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Most polluted cities in Canada

60 measured cities, last 24 hours; 1 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Nepean at 15.6 µg/m³, #109 in the world.

Quebec: 17 measured citiesSaskatchewan: 3 measured citiesYukonNorthwest Territories: 1 measured cityBritish Columbia: 27 measured citiesAlberta: 10 measured citiesManitoba: 1 measured cityOntario: 28 measured citiesNew Brunswick: 5 measured citiesNewfoundland and LabradorNova Scotia: 2 measured citiesPrince Edward Island: 1 measured city#60 Yellowknife: 0.0 µg/m³#59 Winnipeg: 0.1 µg/m³#58 Milton: 1.8 µg/m³#57 Prince Albert: 1.9 µg/m³#56 St. Albert: 2.2 µg/m³#55 Sydney: 2.3 µg/m³#54 Fort McMurray: 2.7 µg/m³#53 Charlottetown: 3.0 µg/m³#52 West Vancouver: 3.4 µg/m³#51 Dartmouth: 3.7 µg/m³#50 Airdrie: 4.0 µg/m³#48 Coquitlam: 4.2 µg/m³#49 Saint John: 4.2 µg/m³#46 Medicine Hat: 4.5 µg/m³#47 Swift Current: 4.5 µg/m³#44 Fredericton: 4.6 µg/m³#45 Port Coquitlam: 4.6 µg/m³#42 Chilliwack: 4.7 µg/m³#43 Moncton: 4.7 µg/m³#39 Calgary: 4.8 µg/m³#40 Rouyn-Noranda: 4.8 µg/m³#41 Sherbrooke: 4.8 µg/m³#38 Drummondville: 5.1 µg/m³#37 North Bay: 5.3 µg/m³#35 Granby: 5.5 µg/m³#36 Vancouver: 5.5 µg/m³#33 Langley: 5.8 µg/m³#34 Saskatoon: 5.8 µg/m³#32 Richmond: 5.9 µg/m³#31 Alliston: 6.0 µg/m³#30 Strawberry Hill: 6.2 µg/m³#28 Burnaby: 6.3 µg/m³#29 Ottawa: 6.3 µg/m³#25 Delta: 6.4 µg/m³#26 Montréal: 6.4 µg/m³#27 Red Deer: 6.4 µg/m³#22 Barrie: 6.5 µg/m³#23 Greater Sudbury: 6.5 µg/m³#24 Trois-Rivières: 6.5 µg/m³#20 Edmonton: 6.8 µg/m³#21 Kingston: 6.8 µg/m³#19 Edmundston: 7.1 µg/m³#18 Saint-Georges: 7.3 µg/m³#17 Abbotsford: 7.4 µg/m³#15 Brantford: 7.9 µg/m³#16 St. Catharines: 7.9 µg/m³#13 Belleville: 8.0 µg/m³#14 Sept-Îles: 8.0 µg/m³#11 Québec: 8.1 µg/m³#12 L'Ancienne-Lorette: 8.1 µg/m³#9 London: 8.6 µg/m³#10 Waterdown: 8.6 µg/m³#8 Toronto: 9.3 µg/m³#7 Hamilton: 9.5 µg/m³#6 St. Thomas: 10.0 µg/m³#3 Gatineau: 10.9 µg/m³#4 Sarnia: 10.9 µg/m³#5 Shawinigan: 10.9 µg/m³#2 Windsor: 11.1 µg/m³#1 Nepean: 15.6 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city, or a region to zoom in.
← Nepean 15.6 WHO 24-hour guideline
Every measured city in Canada, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Nepeanlow-cost sensorsOntario 21.0×
  2. 2WindsorOntario 10.7×
  3. 3Gatineaulow-cost sensorsQuebec 10.7×
  4. 4SarniaOntario 10.7×
  5. 5ShawiniganQuebec 10.7×
  6. 6St. ThomasOntario 10.7×
  7. 7HamiltonOntario 10.6×
  8. 8TorontoOntario 10.6×
  9. 9LondonOntario 10.6×
  10. 10WaterdownOntario 10.6×
  11. 11QuébecQuebec 10.5×
  12. 12L'Ancienne-LoretteQuebec 10.5×
  13. 13BellevilleOntario 10.5×
  14. 14Sept-ÎlesQuebec 10.5×
  15. 15BrantfordOntario 10.5×
  16. 16St. CatharinesOntario 10.5×
  17. 17AbbotsfordBritish Columbia 10.5×
  18. 18Saint-GeorgesQuebec 10.5×
  19. 19EdmundstonNew Brunswick 10.5×
  20. 20EdmontonAlberta 10.5×
  21. 21KingstonOntario 10.5×
  22. 22BarrieOntario 10.4×
  23. 23Greater SudburyOntario 10.4×
  24. 24Trois-RivièresQuebec 10.4×
  25. 25DeltaBritish Columbia 10.4×
  26. 26MontréalQuebec 10.4×
  27. 27Red DeerAlberta 10.4×
  28. 28BurnabyBritish Columbia 10.4×
  29. 29OttawaOntario 10.4×
  30. 30Strawberry HillBritish Columbia 10.4×
  31. 31AllistonOntario 10.4×
  32. 32RichmondBritish Columbia 10.4×
  33. 33LangleyBritish Columbia 10.4×
  34. 34SaskatoonSaskatchewan 10.4×
  35. 35GranbyQuebec 10.4×
  36. 36VancouverBritish Columbia 10.4×
  37. 37North BayOntario 10.4×
  38. 38DrummondvilleQuebec 10.3×
  39. 39CalgaryAlberta 10.3×
  40. 40Rouyn-NorandaQuebec 10.3×
  41. 41SherbrookeQuebec 10.3×
  42. 42ChilliwackBritish Columbia 10.3×
  43. 43MonctonNew Brunswick 10.3×
  44. 44FrederictonNew Brunswick 10.3×
  45. 45Port CoquitlamBritish Columbia 10.3×
  46. 46Medicine HatAlberta 10.3×
  47. 47Swift CurrentSaskatchewan 10.3×
  48. 48CoquitlamBritish Columbia 10.3×
  49. 49Saint JohnNew Brunswick 10.3×
  50. 50AirdrieAlberta 10.3×
  51. 51DartmouthNova Scotia 10.2×
  52. 52West VancouverBritish Columbia 10.2×
  53. 53CharlottetownPrince Edward Island 10.2×
  54. 54Fort McMurrayAlberta 10.2×
  55. 55SydneyNova Scotia 10.2×
  56. 56St. AlbertAlberta 10.1×
  57. 57Prince AlbertSaskatchewan 10.1×
  58. 58MiltonOntario 10.1×
  59. 59Winnipeglow-cost sensorsManitoba 10.0×
  60. 60Yellowknifelow-cost sensorsNorthwest Territories 10.0×
Low1–3
Moderate4–6
High7–9
Very high10

The UK's Daily Air Quality Index (1 to 10), PM2.5 bands. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Canada cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City7-day estimateBand
Surrey≈ 6 µg/m³Low
Halifax≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Laval≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Etobicoke≈ 6 µg/m³Low
Markham≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Vaughan≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Longueuil≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Richmond Hill≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Burlington≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Oshawa≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Gloucester≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Lévis≈ 8 µg/m³Low
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Whitby≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Cambridge≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Orléans≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Ottawa South≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Ajax≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Saanich≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Thornhill≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Terrebonne≈ 7 µg/m³Low
St. John's≈ 6 µg/m³Low
Thunder Bay≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Waterloo≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Ville-Marie≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Niagara Falls≈ 6 µg/m³Low
Pickering≈ 5 µg/m³Low
Kanata≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Montréal-Nord≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Le Sud-Ouest≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Repentigny≈ 7 µg/m³Low
Maple Ridge≈ 6 µg/m³Low
Willowdale≈ 5 µg/m³Low
New Westminster≈ 6 µg/m³Low
Caledon≈ 4 µg/m³Low
Stoney Creek≈ 5 µg/m³Low

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Canada, PM2.5, last 24 hours to 2 Oct 2026, 03:00 UTC, smogrank.com/ca.

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Regions

Alberta 10British Columbia 27Manitoba 1New Brunswick 5Northwest Territories 1Nova Scotia 2Ontario 28Prince Edward Island 1Quebec 17Saskatchewan 3

Measured cities in each region (30 days).

Updated 2026-10-02 03:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the UK DAQI PM2.5 sub-index.