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 201–300 of 3,493 · page 3 of 35
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestermere chestermere.caregister id csd:4806017; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 1 | |
| Kingsville kingsville.caregister id csd:3537013; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Brockville brockville.comregister id csd:3507015; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 70 | No | 32 | |
| White Rock whiterockcity.caregister id csd:5915007; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 39 | Gated | 24 | |
| Springwater springwater.caregister id csd:3543009; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Owen Sound owensound.caregister id csd:3542059; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 47 | Gated | 32 | |
| Scugog scugog.caregister id csd:3518020; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 59 | Gated | 32 | |
| Uxbridge town.uxbridge.on.caregister id csd:3518029; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fort St. John fortstjohn.caregister id csd:5955034; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Wilmot wilmot.caregister id csd:3530020; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Joliette joliette.caregister id csd:2461025; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Essex townofessex.on.caregister id csd:3537016; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 1 | |
| Varennes ville.varennes.qc.caregister id csd:2459020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Huntsville huntsville.caregister id csd:3544042; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Mont-Royal ville.mont-royal.qc.caregister id csd:2466072; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Beaumont (Alberta) beaumont.ab.caregister id csd:4811013; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Baie-Comeau ville.baie-comeau.qc.caregister id csd:2496020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 43 | Gated | 32 | |
| Riverview townofriverview.cablockedregister id csd:1306020; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Cobourg cobourg.caregister id csd:3514021; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | Gated | 32 | |
| Cranbrook cranbrook.caregister id csd:5901022; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 25 | |
| Yellowknife yellowknife.caregister id csd:6106023; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 76 | No | 32 | |
| South Frontenac township.southfrontenac.on.caregister id csd:3510020; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Rivière-du-Loup villerdl.caregister id csd:2412072; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Sturgeon County sturgeoncounty.caregister id csd:4811059; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Port Colborne portcolborne.caregister id csd:3526011; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Red Deer County rdcounty.caregister id csd:4808001; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures vsad.caregister id csd:2423072; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac ville.sainte-marthe-sur-le-lac.qc.caregister id csd:2472015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 36 | Gated | 1 | |
| Lloydminster (Part) (Alberta) lloydminster.caregister id csd:4810039; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Westmount westmount.orgregister id csd:2466032; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Russell russell.caregister id csd:3502048; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| West Hants no website on recordregister id csd:1208003; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Salmon Arm salmonarm.caregister id csd:5939032; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 39 | Gated | 11 | |
| Kirkland ville.kirkland.qc.cablockedregister id csd:2466102; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Corner Brook cornerbrook.comregister id csd:1005018; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | No | 32 | |
| Dorval ville.dorval.qc.caregister id csd:2466087; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | Gated | 32 | |
| Beaconsfield beaconsfield.caregister id csd:2466107; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 32 | |
| Pitt Meadows pittmeadows.caregister id csd:5915070; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake notl.orgregister id csd:3526047; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 67 | No | 1 | |
| Colwood colwood.caregister id csd:5917041; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Middlesex Centre middlesexcentre.on.caregister id csd:3539033; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 1 | |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire villemsh.caregister id csd:2457035; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | Gated | 32 | |
| Camrose camrose.caregister id csd:4810011; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Quispamsis quispamsis.caregister id csd:1305057; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Selwyn selwyntownship.caregister id csd:3515015; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| Tillsonburg town.tillsonburg.on.caregister id csd:3532004; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Port Alberni portalberni.caregister id csd:5923008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 1 | |
| Pelham pelham.caregister id csd:3526028; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Petawawa petawawa.cablockedregister id csd:3547076; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Sainte-Sophie stesophie.caregister id csd:2475028; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 39 | Gated | 32 | |
| Stony Plain stonyplain.comregister id csd:4811048; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Oak Bay oakbay.caregister id csd:5917030; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | Gated | 32 | |
| North Grenville northgrenville.caregister id csd:3507065; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 32 | |
| Loyalist loyalist.caregister id csd:3511005; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Deux-Montagnes ville.deux-montagnes.qc.caregister id csd:2472010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Midland midland.caregister id csd:3543074; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | Gated | 32 | |
| Steinbach steinbach.caregister id csd:4602044; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Colomban st-colomban.qc.caregister id csd:2475005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 32 | |
| Miramichi miramichi.orgregister id csd:1309050; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Esquimalt esquimalt.caregister id csd:5917040; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Central Saanich centralsaanich.caregister id csd:5917015; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Sainte-Catherine ville.sainte-catherine.qc.caregister id csd:2467030; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 32 | |
| Bracebridge bracebridge.caregister id csd:3544018; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Port Hope porthope.caregister id csd:3514020; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Hanover (Manitoba) hanovermb.caregister id csd:4602041; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand villesblg.caregister id csd:2457020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette lancienne-lorette.orgregister id csd:2423057; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Greater Napanee greaternapanee.comregister id csd:3511015; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| Swift Current swiftcurrent.cablockedregister id csd:4708004; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Akamai) | — | No | — | |
| Edmundston edmundston.caregister id csd:1313027; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 32 | |
| Yorkton yorkton.caregister id csd:4709012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | Gated | 32 | |
| Springfield no website on recordregister id csd:4612047; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Tracadie tracadienb.caregister id csd:1315002; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 62 | No | 32 | |
| Summerside summerside.caregister id csd:1103025; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | No | 32 | |
| Sylvan Lake sylvanlake.caregister id csd:4808012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Canmore canmore.cablockedregister id csd:4815023; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Saugeen Shores saugeenshores.caregister id csd:3541045; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lake Country lakecountry.bc.caregister id csd:5935016; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Cold Lake coldlake.comregister id csd:4812002; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| North Perth northperth.caregister id csd:3531040; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| West Lincoln westlincoln.caregister id csd:3526021; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée vivrescb.comregister id csd:2461035; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Cowansville ville.cowansville.qc.caregister id csd:2446080; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 1 | |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines villesadp.caregister id csd:2473035; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | No | 32 | |
| Sooke sooke.caregister id csd:5917052; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Gaspé ville.gaspe.qc.caregister id csd:2403005; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 72 | No | 32 | |
| Kenora kenora.caregister id csd:3560010; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Brooks brooks.caregister id csd:4802034; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Clearview clearview.caregister id csd:3543005; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Comox comox.caregister id csd:5926005; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | Gated | 1 | |
| Pincourt villepincourt.qc.caregister id csd:2471070; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mississippi Mills mississippimills.caregister id csd:3509030; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 32 | |
| St. Clair twp.stclair.on.caregister id csd:3538003; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mercier ville.mercier.qc.caregister id csd:2467045; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 32 | |
| West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest westnipissing.caregister id csd:3548055; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 30 | |
| Severn townshipofsevern.comregister id csd:3543015; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 1 | |
| Lavaltrie ville.lavaltrie.qc.caregister id csd:2452007; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Leduc County leduc-county.comblockedregister id csd:4811012; 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 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Pembroke pembrokeontario.comregister id csd:3547064; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Strathmore strathmore.caregister id csd:4805018; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | 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.