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Do websites in Canada (.ca) block AI crawlers?

As of 2026-10-03, 7.1% of the 42 websites in Canada (.ca) whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 2.4% block ClaudeBot and 7.1% block PerplexityBot (all 8,357 sites: 12%, 11%, 8.3%). 4 of them (9.5%) serve an llms.txt (all sites: 15.2%).

7.1%
block GPTBot (all sites 12%)
2.4%
block ClaudeBot (all sites 11%)
9.5%
serve an llms.txt (all sites 15.2%)
42
of 49 sites with a readable robots.txt

Block rate by crawler: .ca (Canada) vs all sites

CrawlerOperator.ca (Canada)All sitesDifference
CCBotCommon Crawl7.1%12.8%-5.7 pp
ChatGPT-UserOpenAI7.1%7.5%-0.4 pp
GPTBotOpenAI7.1%12%-4.9 pp
OAI-SearchBotOpenAI7.1%5.7%+1.4 pp
PerplexityBotPerplexity7.1%8.3%-1.2 pp
AmazonbotAmazon2.4%9.2%-6.8 pp
ApplebotApple2.4%3.1%-0.7 pp
Applebot-ExtendedApple2.4%9.6%-7.2 pp
BytespiderByteDance2.4%12.3%-9.9 pp
Claude-SearchBotAnthropic2.4%5.4%-3 pp
ClaudeBotAnthropic2.4%11%-8.6 pp
Google-ExtendedGoogle2.4%9.5%-7.1 pp
Meta-ExternalAgentMeta2.4%9.5%-7.1 pp
meta-externalfetcherMeta2.4%6%-3.6 pp
Amzn-SearchBotAmazon0%4.1%-4.1 pp
Amzn-UserAmazon0%3.9%-3.9 pp
Claude-UserAnthropic0%5.5%-5.5 pp
cohere-aiCohere0%9.1%-9.1 pp
DuckAssistBotDuckDuckGo0%5.8%-5.8 pp
Google-AgentGoogle0%3.2%-3.2 pp
Google-CloudVertexBotGoogle0%5.2%-5.2 pp
Google-GeminiNotebookGoogle0%3%-3 pp
meta-externaladsMeta0%2.8%-2.8 pp
meta-webindexerMeta0%4.6%-4.6 pp
MistralAI-IndexMistral0%3.3%-3.3 pp
MistralAI-TrainingMistral0%3.3%-3.3 pp
MistralAI-UserMistral0%5.4%-5.4 pp
OAI-AdsBotOpenAI0%3%-3 pp
Perplexity-UserPerplexity0%5.7%-5.7 pp

Who blocks what, by name: GPTBot, PerplexityBot, CCBot, OAI-SearchBot.

Policy mix

PolicySitesShare
Open3775.5%
Unreadable714.3%
Blocks some AI search36.1%
No robots.txt24.1%

Most restrictive .ca (Canada) sites

  1. lapresse.ca 14 of 29 blocked
  2. ctvnews.ca 5 of 29 blocked
  3. bnnbloomberg.ca 5 of 29 blocked

Sites with an llms.txt (4)

All 49 .ca (Canada) sites

✕ blocked · ◐ partially blocked (some paths) · ✓ allowed · ? robots.txt unreadable. "#" is the position in our popularity-ordered sample.

#SitePolicyGPTBotOAI-SearchChatGPT-UserClaudeBotClaude-SearchPerplexityGoogle-Ext.CCBotllms.txt
587canada.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
1222utoronto.caUnreadableunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown–
1282ubc.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
1568ctvnews.caBlocks some AI searchblockedblockedblockedallowedallowedblockedallowedblocked–
1684mcgill.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
1687sfu.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
1968uwaterloo.caNo robots.txtallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
2271globalnews.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
2420ualberta.caUnreadableunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown–
2912lapresse.caBlocks some AI searchblockedblockedblockedblockedblockedblockedblockedblocked–
2963kijiji.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedyes
2982videotron.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3157canadiantire.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3294yorku.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3478ucalgary.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3566bell.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3619d-zone.caNo robots.txtallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3620radio-canada.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3803umontreal.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
3832uvic.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
4040alberta.caUnreadableunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown–
4108yellowpages.caUnreadableunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown–
4177uwo.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
4353ontario.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
4576shaw.caUnreadableunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown–
4639uqam.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
4692usask.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
4931queensu.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedyes
5069cogeco.caUnreadableunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown–
5200centris.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
5214psiphon.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
6398mcmaster.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
6582whc.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
7062ulaval.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
7286carleton.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
7786dal.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
7824uottawa.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
7864rona.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
8097newswire.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
8483bnnbloomberg.caBlocks some AI searchblockedblockedblockedallowedallowedblockedallowedblocked–
8656uoguelph.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
8710concordia.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
8879umanitoba.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
9100toronto.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
9220indigo.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedyes
9525citynews.caUnreadableunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown–
9614mun.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–
9651quebec.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedyes
9754sportsnet.caOpenallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowedallowed–

Categories on .ca (Canada)

FAQ

Do websites in Canada (.ca) block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-10-03, 7.1% of the 42 websites in Canada (.ca) whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 2.4% block ClaudeBot and 7.1% block PerplexityBot (all 8,357 sites: 12%, 11%, 8.3%). 4 of them (9.5%) serve an llms.txt (all sites: 15.2%).
Which .ca (Canada) websites block the most AI crawlers?
lapresse.ca (14 of 29), ctvnews.ca (5 of 29), bnnbloomberg.ca (5 of 29). The full per-site status is on each site page.
How is this measured?
We fetch each site's robots.txt every day from one residential IP in Taiwan with an honest user agent, and apply the rules to 29 AI crawlers for the home page. 49 .ca (Canada) sites are in the sample, 42 had a readable robots.txt (7 did not answer or returned an error page).

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