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Most polluted cities in Ontario, Canada, May 2026

29 cities in Ontario, Canada ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Brantford at 6.5 µg/m³, #1,759 of 2,852 cities in the world. Cleanest: Sault Ste. Marie at 3.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

← Brantford 0% 0.75%0

Every city in Ontario, Canada ranked for May 2026, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.

1Brantford
0%
2Toronto
0%
3Oakville
0%
4Hamilton
0%
4London
0%
4Milton
0%
4Windsor
0%
8Mississauga
0%
8Newmarket
0%
8Sarnia
0%
8St. Thomas
0%
12Guelph
0%
12Kitchener
0%
14Barrie
0%
14Waterdown
0%
16Brampton
0%
16Chatham
0%
18Alliston
0%
18Nepeanlow-cost sensors
0%
20St. Catharines
0%
21Belleville
0%
22Cornwall
0%
23Greater Sudbury
0%
24North Bay
0%
24Parry Sound
0%
24Peterborough
0%
27Ottawa
0%
28Kingston
0%
29Sault Ste. Marie
0%

Low-cost sensors: consumer units, counted only in cities with no government-grade monitor; they read close to reference monitors on the whole, but 15 to 25% high in humid air. How we use them.

Good0–50

Moderate51–100

Sensitive groups101–150

Unhealthy151–200

Very unhealthy201–300

Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Ontario, Canada, PM2.5, May 2026, smogrank.com/ca/region/ontario/history/2026-05 (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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