Quietest cities in Canada

Chronic noise exposure is increasingly recognised as a public health issue. The World Health Organisation's Environmental Noise Guidelines (2018) link sustained exposure above 53 dB(A) daytime to cardiovascular effects, and above 45 dB(A) at night to sleep disturbance. Road traffic, rail corridors, and airport approach paths are the dominant sources in urban Europe.

ClearSpot noise scores are derived from the European Environment Agency's strategic noise maps (END Directive 2002/49/EC) and from OpenStreetMap infrastructure data. They represent the estimated ambient noise pressure at the centre of each city, aggregated to a 0-100% burden score. A score near 0% does not mean silence - it means no major strategic noise source is documented within the default sensitivity radius.

The 50 cities below score lowest on ClearSpot's noise module in Canada - meaning quieter environments by the standards of strategic mapping. For precise measurements at a specific address, open the live map and zoom in.

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Country	City	ClearSpot score	noise %	View on map
CA	100 Mile House	100%	0%	View on map
CA	108 Mile Ranch	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Abbeydale	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Abbotsford	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Abbottsfield	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Aberdeen	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Academy Heights	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Acadia	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Acton	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Acton Vale	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Adelaide/Churchill	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Adstock	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Agassiz	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Ahuntsic-Cartierville	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Airdrie	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Airport Heights	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Al Ritchie	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Albanel	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Albany	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Albert Bridge	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Albert Park	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Albert Park/Radisson Heights	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alberta Avenue	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alberton	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Albion	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Albro Lake	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Aldergrove	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Aldergrove	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Aldergrove East	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alderwood	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alexandria	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alison	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Allard	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Allendale	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alliston	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alma	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Almonte	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alnwick	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Aloha Estates	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alpine	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Alta Vista	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Altadore	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Altamont	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Altona	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Ambleside	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Ambleside	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Amethyst Harbour	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Amherst	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Amherstburg	100%	0%	View on map
CA	Amigo Beach	100%	0%	View on map

What counts as quiet on ClearSpot?

ClearSpot's noise module draws from two layers: European strategic noise maps published by the EEA, covering motorways, major railways, and airports; and a secondary layer from the osm-noise-pollution project, which models ambient road noise from OpenStreetMap road network data. Cities that appear in neither layer - or only in low-density zones - score near 100% (minimum noise burden). Cities crossed by major motorways, high-speed rail lines, or under flight paths score lower.

Noise is one of the more stable environmental layers: major infrastructure changes slowly. Scores are refreshed annually for the strategic layer and monthly for the modelled road-noise layer.