Shannon, #1 on this list · Photo: Roncanada (CC BY 4.0)

Quebec · 2026

Quebec’s rankings: 25 lists

The most top-three finishes, 5, belong to Kuujjuaq. 4 lists here are led by a place that is first on them nationally too. Here are 25 lists for Quebec, with 507 places on them. Shannon leads the overall list with a grade of A+. Nobody leads more lists than Kuujjuaq, first on 4.

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

Photos: Shannon, Roncanada (CC BY 4.0) · Lac-Beauport, Gabriel Picard (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Boischatel, Gilbertus (CC BY 3.0) · Blainville, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lévis, Wilfredor (CC0) · Saguenay, SaguenayMaville (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Havre-Saint-Pierre, The original uploader was Stéphane Voyer at French Wikipedi… (CC BY-SA 1.0) · Normandin, Ville de Normandin (Public domain) · Port-Cartier, Harfang (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Gabriel Picard (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Beaupré, Gabriel Picard (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Sacrement, Wilfredor (CC0) · Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire, Wilfredor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Kuujjuaq, Belug (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sillery, Judicieux (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Hatley, Mario Hains (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Outremont, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Montcalm, Wilfredor (CC0) · Chisasibi, Carl Young (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Waskaganish, Velatrix (CC0) · La Tuque, Bouchecl (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Joliette, SDCJ (Public domain) · Westmount, abdallahh (CC BY 2.0) · La Malbaie, Veillg1 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Hampstead, Chicoutimi (CC BY 3.0) · Baie-D'Urfé, Parcours riverain - Ville de Montréal from Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Chelsea, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Apollinaire, Gabriel Picard (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bromont, Gabriel Picard (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Carignan, Veillg1 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Stanstead, Chicoutimi (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Lamusicographe (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Mont-Royal, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Montréal-Ouest, Robbie Sproule from Montreal, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Centre, Veillg1 (CC0) · Sutton, Miro Denck (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Donat, Garbanzo972 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Danielle Langlois (Public domain) · Chandler, GuyFromGaspésie2 (CC0) · Bedford, Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain) · La Pêche, Municipalitelapeche (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Pontiac, Edwin Lester Brittain (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sept-Îles, Robert Garry (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Boniface, Fralambert (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Maurice, Fralambert (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Coteau-du-Lac, Veillg1 (CC0) · Saint-Polycarpe, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Zotique, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Gaspé, busand2003 (CC BY 3.0) · Grande-Rivière, busand2003 (CC BY 3.0) · Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, MikeDicaire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dunham, Laroutedesvins (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lac-Brome, MTLskyline (CC BY-SA 3.0), 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).