The Visibility Index
Ontario · auto August 2026 edition Captured Jul 14–16 Next refresh Aug 1 19 searches
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Car insurance in Ontario: who ranks, and who gets cited

CAA leads the organic results in Ontario. Belairdirect is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 73.7% of the 19 searches tracked here, citing an average of 7.8 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO CAA Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Belairdirect Cited in 22.7% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO No local pack

Organic visibility

Indexed to the Ontario leader
Organic visibility by carrier in Ontario, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 CAA 100
02 TD Insurance 70.9
03 Allstate 54.1
04 Belairdirect 40.2
05 RBC Insurance 28.6
06 Intact 27.2
07 Aviva Canada 21.1
08 Progressive 15.8
09 Scotia Insurance 11.4
10 Co-operators 9.7

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in Ontario, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Belairdirect 22.7%
02 TD Insurance 18.2%
03 Allstate 13.6%
04 RBC Insurance 13.6%
05 Intact 9.1%
06 CAA 4.5%
07 Co-operators 4.5%
08 GEICO 4.5%
09 Progressive 4.5%
10 Sonnet 4.5%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in Ontario, auto insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 aggregator 29.4%
02 carrier 20.2%
03 agency 15.6%
04 unknown 11.9%
05 forum 9.2%
06 publisher 7.3%
07 regulator 6.4%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in Ontario, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 Intact 20.8%
02 Belairdirect 20.8%
03 Allstate 12.5%
04 Aviva Canada 8.3%
05 Co-operators 8.3%
06 CAA 8.3%
07 GEICO 4.2%
08 Progressive 4.2%
09 TD Insurance 4.2%
10 Sonnet 4.2%

Being described in the answer and being cited as a source are different things.

What these searches return

By intent, 19 searches
AI Overview presence by search intent in Ontario, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
comparison 100%
cost 100%
informational 100%
head 50%
quote 33.3%
near me 0%
Ontario · Auto · 19 captures · Jul 2026

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the Ontario leader, share of sources cited in AI Overviews, share of answers naming a carrier, and Local Pack presence. Same 19 searches for all four, captured July 2026.

Never combined the disciplines are reported separately and are not summed. A blended score would hide the only finding that matters, which is where they disagree.

Coverage Google AI Overviews only. ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude are separate surfaces and are not measured.