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 301–400 of 3,493 · page 4 of 35
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High River highriver.caregister id csd:4806006; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Mont-Laurier villemontlaurier.qc.caregister id csd:2479088; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Lachute lachute.caregister id csd:2476020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | No | 32 | |
| Rosemère ville.rosemere.qc.caregister id csd:2473020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Sainte-Adèle ville.sainte-adele.qc.caregister id csd:2477022; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 1 | |
| Matane ville.matane.qc.caregister id csd:2408053; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Whistler whistler.caregister id csd:5931020; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | Gated | 32 | |
| Thames Centre thamescentre.on.caregister id csd:3539027; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Powell River powellriver.caregister id csd:5927008; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 1 | |
| Guelph/Eramosa get.on.caregister id csd:3523009; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Trent Hills trenthills.caregister id csd:3514045; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | Gated | 32 | |
| Grand Falls-Windsor grandfallswindsor.comregister id csd:1006017; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | Gated | 32 | |
| North Battleford cityofnb.caregister id csd:4716029; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Central Elgin centralelgin.orgregister id csd:3534020; 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 | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Winkler cityofwinkler.caregister id csd:4603050; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 41 | Gated | 32 | |
| Dolbeau-Mistassini ville.dolbeau-mistassini.qc.caregister id csd:2492022; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 32 | |
| Ingersoll ingersoll.caregister id csd:3532018; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 1 | |
| Prévost ville.prevost.qc.caregister id csd:2475040; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Parksville parksville.caregister id csd:5921018; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | No | 32 | |
| Beauharnois ville.beauharnois.qc.caregister id csd:2470022; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 75 | No | 32 | |
| South Stormont southstormont.caregister id csd:3501011; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Bécancour becancour.netregister id csd:2438010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lacombe lacombe.caregister id csd:4808031; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| The Nation / La Nation nationmun.caregister id csd:3502025; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| South Glengarry southglengarry.comregister id csd:3501005; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Val-des-Monts val-des-monts.netregister id csd:2482015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 32 | |
| Saint-Amable st-amable.qc.caregister id csd:2459015; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Portage la Prairie (Manitoba) (City) city.portage-la-prairie.mb.caregister id csd:4609029; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 1 | |
| Gravenhurst gravenhurst.caregister id csd:3544002; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 61 | Gated | 32 | |
| Sainte-Marie sainte-marie.caregister id csd:2426030; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | No | 31 | |
| West Grey westgrey.comregister id csd:3542004; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | Gated | 32 | |
| Thompson (Manitoba) (City) thompson.caregister id csd:4622026; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | Gated | 32 | |
| Mountain View County mountainviewcounty.comregister id csd:4806028; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| Tiny tiny.caregister id csd:3543068; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Truro truro.caregister id csd:1210006; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Bonnyville No. 87 md.bonnyville.ab.caregister id csd:4812004; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Mackenzie County mackenziecounty.comregister id csd:4817095; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Amos no website on recordregister id csd:2488055; 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 | — | |
| Perth East pertheast.caregister id csd:3531030; 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 | 67 | No | 32 | |
| Wetaskiwin wetaskiwin.caregister id csd:4811002; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | Gated | 32 | |
| Brock (Ontario) townshipofbrock.caregister id csd:3518039; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Carleton Place carletonplace.caregister id csd:3509028; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 67 | No | 32 | |
| Wellington North wellington-north.comregister id csd:3523050; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Warman warman.caregister id csd:4711068; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Dawson Creek dawsoncreek.caregister id csd:5955014; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | Gated | 32 | |
| Sidney sidney.caregister id csd:5917010; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Prince Rupert princerupert.caregister id csd:5947012; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 70 | No | 31 | |
| Kincardine kincardine.caregister id csd:3541024; 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 | 60 | Gated | 32 | |
| North Saanich northsaanich.caregister id csd:5917005; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine muniles.caregister id csd:2401023; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Bathurst bathurst.caregister id csd:1315011; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 31 | |
| Brighton (Ontario) brighton.caregister id csd:3514004; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Summerland summerland.caregister id csd:5907035; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | No | 32 | |
| Terrace terrace.caregister id csd:5949011; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 46 | Gated | 32 | |
| Erin erin.caregister id csd:3523017; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Rothesay rothesay.caregister id csd:1305045; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 | |
| Taché rmtache.caregister id csd:4602069; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it; Wikidata gives 2 official websites for this code; the plain host was taken over a language subdomain, then the shorter host. The published address had a path; it was cut to the site root | 47 | Gated | 32 | |
| Gander gandercanada.comregister id csd:1006009; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 7 | |
| Lambton Shores lambtonshores.caregister id csd:3538040; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Clearwater County clearwatercounty.caregister id csd:4809002; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lloydminster (Part) (Saskatchewan) lloydminster.caregister id csd:4717029; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Carignan carignan.quebecregister id csd:2457010; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 71 | No | 32 | |
| St. Andrews rmofstandrews.comregister id csd:4613043; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 48 | Gated | 32 | |
| Rawdon rawdon.caregister id csd:2462037; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| L'Île-Perrot ile-perrot.qc.caregister id csd:2471060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| St. Clements no website on recordregister id csd:4613056; No website is published for it in Wikidata | — | No | — | |
| Saint-Sauveur vss.caregister id csd:2477043; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 36 | Gated | 32 | |
| View Royal viewroyal.caregister id csd:5917047; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 22 | |
| Meaford meaford.caregister id csd:3542047; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | Gated | 32 | |
| Cantley cantley.cablockedregister id csd:2482020; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot ndip.orgregister id csd:2471065; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Elliot Lake cityofelliotlake.comregister id csd:3557041; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 1 | |
| Bromont bromont.comregister id csd:2446078; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 1 | |
| Marieville ville.marieville.qc.caregister id csd:2455048; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Wellesley wellesley.caregister id csd:3530027; 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 | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| North Dundas northdundas.comregister id csd:3501030; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 72 | No | 32 | |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 county.wetaskiwin.ab.caregister id csd:4811001; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 17 | |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts vsadm.caregister id csd:2478032; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 32 | |
| Sainte-Julienne sainte-julienne.comregister id csd:2463060; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 53 | Gated | 32 | |
| Coldstream coldstream.caregister id csd:5937010; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 44 | Gated | 1 | |
| Norwich twp.norwich.on.caregister id csd:3532002; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| La Tuque ville.latuque.qc.cablockedregister id csd:2490012; 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 | — | |
| Saint-Raymond villesaintraymond.comregister id csd:2434128; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Nelson nelson.caregister id csd:5903015; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Georgian Bluffs georgianbluffs.caregister id csd:3542053; 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 | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Tay tay.caregister id csd:3543071; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Hamilton (Ontario) (Township) hamiltontownship.caregister id csd:3514019; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| South Dundas southdundas.comregister id csd:3501020; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | Gated | 32 | |
| Weyburn weyburn.caregister id csd:4702047; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 32 | |
| Montmagny ville.montmagny.qc.caregister id csd:2418050; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Mont-Tremblant villedemont-tremblant.qc.caregister id csd:2478102; address from MAMH Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 1 | |
| Adjala-Tosorontio adjtos.caregister id csd:3543003; 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 | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Williams Lake williamslake.caregister id csd:5941009; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Stratford (Prince Edward Island) townofstratford.caregister id csd:1102080; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Rideau Lakes twprideaulakes.on.caregister id csd:3507040; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Estevan estevan.caregister id csd:4701024; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 31 | |
| Sechelt sechelt.caregister id csd:5929011; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Mapleton mapleton.caregister id csd:3523033; address from Ontario MMAH list of municipalities (high confidence), not checked by loading it | 58 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lac Ste. Anne County lsac.caregister id csd:4813001; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 60 | Gated | 32 | |
| Chester chester.caregister id csd:1206009; address from Wikidata P856 (low confidence), not checked by loading it | 50 | 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.