A quick look at the 138 big villages you can be asked to find on the map, before you play.
GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.
Villages with enough people that locals would call them a proper town, but small enough that they rarely make the news. Ranked play starts here, since cities are too easy to be a real test.
In Canada this set is spread across 11 different provinces, with Quebec home to the most of them (51).
Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.
Sorted by population, biggest first.
| Place | Population | province |
|---|---|---|
| Longueuil | 229,330 | Quebec |
| Oakville | 213,759 | Ontario |
| Richmond | 209,937 | British Columbia |
| Richmond Hill | 202,022 | Ontario |
| Burlington | 186,948 | Ontario |
| Nepean | 180,000 | Ontario |
| Gloucester | 150,012 | Ontario |
| Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | 146,501 | Quebec |
| Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | 144,814 | Quebec |
| Lévis | 143,414 | Quebec |
| Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 142,753 | Quebec |
| Milton | 132,979 | Ontario |
| Langley | 132,603 | British Columbia |
| Orléans | 125,937 | Ontario |
| Ottawa South | 125,090 | Ontario |
| Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne | 119,944 | Quebec |
| Thornhill | 115,292 | Ontario |
| Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | 113,868 | Quebec |
| Terrebonne | 111,575 | Quebec |
| Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | 105,813 | Quebec |
| Ville-Marie | 104,944 | Quebec |
| Delta | 101,668 | British Columbia |
| Dartmouth | 101,343 | Nova Scotia |
| Pickering | 91,771 | Ontario |
| North Vancouver | 88,168 | British Columbia |
| Montréal-Nord | 86,857 | Quebec |
| Le Sud-Ouest | 86,347 | Quebec |
| New Westminster | 78,916 | British Columbia |
| Stoney Creek | 76,382 | Ontario |
| Pierrefonds-Roxboro | 73,194 | Quebec |
| Sherwood Park | 70,618 | Alberta |
| Brossard | 69,575 | Quebec |
| Fleetwood | 65,565 | British Columbia |
| Halton Hills | 62,951 | Ontario |
| Pierrefonds | 59,093 | Quebec |
| Port Coquitlam | 58,000 | British Columbia |
| St. Albert | 57,719 | Alberta |
| Aylmer | 56,542 | Quebec |
| Saint-Michel | 56,420 | Quebec |
| Aurora | 55,445 | Ontario |
| Lower Sackville | 51,749 | Nova Scotia |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 50,326 | Quebec |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville | 49,864 | Ontario |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 48,930 | Quebec |
| Brandon | 48,859 | Manitoba |
| Cornwall | 48,821 | Ontario |
| Langford | 46,584 | British Columbia |
| Blainville | 46,493 | Quebec |
| West Vancouver | 45,487 | British Columbia |
| Georgetown | 44,058 | Ontario |
| Quinte West | 43,577 | Ontario |
| Chatham | 43,550 | Ontario |
| Innisfil | 43,326 | Ontario |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 42,787 | Quebec |
| Châteauguay | 42,786 | Quebec |
| Rimouski | 42,240 | Quebec |
| Saint-Eustache | 42,062 | Quebec |
| Timmins | 41,788 | Ontario |
| Sorel-Tracy | 41,629 | Quebec |
| Mission | 41,519 | British Columbia |
| Strawberry Hill | 41,000 | British Columbia |
| Val-des-Arbres | 40,974 | Quebec |
| Stittsville | 40,889 | Ontario |
| Ancaster | 40,557 | Ontario |
| Woodstock | 40,404 | Ontario |
| Vernon | 40,116 | British Columbia |
| Bowmanville | 39,371 | Ontario |
| Boucherville | 39,062 | Quebec |
| Spruce Grove | 38,985 | Alberta |
| St. Thomas | 38,909 | Ontario |
| Charlottetown | 38,809 | Prince Edward Island |
| Shawinigan | 38,211 | Quebec |
| Neufchâtel-Est–Lebourgneuf | 37,540 | Quebec |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 36,933 | Quebec |
| Stouffville | 36,753 | Ontario |
| Leamington | 35,730 | Ontario |
| Prince Albert | 35,102 | Saskatchewan |
| Joliette | 34,772 | Quebec |
| Cartierville | 34,667 | Quebec |
| Mascouche | 34,626 | Quebec |
| Mirabel | 34,626 | Quebec |
| Victoriaville | 34,426 | Quebec |
| Brant | 34,415 | Ontario |
| Moose Jaw | 33,890 | Saskatchewan |
| Penticton | 33,761 | British Columbia |
| Campbell River | 33,430 | British Columbia |
| LaSalle | 32,721 | Ontario |
| Chestermere | 32,255 | Alberta |
| Cochrane | 32,199 | Alberta |
| Lloydminster | 31,582 | Alberta |
| Stratford | 31,465 | Ontario |
| Côte-Saint-Luc | 31,395 | Quebec |
| Saint-Georges | 31,173 | Quebec |
| Orillia | 31,166 | Ontario |
| Victoria-Fraserview | 31,065 | British Columbia |
| Orangeville | 30,734 | Ontario |
| Fort Erie | 30,710 | Ontario |
| Okotoks | 30,214 | Alberta |
| Pointe-Claire | 30,161 | Quebec |
| North Cowichan | 29,676 | British Columbia |
| Alma | 29,526 | Quebec |
| Sainte-Julie | 29,019 | Quebec |
| West Kelowna | 28,793 | British Columbia |
| Sept-Îles | 28,534 | Quebec |
| Courtenay | 28,420 | British Columbia |
| Whitehorse | 28,201 | Yukon |
| Port Moody | 27,512 | British Columbia |
| Saint-Constant | 27,359 | Quebec |
| Grimsby | 27,314 | Ontario |
| Dieppe | 27,304 | New Brunswick |
| Conception Bay South | 27,168 | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Bolton | 26,795 | Ontario |
| Boisbriand | 26,483 | Quebec |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 25,789 | Quebec |
| Thetford-Mines | 25,704 | Quebec |
| Walnut Grove | 25,683 | British Columbia |
| Val-d'Or | 25,541 | Quebec |
| Prince Edward | 25,496 | Ontario |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 25,224 | Quebec |
| Brooklin | 25,000 | Ontario |
| Fallingbrook | 25,000 | Ontario |
| Bridlewood | 24,400 | Ontario |
| Waterdown | 24,400 | Ontario |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | 24,388 | Quebec |
| Midland | 24,353 | Ontario |
| East Gwillimbury | 23,991 | Ontario |
| Brockville | 23,886 | Ontario |
| Strathroy | 23,871 | Ontario |
| Squamish | 23,819 | British Columbia |
| White Rock | 23,670 | British Columbia |
| Rouyn-Noranda | 23,504 | Quebec |
| La Prairie | 23,357 | Quebec |
| Tecumseh | 23,229 | Ontario |
| Paradise | 22,957 | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Chambly | 22,608 | Quebec |
| Riley Park | 22,555 | British Columbia |
| Mount Pearl | 22,477 | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Duncan | 22,199 | British Columbia |
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