Monthly series · Toronto & GTA
Toronto AI Citation & ChatGPT Ads Tracker
Monthly Toronto research on AI citations and ChatGPT ads: which assistants recommend local businesses, plus a competitiveness map across 18 industries. Latest edition and archive.
Latest: local business named
August 2026 across 4 engines
Industries in the ChatGPT ad map
Monthly competitiveness sweep
Frozen queries monthly
10 GTA service categories
AI engines tracked
ChatGPT · Perplexity · Google AI Mode · Claude
Toronto AI Citation & ChatGPT Ads Tracker is Stratezik's recurring measure of which AI assistants actually recommend Toronto and GTA businesses — and where ChatGPT is selling ads against buyer questions. Category by category, month after month. This is the canonical home for the series: start with the latest edition below, then browse the archive as we publish new readings.
Foundational research
The Toronto Startup Website Audit 2026
Before we track who AI names each month, we audited 50 funded Toronto startups on positioning, content, trust, and the same 20-Point AEO Readiness Test that powers our free checker. Median composite 59/100; median AEO 10.75/20; 95% of AEO points come from defaults, 29% from deliberate work.
Read the full audit report →Current edition
August 2026: 97% local citations, Perplexity +18, and a sharp ChatGPT ad pullback
Each edition runs 200 data points from the same 50 frozen high-intent buyer questions across 10 local-service categories, plus a logged-in ChatGPT ad competitiveness sweep across 18 industries. Read the full August 2026 report for the engine-by-engine and category breakdowns, plus the current state of the ChatGPT ad map.
Read the full August 2026 report →Archive
- Toronto AI Citation & ChatGPT Ads Tracker: August 2026
97% local citations, Perplexity +18, and a sharp ChatGPT ad pullback
Published 2026-08-08 · Edition 2
- Toronto AI Citation & ChatGPT Ads Tracker: July 2026
89% local citations + ChatGPT ad map across 18 industries
Published 2026-07-08 · Edition 1 baseline
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What to do with this data
The tracker shows who AI names today. Our Toronto ChatGPT recommendation guide explains how to earn those citations — reviews, roundups, location clarity, and crawler-readable sites. Measure your site with the free AEO Readiness Checker, audit your Google Business Profile, or browse the free tools hub. For paid placement inside ChatGPT answers, see who is buying ChatGPT ads in Toronto and the ChatGPT Ads setup guide.