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 2,101–2,200 of 3,493 · page 22 of 35
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-Kamouraska standredekamouraska.caunreachableregister id csd:2414040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Bedford (Quebec) (Canton (municipalité de)) cantondebedford.caregister id csd:2446040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Birch Hills No. 460 no website on recordregister id csd:4715067; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Flett's Springs No. 429 no website on recordregister id csd:4715051; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| King's Point townofkingspoint.caregister id csd:1008069; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Montcerf-Lytton montcerf-lytton.comregister id csd:2483088; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 42 | No | 32 | |
| Stoughton stoughtonsk.caregister id csd:4701066; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Naicam townofnaicam.caregister id csd:4714032; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Midway midwaybc.caregister id csd:5905037; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Bonsecours bonsecours.caregister id csd:2442040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Brenda-Waskada no website on recordregister id csd:4605044; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Spirit River No. 133 mdspiritriver.ab.caregister id csd:4819054; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| North Rustico no website on recordregister id csd:1102046; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet ile-du-grand-calumet.caregister id csd:2484035; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | Gated | 1 | |
| Ethelbert no website on recordregister id csd:4617064; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Norman's Cove-Long Cove nfldaddendum.comregister id csd:1001285; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Oil Springs oilsprings.caregister id csd:3538018; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Montrose No. 315 no website on recordregister id csd:4712026; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Garden River No. 490 no website on recordregister id csd:4715079; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Fort McPherson fortmcpherson.caregister id csd:6101015; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 1 | |
| Heart's Delight-Islington townofhdi.caregister id csd:1001312; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 37 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bryson bryson.caregister id csd:2484025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 31 | |
| Buena Vista buenavista.caregister id csd:4706055; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Sturgis townofsturgis.comregister id csd:4709066; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Consort consort.caregister id csd:4804022; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Murdochville murdochville.comregister id csd:2403025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-François-de-Sales stfrancoisdesales.qc.caregister id csd:2491015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Eagle Creek No. 376 no website on recordregister id csd:4712064; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Stanstead-Est mrcdecoaticook.qc.caregister id csd:2444050; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Akulivik nvakulivik.caregister id csd:2499125; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-Just-de-Bretenières saintjustdebretenieres.comregister id csd:2418005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| St. Brieux townofstbrieux.comregister id csd:4715049; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Ludger-de-Milot ville.st-ludger-de-milot.qc.caregister id csd:2493080; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Arcola no website on recordregister id csd:4701059; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Colombier colombierhcn.comregister id csd:2495050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Westport (Ontario) village.westport.on.caregister id csd:3507033; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Namur namur.caregister id csd:2480110; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Montcalm (Quebec) montcalm.caregister id csd:2478055; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 32 | |
| Ferland-et-Boilleau ferlandetboilleau.caregister id csd:2494220; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont sainte-angele-de-premont.caregister id csd:2451055; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Clayton No. 333 no website on recordregister id csd:4709067; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Foremost foremostalberta.comregister id csd:4801009; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 36 | Gated | 27 | |
| Mulgrave townofmulgrave.caregister id csd:1213008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Rivière-à-Pierre riviereapierre.comregister id csd:2434135; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle steannedelarochelle.caregister id csd:2442050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 27 | |
| Qu'Appelle townofquappelle.caregister id csd:4706036; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 49 | Gated | 32 | |
| Allan allan.caregister id csd:4711072; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 1 | |
| Conception Harbour no website on recordregister id csd:1001461; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Asquith townofasquith.comregister id csd:4712059; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Appleton townofappleton.caregister id csd:1006011; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Les Bergeronnes bergeronnes.comregister id csd:2495018; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 41 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lawrenceville lawrenceville.caregister id csd:2442045; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fort Providence no website on recordregister id csd:6104014; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Lot 11 and Area no website on recordregister id csd:1103039; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne sca.quebecregister id csd:2434105; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville saintbernarddemichaudville.qc.caunreachableregister id csd:2454115; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Balcarres townofbalcarres.cablockedregister id csd:4706047; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Cote No. 271 no website on recordregister id csd:4709037; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Léolin no website on recordregister id csd:1315017; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Clyde River (Prince Edward Island) clyderiverpei.comregister id csd:1102037; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Wawken No. 93 no website on recordregister id csd:4701076; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Colliers no website on recordregister id csd:1001456; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Baie-des-Sables municipalite.baiedessables.caregister id csd:2408080; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Gordon/Barrie Island gordonbarrieisland.caregister id csd:3551027; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 43 | No | 32 | |
| East Farnham municipalite.eastfarnham.qc.caregister id csd:2446085; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Portneuf-sur-Mer portneuf-sur-mer.caregister id csd:2495040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 1 | |
| Coronach no website on recordregister id csd:4703004; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Tracy no website on recordregister id csd:1303005; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Old Perlican no website on recordregister id csd:1001343; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Cloridorme municipalitedecloridorme.caregister id csd:2403010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Kamouraska kamouraska.caregister id csd:2414050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 32 | |
| Eastend dinocountry.comregister id csd:4704026; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 1 | |
| Grand Coulee grandcoulee.caregister id csd:4706028; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Acme acme.caregister id csd:4805044; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 68 | No | 32 | |
| Pierceland villageofpierceland.sasktelwebhosting.comregister id csd:4717067; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fertile Valley No. 285 no website on recordregister id csd:4712020; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Bruno no website on recordregister id csd:4715012; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Kinistino No. 459 no website on recordregister id csd:4715071; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| St. Lunaire-Griquet no website on recordregister id csd:1009032; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Pense no website on recordregister id csd:4706023; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Caron No. 162 no website on recordregister id csd:4707036; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Norris Point no website on recordregister id csd:1009012; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| New Hazelton newhazelton.caregister id csd:5949024; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Petit-Saguenay petit-saguenay.comblockedregister id csd:2494205; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Pleasantdale No. 398 no website on recordregister id csd:4714035; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Cupar townofcupar.comregister id csd:4706094; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Hopedale no website on recordregister id csd:1011030; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax saintesophiedhalifax.comregister id csd:2432023; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 11 | |
| Métis-sur-Mer ville.metis-sur-mer.qc.caregister id csd:2409048; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Célestin (Quebec) (Municipalité) saint-celestin.netregister id csd:2450035; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Qikiqtarjuaq no website on recordregister id csd:6204010; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| St. Walburg stwalburg.caregister id csd:4717036; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 1 | |
| Buchans no website on recordregister id csd:1006031; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage municipalite.saint-joseph-de-lepage.qc.caregister id csd:2409070; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 30 | |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau sainte-therese-de-la-gatineau.caregister id csd:2483055; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | No | 32 | |
| McBride mcbride.caregister id csd:5953012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Carmacks carmacks.caregister id csd:6001012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Eusèbe sainteusebe.caregister id csd:2413030; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 1 | |
| Brackley no website on recordregister id csd:1102055; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Avondale no website on recordregister id csd:1001464; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — |
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.