazua kazabazua.caregister id csd:2483015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Stratford (Quebec) stratford.quebecregister id csd:2430110; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 41 | Gated | 32 | |
| Coral Harbour coralharbour.caregister id csd:6205014; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Charette municipalite-charette.caregister id csd:2451080; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 39 | Gated | 32 | |
| Caronport no website on recordregister id csd:4707037; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Kugaaruk no website on recordregister id csd:6208047; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Vallier stvallierbellechasse.qc.caregister id csd:2419117; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 1 | |
| Valcourt (Quebec) (Canton (municipalité de)) cantonvalcourt.qc.caregister id csd:2442060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | Gated | 32 | |
| Battle River No. 438 no website on recordregister id csd:4712078; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| St. Louis No. 431 no website on recordregister id csd:4715057; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Notre-Dame-des-Bois notredamedesbois.qc.caregister id csd:2430010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | No | 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.