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Most polluted cities in Quebec, Canada, October 2026

17 cities in Quebec, Canada ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (5 of 31 days). Worst: Sorel-Tracy at 5.5 µg/m³, #1,653 of 2,246 cities in the world. Cleanest: Rouyn-Noranda at 2.4. 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.

← Sorel-Tracy 0% 0.75%0

Every city in Quebec, Canada ranked for October 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.

1Sorel-Tracy
0%
2Shawinigan
0%
3Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
0%
4L'Ancienne-Lorette
0%
5Montréal
0%
5Sept-Îles
0%
5Québec
0%
8Brossard
0%
8Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
0%
10Bécancour
0%
11Saint-Georges
0%
12Trois-Rivières
0%
13Granby
0%
14Sherbrooke
0%
15Drummondville
0%
16Saguenay
0%
17Rouyn-Noranda
0%

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 Quebec, Canada, PM2.5, October 2026 (so far), smogrank.com/ca/region/quebec/history/2026-10 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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