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

CAA leads the organic results in Quebec. Belairdirect is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 68.4% of the 19 searches tracked here, citing an average of 7.9 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO CAA Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Belairdirect Cited in 21.7% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO No local pack

Organic visibility

Indexed to the Quebec leader
Organic visibility by carrier in Quebec, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 CAA 100
02 TD Insurance 77.6
03 Intact 52.4
04 Co-operators 43.9
05 Allstate 42.3
06 RBC Insurance 31.3
07 Belairdirect 21
08 Progressive 19.6
09 Scotia Insurance 15.9
10 Aviva Canada 15.5

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in Quebec, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Belairdirect 21.7%
02 TD Insurance 21.7%
03 Allstate 17.4%
04 Intact 13%
05 Progressive 8.7%
06 AMA 4.3%
07 GEICO 4.3%
08 RBC Insurance 4.3%
09 Sonnet 4.3%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in Quebec, auto insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 aggregator 38.8%
02 carrier 22.3%
03 unknown 11.7%
04 agency 10.7%
05 forum 6.8%
06 publisher 5.8%
07 regulator 3.9%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in Quebec, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 Allstate 16.7%
02 Belairdirect 16.7%
03 Intact 12.5%
04 TD Insurance 12.5%
05 Progressive 8.3%
06 AMA 8.3%
07 GEICO 4.2%
08 Lemonade 4.2%
09 Desjardins 4.2%
10 Aviva Canada 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 Quebec, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
cost 100%
informational 100%
comparison 75%
head 50%
quote 33.3%
near me 0%
Quebec · Auto · 19 captures · Jul 2026

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the Quebec 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.