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Most polluted cities in Ontario, Canada, July 2026

29 cities in Ontario, Canada ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Sarnia at 32.5 µg/m³, #105 of 2,751 cities in the world. Cleanest: Ottawa at 10.5. 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.

← Waterdown 15% 10%0
Every city in Ontario, Canada ranked for July 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.
  1. 1Waterdown
    15%
  2. 2Kitchener
    13%
  3. 3Mississauga
    13%
  4. 4Sarnia
    13%
  5. 4Windsor
    13%
  6. 6St. Thomas
    13%
  7. 7London
    13%
  8. 8Sault Ste. Marie
    13%
  9. 9Brantford
    13%
  10. 10Guelph
    13%
  11. 11Milton
    13%
  12. 12Hamilton
    13%
  13. 13Newmarket
    13%
  14. 14Oakville
    13%
  15. 15Brampton
    13%
  16. 16Barrie
    13%
  17. 17Toronto
    13%
  18. 18Alliston
    13%
  19. 19St. Catharines
    13%
  20. 20Greater Sudbury
    10%
  21. 21Chatham
    10%
  22. 22Parry Sound
    10%
  23. 23Belleville
    10%
  24. 24North Bay
    10%
  25. 25Peterborough
    7%
  26. 26Nepeanlow-cost sensors
    6%
  27. 27Kingston
    6%
  28. 28Cornwall
    0%
  29. 29Ottawa
    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, July 2026, smogrank.com/ca/region/ontario/history/2026-07 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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