Stittsville, #1 on this list · Photo: SimonP at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Ontario · 2026

Ontario’s rankings: 26 lists

In all, 866 places in Ontario appear on 26 lists. The best overall grade in Ontario is Stittsville’s A+. With 2 first places, Stittsville leads the most lists. Carp makes the top three on 3 lists. Schools is graded within Ontario alone, so its list stops at the border. 5 lists here are led by a place that is first on them nationally too.

Each list ranks the places in Ontario against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Photos: Stittsville, SimonP at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Carp, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant, massage-techniques (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Burlington, Canmenwalker (CC BY 4.0) · Oakville, Municipal Affairs and Housing (CC BY 2.0) · Georgetown, Balcer (CC BY 2.5) · Old Ottawa South, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Island Park-Wellington Village, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Marathon, davestew89 (CC BY 3.0) · Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Wawa, Andre Carrotflower (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Shuniah, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cathedraltown, Transportfan70 (CC0) · Buttonville, ChadPerez49 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Civic Hospital, Vpescanlar (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Centretown, Óðinn (CC BY-SA 2.5 ca) · Lowertown West, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sioux Lookout, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Red Lake, Karl Brooks Heisey died December 7, 1937 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Perth South, Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Lawrence Park North, Jennie Faber from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Hearst, Hearst1958 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Midland, Chicken4War (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Penetanguishene, Andre Carrotflower (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Atikokan, Nicholas4343 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Arnprior, SimonP at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cobourg, Drozwik Drones (CC BY 3.0) · Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills, Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA (CC BY 2.0) · Kingsway South, Chicken4War (CC BY-SA 4.0) · East Gwillimbury, Sdeschenes at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Georgian Bay, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Thornbury, Skytrain3514 at English Wikipedia (Public domain) · Prescott, R Orville Lyttle (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Niagara-on-the-Lake, DimiTalen (CC0) · Casselman, Veillg1 (CC0) · Kapuskasing, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Wellington Place, David Baron from San Francisco, California, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Westdale South, Dillan Payne (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Edgeley, Gary J. Wood from Toronto, ON, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Northern Bruce Peninsula, K Danko (CC BY-SA 3.0) · North Frontenac, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, P199 (Public domain) · Tecumseh, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Lakeshore, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · East Riverside, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Geraldton, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Little Current, WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Espanola, P199 (CC BY-SA 2.5) · Milton, Hozombel at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Kingsville, Gary J. Wood from Toronto, ON, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Essex, Andrea_44 from Leamington, Ontario , Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Leamington, Adam Bishop (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Huron-Kinloss, JustSomePics (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Mildmay, Jfvoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Fort Frances, Percy Russell Doherty (Public domain) · Temiskaming Shores, P. James Franks (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Vankleek Hill, Veillg1 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wendover, P199 (CC BY 3.0) · East Hawkesbury, http://www.flightontario.com/BCATP/bcatp-schools.htm (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).