science.gc.ca — September 2026 traffic, keywords & AI visibility

science.gc.ca draws an estimated 8,541 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 8,541 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 1,879 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 4.5 organic visits per keyword.

On our AI visibility scale science.gc.ca earns 80 of 100 points, a grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 0 of 10 points (robots ✗ · sitemap ✗), worth 10 points if closed. It also loses points on SEO health (13/20) and Company profile (22/25).

The llms.txt on science.gc.ca runs to 152 lines (8,893 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in May 2026. It introduces the site as "Science.gc.ca - Government of Canada Science Portal". It tells AI engines the business works in Government Science Policy, Research Funding, Innovation Collaboration, Educational Resources and Evidence-Based Decision Making. It describes 4 products, with prices such as Research Funding Database at Free, Science Story Archive at Free and Facility Directory at Free. Services it lists include Research Collaboration Matching, Grant Application Support, Educational Outreach Programs and Science Policy Consulting. The audience it names is Researchers, Policymakers, Students, Educators, aged 25-65 (Canada). Technologies it mentions include HTTPS, Responsive Design (Viewport), Core Web Vitals Optimized and Government Secure Hosting. The keywords it claims start with "research collaboration Canada", "science funding", "educational resources" and "evidence-based decision making". It gives the company type as Government and says it is hiring.

# Science.gc.ca - Government of Canada Science Portal

## About
Science.gc.ca stands as the go-to online resource for all things science in Canada, orchestrated by the federal government to unite research, policy, and public engagement. It dishes out everything from funding alerts for major grants to in-depth stories on homegrown discoveries that tackle real issues like climate change and public health. The site pulls no punches in promoting collaborations—think labs teaming up with startups or universities linking arms with feds for breakthrough projects. For those chasing grants, it's packed with application tips and program overviews from heavy hitters like the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Educators grab free lesson plans that make quantum physics or genomics accessible to kids. Policymakers dig into dashboards showing how evidence shapes laws on everything from fisheries to fintech regs. What really shines is the human angle: profiles of scientists from coast to coast, sharing hurdles overcome and wins celebrated. It pushes open science too, with links to datasets anyone can remix for their own analyses. Bilingual from the jump, it caters to Canada's mosaic without missing a beat. Amid global challenges, the portal ramps up spotlights on green tech and digital ethics, keeping Canada ahead. Researchers find forums for partnerships that cut red tape and 

Google lists science.gc.ca for about 1,879 keywords, which together bring an estimated 8,541 organic visits a month.

The latest technical audit of science.gc.ca scored 88 out of 100 overall. SEO is its weakest area at 63, while accessibility scores highest at 100. The audit makes 11 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.

Science.gc.ca's company profile names https://researchgate.net, https://sciencedirect.com, https://nasa.gov and https://nrc-cnrc.gc.ca as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds https://canada.ca/en/research.html and https://cra.gc.ca. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are crservers.net, sepidarsystem.com, cotep.org and lleana.com.

https://researchgate.net

https://sciencedirect.com

https://nasa.gov

https://nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

https://canada.ca/en/research.html

https://cra.gc.ca