A quick look at the 171 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.
Proper villages: a church, a main street, a few thousand people at most. This is the tier where local knowledge starts to matter more than general geography.
In Canada this set is spread across 11 different provinces, with Quebec home to the most of them (53).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsville | 22,119 | Ontario |
| Collingwood | 21,793 | Ontario |
| Baie-Comeau | 21,536 | Quebec |
| Bedford | 21,474 | Nova Scotia |
| Fort St. John | 21,465 | British Columbia |
| Owen Sound | 21,341 | Ontario |
| Uxbridge | 21,176 | Ontario |
| Varennes | 20,994 | Quebec |
| Clarence-Rockland | 20,790 | Ontario |
| Fergus | 20,767 | Ontario |
| Port Alberni | 20,712 | British Columbia |
| Wasaga Beach | 20,675 | Ontario |
| Riverview | 20,584 | New Brunswick |
| Westmount | 20,494 | Quebec |
| Kirkland | 20,491 | Quebec |
| Camrose | 20,405 | Alberta |
| Lindsay | 20,354 | Ontario |
| Yellowknife | 20,340 | Northwest Territories |
| Cranbrook | 20,047 | British Columbia |
| Saint-Lazare | 19,889 | Quebec |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 19,857 | Quebec |
| Huntsville | 19,816 | Ontario |
| Terrace | 19,443 | British Columbia |
| North Battleford | 19,440 | Saskatchewan |
| Salmon Arm | 19,432 | British Columbia |
| Corner Brook | 19,316 | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Beaconsfield | 19,194 | Quebec |
| Dorval | 18,980 | Quebec |
| Mont-Royal | 18,933 | Quebec |
| Beloeil | 18,927 | Quebec |
| Alliston | 18,809 | Ontario |
| Thorold | 18,801 | Ontario |
| Quispamsis | 18,768 | New Brunswick |
| New Glasgow | 18,665 | Nova Scotia |
| Tillsonburg | 18,615 | Ontario |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 18,586 | Quebec |
| Pitt Meadows | 18,573 | British Columbia |
| Port Colborne | 18,306 | Ontario |
| Cobourg | 18,099 | Ontario |
| Oak Bay | 18,015 | British Columbia |
| Stony Plain | 17,993 | Alberta |
| Amos | 17,918 | Quebec |
| Esquimalt | 17,655 | British Columbia |
| Miramichi | 17,537 | New Brunswick |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 17,511 | Ontario |
| Laflèche | 17,499 | Quebec |
| Sylvan Lake | 17,477 | Alberta |
| Saint-Lin-Laurentides | 17,463 | Quebec |
| Valley East | 17,451 | Ontario |
| Deux-Montagnes | 17,402 | Quebec |
| Les Coteaux | 17,396 | Quebec |
| Central Saanich | 17,385 | British Columbia |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 17,281 | Quebec |
| Petawawa | 17,187 | Ontario |
| Vanier | 17,000 | Ontario |
| Glace Bay | 16,915 | Nova Scotia |
| Colwood | 16,859 | British Columbia |
| Sainte-Catherine | 16,762 | Quebec |
| Greenfield Park | 16,733 | Quebec |
| Buckingham | 16,685 | Quebec |
| Swift Current | 16,604 | Saskatchewan |
| Edmundston | 16,580 | New Brunswick |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 16,516 | Quebec |
| Yorkton | 16,343 | Saskatchewan |
| Lutes Mountain | 16,311 | New Brunswick |
| Bracebridge | 16,010 | Ontario |
| Candiac | 15,947 | Quebec |
| L'Assomption | 15,906 | Quebec |
| Greater Napanee | 15,892 | Ontario |
| Steinbach | 15,829 | Manitoba |
| Lake Country | 15,817 | British Columbia |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 15,720 | Quebec |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 15,605 | Quebec |
| Leduc | 15,561 | Alberta |
| Magog | 15,550 | Quebec |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 15,285 | Quebec |
| Saint John West | 15,255 | New Brunswick |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 15,194 | Quebec |
| Kenora | 15,096 | Ontario |
| Sooke | 15,086 | British Columbia |
| Le Plateau | 15,000 | Quebec |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 14,957 | Alberta |
| Burquitlam | 14,896 | British Columbia |
| Summerside | 14,829 | Prince Edward Island |
| Gaspé | 14,819 | Quebec |
| Matane | 14,812 | Quebec |
| Comox | 14,806 | British Columbia |
| Mississippi Mills | 14,740 | Ontario |
| Prince Rupert | 14,708 | British Columbia |
| West Nipissing | 14,583 | Ontario |
| Saint John East | 14,579 | New Brunswick |
| Rayside-Balfour | 14,557 | Ontario |
| Tantramar | 14,545 | New Brunswick |
| Brooks | 14,451 | Alberta |
| Belle-Baie | 14,335 | New Brunswick |
| High River | 14,324 | Alberta |
| Lacombe | 14,258 | Alberta |
| Blossom Park | 14,190 | Ontario |
| Rosemère | 14,173 | Quebec |
| Williams Lake | 14,168 | British Columbia |
| Sainte-Monique | 14,150 | Quebec |
| Duvernay-Est | 14,000 | Quebec |
| Canmore | 13,992 | Alberta |
| Simcoe | 13,922 | Ontario |
| Amherstburg | 13,910 | Ontario |
| Pembroke | 13,882 | Ontario |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 13,853 | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Ingersoll | 13,693 | Ontario |
| Thompson | 13,678 | Manitoba |
| New Hamburg | 13,595 | Ontario |
| Strathmore | 13,592 | Alberta |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,565 | Quebec |
| Mont-Laurier | 13,405 | Quebec |
| Portage la Prairie | 13,304 | Manitoba |
| Powell River | 13,157 | British Columbia |
| North Perth | 13,130 | Ontario |
| Truro | 12,954 | Nova Scotia |
| Dolbeau-Mistassini | 12,916 | Quebec |
| Lowertown | 12,824 | Ontario |
| Laurentides | 12,710 | Quebec |
| Winkler | 12,660 | Manitoba |
| Kentville | 12,636 | Nova Scotia |
| Wetaskiwin | 12,594 | Alberta |
| Port Hope | 12,587 | Ontario |
| Elliot Lake | 12,508 | Ontario |
| Sandy Hill | 12,490 | Ontario |
| Aldergrove | 12,363 | British Columbia |
| Sydney Mines | 12,353 | Nova Scotia |
| Dawson Creek | 12,323 | British Columbia |
| Sidney | 12,318 | British Columbia |
| Gravenhurst | 12,312 | Ontario |
| Paris | 12,310 | Ontario |
| Cap-aux-Meules | 12,190 | Quebec |
| Central Business District | 12,101 | Saskatchewan |
| Parksville | 12,000 | British Columbia |
| Queenswood Heights | 12,000 | Ontario |
| Erin | 11,981 | Ontario |
| Rothesay | 11,977 | New Brunswick |
| Beauharnois | 11,918 | Quebec |
| Carleton Place | 11,901 | Ontario |
| Bathurst | 11,897 | New Brunswick |
| Gander | 11,880 | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glen Cairn | 11,836 | Ontario |
| Clayburn | 11,755 | British Columbia |
| Eastern Passage | 11,738 | Nova Scotia |
| Montmagny | 11,724 | Quebec |
| Saint Romuald | 11,663 | Quebec |
| Summerland | 11,615 | British Columbia |
| Cold Lake | 11,595 | Alberta |
| View Royal | 11,575 | British Columbia |
| Hauterive | 11,549 | Quebec |
| Fall River | 11,526 | Nova Scotia |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | 11,311 | Quebec |
| Estevan | 11,258 | Saskatchewan |
| Farnham | 11,228 | Quebec |
| Pincourt | 11,197 | Quebec |
| Coldstream | 11,171 | British Columbia |
| Bécancour | 11,134 | Quebec |
| Saint-Raymond | 11,108 | Quebec |
| North Saanich | 11,089 | British Columbia |
| Blackfalds | 11,015 | Alberta |
| La Tuque | 11,001 | Quebec |
| Warman | 10,961 | Saskatchewan |
| Stratford | 10,927 | Prince Edward Island |
| Cowansville | 10,887 | Quebec |
| Weyburn | 10,870 | Saskatchewan |
| Elmira | 10,790 | Ontario |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | 10,680 | Quebec |
| Nelson | 10,664 | British Columbia |
| Saint-Canut | 10,643 | Quebec |
| Sainte-Adèle | 10,634 | Quebec |
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