Town’s craters could not get their fill anytime quickly, however right here’s some pothole information to fill your thoughts in the interim.
CAA-Quebec unveiled the province’s worst roads of 2026 and the streets within the Higher Montreal area prevented the infamy of being ranked among the many worst as soon as once more — one thing they’ve managed to do since 2019 when Gouin East Boulevard topped the listing for the second time in a row.
Nevertheless, residents of the area could not have a lot to cheer about as 12,000 flat tire repairs reported between between Jan. 1 and April 30, 2026 — up by 16.4 per cent in comparison with final yr. That is greater than the 11.4 per cent enhance throughout La Belle Province.
About three-quarters or 8,000, of these flat tires had been reported on the Island of Montreal — up by 26 per cent in comparison with final yr.
This yr’s declare to the bumpiest street went to Chemin Pink in Gatineau–Outaouais area based mostly on votes by street customers. The state of affairs appears to have solely gotten worse for Chemin Pink after it was ranked the fifth-worst in 2025 and the third-worst in 2024.
Whereas the area could not have illustration in prime 10 within the province, residents of Higher Montreal rated their very own pothole-filled streets.
Montreal
| 1- Notre-Dame Avenue East |
| 2- Souligny Avenue |
| 3- Sherbrooke Avenue East |
Laval
| 1- Boulevard de l’Avenir |
| 2- Boulevard Sainte-Rose |
| 3- Freeway 19 (managed by the province) |
Montérégie
| 1- Rang des Écossais in Sainte-Martine |
| 2- Taschereau Boulevard in Brossard |
| 3- Freeway 30 in Brossard (managed by the province) |
| 3- Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes |
The rating was based mostly on voting by over 6,700 street customers carried out between March 18 and April 13 by CAA-Quebec, as half the11th Worst Roads marketing campaign. CAA-Québec
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