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 2,601–2,700 of 3,493 · page 27 of 35
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touchwood No. 248 no website on recordregister id csd:4710014; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Elfros No. 307 rm502.sasktelwebhosting.comregister id csd:4710041; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| York Harbour no website on recordregister id csd:1005035; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Imperial imperial.caregister id csd:4711008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 34 | Gated | 1 | |
| Redberry No. 435 no website on recordregister id csd:4716018; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Ferryland ferryland.comregister id csd:1001149; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 68 | No | 1 | |
| Northern Arm no website on recordregister id csd:1006015; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire notredamedurosaire.comregister id csd:2418040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Neilburg neilburg.caregister id csd:4713094; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 8 | |
| Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui lachumqui.comregister id csd:2407035; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Garry No. 245 no website on recordregister id csd:4709019; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Emerald No. 277 no website on recordregister id csd:4710031; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Rosemary rosemary.caregister id csd:4802038; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sainte-Irène sainteirene.comregister id csd:2407040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | No | 32 | |
| Parson's Pond no website on recordregister id csd:1009017; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Mossbank mossbank.caregister id csd:4703092; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sainte-Florence sainte-florence.orgregister id csd:2407010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | Gated | 30 | |
| Sedley villageofsedley.comregister id csd:4706008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Nampa nampa.caregister id csd:4817039; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Wolseley No. 155 no website on recordregister id csd:4705027; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Lakeview No. 337 no website on recordregister id csd:4710066; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Kelvington No. 366 no website on recordregister id csd:4714021; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Andrew villageofandrew.netregister id csd:4810059; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Makkovik makkovik.caunreachableregister id csd:1011020; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long saintmarcdulaclong.caregister id csd:2413020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Frontier villageoffrontier.comregister id csd:4704012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Manitou Beach manitoubeach.caregister id csd:4711054; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 1 | |
| Fish Creek No. 402 no website on recordregister id csd:4715036; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Leoville no website on recordregister id csd:4716061; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Warner warner.caregister id csd:4802006; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | Gated | 32 | |
| Warden no website on recordregister id csd:2447030; No website is published for it in the Répertoire des municipalités and Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Bone Creek No. 108 no website on recordregister id csd:4704058; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Indian Head No. 156 no website on recordregister id csd:4706038; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Port Rexton no website on recordregister id csd:1007016; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Crapaud no website on recordregister id csd:1102034; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico no website on recordregister id csd:1102045; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Arlington No. 79 no website on recordregister id csd:4704038; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Mountain View No. 318 no website on recordregister id csd:4712038; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Gros-Mécatina grosmecatina.caregister id csd:2498014; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 45 | Gated | 16 | |
| Lawtonia No. 135 no website on recordregister id csd:4707014; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Newcombe No. 260 no website on recordregister id csd:4708071; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines stedmond.caregister id csd:2492050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | No | 32 | |
| Latchford latchford.caregister id csd:3554006; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Browning No. 34 rmofbrowning.caregister id csd:4701031; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Silverwood No. 123 no website on recordregister id csd:4705011; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Glaslyn glaslyn.caregister id csd:4717048; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Standard standardab.caregister id csd:4805021; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | Gated | 1 | |
| Old Post No. 43 no website on recordregister id csd:4703011; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| White Valley No. 49 no website on recordregister id csd:4704024; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Whiteway no website on recordregister id csd:1001308; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Praxède ste-praxede.caregister id csd:2431050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf st-jean-de-brebeuf.caregister id csd:2431100; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Leaf Rapids no website on recordregister id csd:4623034; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Reciprocity No. 32 rmofreciprocity.caregister id csd:4701039; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 23 | |
| Shields shields.caregister id csd:4711064; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Champion villageofchampion.caregister id csd:4805004; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Godefroi municipalitestgodefroi.comregister id csd:2405015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 68 | No | 32 | |
| Sainte-Félicité (Quebec) (Municipalité) (csd:2417025) ste-felicite.caregister id csd:2417025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Béthanie municipalitedebethanie.caregister id csd:2448005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Chichester chichestermunicipality.comregister id csd:2484090; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 71 | No | 1 | |
| Montmartre No. 126 no website on recordregister id csd:4706001; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard stececiledelevrard.comunreachableregister id csd:2438060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Marriott No. 317 no website on recordregister id csd:4712034; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Belleoram no website on recordregister id csd:1003004; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Riverside-Albert no website on recordregister id csd:1306003; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| James elklake.caregister id csd:3554042; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Bay de Verde no website on recordregister id csd:1001347; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Frontier No. 19 no website on recordregister id csd:4704011; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Comfort Cove-Newstead no website on recordregister id csd:1008039; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Alameda townofalameda.caregister id csd:4701037; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou no website on recordregister id csd:1003045; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Fox Valley No. 171 no website on recordregister id csd:4708024; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Calder No. 241 rm241.comregister id csd:4709001; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Winslow No. 319 no website on recordregister id csd:4713028; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Bryant's Cove no website on recordregister id csd:1001375; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Sabine (Quebec) (Paroisse (municipalité de)) ste-sabine.qc.caregister id csd:2428065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | No | 1 | |
| Reno No. 51 no website on recordregister id csd:4704019; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| White Fox no website on recordregister id csd:4714079; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Choiceland choiceland.caregister id csd:4714092; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 31 | |
| Douglas No. 436 no website on recordregister id csd:4716023; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Abercorn abercorn.caregister id csd:2446005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Brome bromevillage.caregister id csd:2446070; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 15 | |
| Casey casey.caregister id csd:3554029; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Grassy Creek No. 78 no website on recordregister id csd:4704034; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Elbow elbowsask.comregister id csd:4711019; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Abram-Village no website on recordregister id csd:1103027; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Esprit-Saint municipalite.esprit-saint.qc.caregister id csd:2410005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Nédélec municipalite.nedelec.qc.caregister id csd:2485100; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 27 | |
| Port Clements portclements.comregister id csd:5947030; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 26 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hampshire no website on recordregister id csd:1102021; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Last Mountain Valley No. 250 no website on recordregister id csd:4711003; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud municipalites-du-quebec.caregister id csd:2418035; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 1 | |
| Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester saint-nazaire-de-dorchester.comregister id csd:2419015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Arborfield No. 456 no website on recordregister id csd:4714059; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Holden village.holden.ab.caregister id csd:4810021; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Glendon villageofglendon.caregister id csd:4812012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 31 | |
| Donnelly donnelly.caregister id csd:4819044; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | Gated | 32 | |
| Murray River no website on recordregister id csd:1101004; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Sévère st-severe.caregister id csd:2451030; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Abernethy No. 186 no website on recordregister id csd:4706042; 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.