Dental Website SEO Benchmark: Quebec (2026)
Based on 1,892 audited dental websites in Quebec, from 2,726 attempted domains. Cohort dps-37-v1.
Browse the Quebec practice directoryQuebec practices scored a median of 66, 5 points below the national median of 71. The largest difference versus the national cohort (n=11,820) was clear booking action not detected: 88.00% of 1,892 Quebec sites, 31.18 percentage points higher than the national rate. Quebec's strongest other relative result was breadcrumbList structured data not detected, with the observed gap 3.50 percentage points below the national rate.
66
Median score
−5.00 vs national median 71
64.44
Mean score
−4.37 vs national mean 68.81
1,892
Websites checked
Nationwide: 11,820 websites checked
69.41%
Auditable rate
−3.08 pp vs national 72.49% (11,820 of 16,306); state base 1,892 of 2,726
Score distribution
Grade distribution
Percentages use all 1,892 audited Quebec domains as the base.
A
0.05%
1 of 1,892
B
5.07%
96 of 1,892
C
29.86%
565 of 1,892
D
35.62%
674 of 1,892
F
29.39%
556 of 1,892
Category detail
Average category scores
Each average uses the same 1,892-domain audited base. Local SEO is shown only as a labelled detail because three inputs were not evaluated in this cohort.
57.20
Website fundamentals
Average across 1,892 websites
62.43
AI visibility
Average across 1,892 websites
43.49
Patient trust
Average across 1,892 websites
94.23
Local SEO
Partial; upward-biased
Largest absolute difference first
Metric rates versus the national cohort
“Not detected” means a signal was absent from the homepage and up to two linked pages in this bounded crawl; it does not prove the signal is absent everywhere on the site. Every percentage below shows its observation base.
| Metric | Quebec rate | National rate | Difference vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 88.00%1,665 of 1,892 | 56.82%11,797 websites | +31.18 pp |
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 95.19%1,801 of 1,892 | 69.35%11,797 websites | +25.84 pp |
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 86.52%1,637 of 1,892 | 67.52%11,797 websites | +19.00 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 95.24%1,802 of 1,892 | 78.50%11,797 websites | +16.74 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 60.10%1,137 of 1,892 | 50.03%11,797 websites | +10.07 pp |
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 80.23%1,518 of 1,892 | 73.93%11,797 websites | +6.30 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 98.04%1,855 of 1,892 | 93.76%11,797 websites | +4.28 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 97.73%1,849 of 1,892 | 93.63%11,797 websites | +4.10 pp |
| DNS failureCrawl accessibility | 20.54%560 of 2,726 | 16.49%16,279 websites | +4.05 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 98.47%1,863 of 1,892 | 94.43%11,797 websites | +4.04 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 50.37%953 of 1,892 | 46.44%11,797 websites | +3.93 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 67.65%1,280 of 1,892 | 71.15%11,797 websites | −3.50 pp |
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 65.01%1,230 of 1,892 | 62.02%11,797 websites | +2.99 pp |
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 71.99%1,362 of 1,892 | 69.09%11,797 websites | +2.90 pp |
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 46.19%874 of 1,892 | 43.84%11,797 websites | +2.35 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 33.46%633 of 1,892 | 31.14%11,797 websites | +2.32 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 57.45%1,087 of 1,892 | 59.50%11,797 websites | −2.05 pp |
| robots.txt restrictionCrawl accessibility | 0.70%19 of 2,726 | 2.24%16,279 websites | −1.54 pp |
| Other crawl failureCrawl accessibility | 5.17%141 of 2,726 | 3.93%16,279 websites | +1.24 pp |
| HTTP 403 responseCrawl accessibility | 1.54%42 of 2,726 | 2.50%16,279 websites | −0.96 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 35.78%677 of 1,892 | 35.19%11,797 websites | +0.59 pp |
| Other HTTP errorCrawl accessibility | 2.27%62 of 2,726 | 2.10%16,279 websites | +0.17 pp |
| TimeoutCrawl accessibility | 0.26%7 of 2,726 | 0.17%16,279 websites | +0.09 pp |
| Invalid responseCrawl accessibility | 0.11%3 of 2,726 | 0.11%16,279 websites | 0 pp |
Largest audited city-state samples
Top Quebec markets in the cohort
Markets are ordered by audited-domain count. Each row gives its own base; these are descriptive cohort cuts, not city rankings.
| Market | Audited domains | Median score |
|---|---|---|
| Montréal, QC | 358 | 66 |
| Québec, QC | 121 | 68 |
| Laval, QC | 111 | 66 |
| Gatineau, QC | 71 | 63 |
| Longueuil, QC | 50 | 67.50 |
| Montreal, QC | 50 | 60 |
| Sherbrooke, QC | 37 | 69 |
| Brossard, QC | 34 | 66.50 |
| Trois-Rivières, QC | 32 | 69 |
| Lévis, QC | 29 | 67 |
Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Quebec
- How do Quebec dental practice websites score?
- Across 1,892 audited Quebec dental websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 66 out of 100 — 5 points below the national median of 71. The score summarizes 37 deterministic website and SEO checks.
- What do Quebec dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most widespread gaps observed in the Quebec cohort are: “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (98% of audited sites); “FAQPage structured data not detected” (98% of audited sites); “Service or treatment structured data not detected” (98% of audited sites). “Not detected” is a bounded-crawl observation, not proof a signal is absent everywhere on a site.
- How can I compare my dental practice website with the Quebec average?
- Run a free DentalPresence score: it audits a practice website against the same 37 checks behind every figure on this page and returns a prioritized list of what to fix first. No card is required.
Methodology and limitations
What this study measures—and what it does not
Cohort. The completed production run attempted 16,306 normalized Canada practice domains and successfully audited 11,820 of them. Website-level findings use one deterministic representative candidate per domain, avoiding duplicate-domain weighting.
Collection window. Public pages were crawled on 23–24 August 2026 using methodology dps-37-v1. The bounded HTTP crawler inspected robots.txt, sitemap signals, the homepage, and up to two linked internal pages. Browser rendering was not used for this index run.
Scoring. The DentalPresence Score averages four deterministic category scores. Three Local SEO inputs—Google Business Profile, cross-directory NAP consistency, and service coverage—were not evaluated in this open-data backfill, so the Local SEO average is partial and upward-biased.
Detection limits. A signal not detected in three pages may exist elsewhere, be injected only after JavaScript rendering, or use markup the parser did not recognize. The high “orphan page” result was excluded from headline recommendations because a bounded crawl cannot establish sitewide orphan status reliably.
Sampling. This is a large matched open-place cohort, not a probability sample of every Canada dental practice. It should not be used to estimate national market share or infer the quality of any individual practice.
No causal claims. The study did not use rankings, traffic, conversions, clinical data, credentials, safety records, or patient outcomes. A failed check is an observable website signal, not proof of lost revenue or poor care.
Use the benchmark
Score a dental website against the same framework
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