In Best Luxury Hotels, Grand Times Hotel Sherbrooke, OTL Gouverneur Sherbrooke, and Delta Hotels by Marriott Sherbrooke Conference Centre capture 49% of mentions versus the 15.8% expected if AI spread recommendations evenly across all hotels.
Concentration
Best Boutique Hotels and Best Family Hotels both show the top 3 properties taking around 39% of mentions, more than three times the expected share if recommendations were even.
Gap
Best Local or Traditional Restaurants has the lowest top-3 concentration among restaurant categories at 19.7%, meaning AI picks are more spread out there than in Best Fine-Dining Restaurants, where the top 3 take 30.6%.
Distinctiveness
Marché de la Gare appears among the top 3 entities in five separate categories, including Must-See Attractions, Best Hidden Gems, Best Winter Experiences, Best Food Experiences, and Best Local Experiences.
Generated from this check's dataUpdated Oct 3, 2026
Lead finding
Sherbrooke's AI narrative shows a Concentration finding spiking to 233%, its strongest signal on record.
Sherbrooke's AI presence is defined by a pronounced Concentration finding, registering at 233% — the strongest pattern type detected for the destination. Sentiment around its themes is overwhelmingly positive, with 98% of 415 rated mentions skewing favorable and none negative, reinforcing strong core themes like outdoor activities, culinary scene, and farm-to-table alongside a wide set of supporting themes from craft beer culture to fine dining. Its confirmed-open rate of 75% trails the network average of 80%, and its distinctiveness score sits exactly at the network average of 10%. Notably, Sherbrooke is absent from all 15 tracked questions that don't name it directly, suggesting its AI visibility is tightly concentrated around destination-specific queries rather than broader travel conversations.
How AI sees Sherbrooke
Across the prompts we've tracked, AI most consistently associates Sherbrooke with:
culinary scene
farm-to-table
outdoor activities
craft beer culture
budget-friendly
cultural and economic heart
fine dining
indoor activities
indoor attractions
local culture
local experience
local ingredients
How Sherbrooke benchmarks
Model agreement
Sherbrooke0%
Network average9%
Confirmed-open rate
Sherbrooke75%
Network average80%
Distinctiveness
Sherbrooke0%
Network average10%
Presence rate
Sherbrooke0%
Network average10%
Sherbrooke's 0% distinctiveness score compares to the 10% network average, on par with the network average in how distinctly AI assistants describe it.
Each metric shows two bars: Sherbrooke's rate and the network average for that metric, so you can see how it compares. See how these scores are calculated.
Presence beyond Sherbrooke-specific questions
How often Sherbrooke comes up in regional and national AI questions that aren't specifically about it (out of 15 tracked questions, as of Oct 5, 2026):
0
Recommended
0
Mentioned
15
Not mentioned
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Three-Day Itinerary in Québec Province — DirectNot mentioned
Three-Day Itinerary in Québec Province — ConversationalNot mentioned
Three-Day Itinerary in Québec Province — RecommendationNot mentioned
Two-Week Must-See Itinerary in Canada — DirectNot mentioned
Two-Week Must-See Itinerary in Canada — ConversationalNot mentioned
Two-Week Must-See Itinerary in Canada — RecommendationNot mentioned
Best Winter Destinations in Canada — DirectNot mentioned
Best Winter Destinations in Canada — ConversationalNot mentioned
Best Winter Destinations in Canada — RecommendationNot mentioned
Best Foodie Cities in Canada — DirectNot mentioned
Best Foodie Cities in Canada — ConversationalNot mentioned
Best Foodie Cities in Canada — RecommendationNot mentioned
Best Romantic Weekend Destinations in Canada — DirectNot mentioned
Best Romantic Weekend Destinations in Canada — ConversationalNot mentioned
Best Romantic Weekend Destinations in Canada — RecommendationNot mentioned
Where AI might be wrong
Restaurant Auguste
— Best Restaurants for Couples(+4 more)Closed
Flagged closed by 1 source, still recommended by Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-4o and Perplexity Sonar.
Restaurant Auguste announced on its official website that after 18 years it was closing; its last service was December 20, 2025.
Delta Hotels by Marriott Sherbrooke Conference Centre20 of 34
rank #1–#4
Manoir Hovey15 of 34
rank #1–#5
Ripplecove Hotel & Spa7 of 34
rank #2–#7
Auberge Marquis de Montcalm6 of 34
rank #2–#5
Hôtel Le Président5 of 34
rank #2–#4
Hotel Le Floral3 of 34
#4 every time
Must-See Attractions
33 answers
Marché de la Gare27 of 33
rank #2–#11
Parc du Mont-Bellevue21 of 33
rank #1–#8
Lac des Nations20 of 33
rank #1–#7
Musée de la nature et des sciences15 of 33
rank #3–#8
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke15 of 33
rank #4–#7
Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral12 of 33
rank #2–#9
Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre12 of 33
rank #4–#14
Gorge de la rivière Magog11 of 33
rank #2–#5
Best Romantic Hotels
34 answers
Grand Times Hotel Sherbrooke24 of 34
rank #1–#6
OTL Gouverneur Sherbrooke24 of 34
rank #1–#4
Manoir Hovey14 of 34
rank #1–#9
Auberge Marquis de Montcalm13 of 34
rank #2–#5
Delta Hotels by Marriott Sherbrooke Conference Centre12 of 34
rank #1–#5
Île de Garde B&B11 of 34
rank #2–#5
Restaurant Auguste6 of 34
rank #6–#11
Ripplecove Hotel & Spa6 of 34
rank #2–#8
Best Attractions for Families
33 answers
Musée de la nature et des sciences25 of 33
rank #1–#6
Parc du Mont-Bellevue19 of 33
rank #1–#8
Parc Lucien-Blanchard19 of 33
rank #1–#10
Marché de la Gare15 of 33
rank #4–#11
Parc Jacques-Cartier15 of 33
rank #1–#7
Parc du Domaine-Howard14 of 33
rank #1–#7
Lac des Nations11 of 33
rank #2–#7
Mont Bellevue Park11 of 33
rank #1–#9
Best Budget-Friendly Restaurants
33 answers
Café Bla-Bla14 of 33
rank #1–#7
Siboire Dépôt14 of 33
rank #3–#9
Chez Louis12 of 33
rank #1–#7
Le Snack8 of 33
rank #2–#6
Louis’ Luncheonette8 of 33
rank #1–#6
Pizzeria No. 9006 of 33
rank #2–#6
Sushi King6 of 33
rank #3–#4
Antidote FoodLab5 of 33
rank #4–#8
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Best Food Experiences
39 answers
Marché de la Gare34 of 39
rank #1–#16
Siboire Dépôt24 of 39
rank #1–#8
Restaurant Auguste18 of 39
rank #1–#7
L'Empreinte16 of 39
rank #1–#8
Louis’ Luncheonette14 of 39
rank #1–#10
Boquébière12 of 39
rank #3–#9
Antidote FoodLab11 of 39
rank #1–#17
Le Refuge des Brasseurs11 of 39
rank #2–#6
Best Day Trips
37 answers
Mont Orford National Park29 of 37
rank #1–#5
North Hatley26 of 37
rank #1–#10
Magog River Gorge24 of 37
rank #1–#10
Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook21 of 37
rank #1–#11
Mont-Mégantic National Park20 of 37
rank #2–#9
Bromont18 of 37
rank #4–#15
Knowlton15 of 37
rank #4–#11
Sutton14 of 37
rank #4–#12
Best Local or Traditional Restaurants
36 answers
Restaurant Auguste25 of 36
rank #1–#6
Siboire Dépôt14 of 36
rank #3–#6
Antidote FoodLab12 of 36
rank #1–#6
L'Empreinte10 of 36
rank #3–#8
La Table du Chef9 of 36
rank #2–#4
Louis’ Luncheonette9 of 36
rank #1–#6
Marché de la Gare9 of 36
rank #1–#8
Le Bouchon8 of 36
rank #1–#4
Best Boutique Hotels
35 answers
OTL Gouverneur Sherbrooke24 of 35
rank #1–#6
Auberge Marquis de Montcalm16 of 35
rank #1–#4
Grand Times Hotel Sherbrooke14 of 35
rank #1–#4
Île de Garde B&B12 of 35
rank #1–#5
Manoir Hovey10 of 35
rank #2–#5
Hotellerie Jardins de Ville4 of 35
rank #2–#5
Ripplecove Hotel & Spa4 of 35
rank #2–#5
Hotel Le Floral3 of 35
rank #2–#3
Best Family Hotels
34 answers
Grand Times Hotel Sherbrooke25 of 34
rank #1–#5
Delta Hotels by Marriott Sherbrooke Conference Centre24 of 34
rank #1–#5
Hôtel Le Président22 of 34
rank #1–#4
OTL Gouverneur Sherbrooke21 of 34
rank #1–#5
Comfort Inn Sherbrooke17 of 34
rank #3–#5
Quality Hotel and Suites9 of 34
rank #3–#5
Hotel Le Floral6 of 34
rank #2–#7
Auberge Marquis de Montcalm5 of 34
rank #5–#7
Best Hidden Gems
34 answers
Marché de la Gare19 of 34
rank #3–#10
Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre17 of 34
rank #1–#10
Marais Real-D.-Carbonneau15 of 34
rank #1–#8
Parc du Mont-Bellevue12 of 34
rank #1–#8
La Halte des Pèlerins Winery11 of 34
rank #2–#10
Parc du Domaine-Howard11 of 34
rank #1–#6
Gorge de la rivière Magog10 of 34
rank #1–#8
Sanctuaire De Beauvoir10 of 34
rank #1–#14
Best Local Experiences
34 answers
Marché de la Gare31 of 34
rank #1–#10
Lac des Nations23 of 34
rank #1–#12
Siboire Dépôt18 of 34
rank #2–#15
Théâtre Granada14 of 34
rank #2–#20
Mont Bellevue Park13 of 34
rank #1–#11
Parc du Mont-Bellevue12 of 34
rank #2–#18
Rue Wellington9 of 34
rank #2–#13
Festival des Traditions du Monde7 of 34
rank #4–#12
Best Winter Experiences
34 answers
Parc du Mont-Bellevue26 of 34
rank #1–#4
Mont Orford National Park19 of 34
rank #1–#14
Mont Bellevue Park13 of 34
rank #1–#2
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke13 of 34
rank #2–#13
Lac des Nations12 of 34
rank #3–#6
Marché de la Gare12 of 34
rank #5–#14
Domaine-Howard Park10 of 34
rank #1–#9
Parc Jacques-Cartier10 of 34
rank #2–#5
Best Budget Hotels
33 answers
Comfort Inn Sherbrooke29 of 33
rank #1–#8
Hotel Le Floral11 of 33
rank #1–#2
Quality Hotel and Suites10 of 33
rank #2–#7
Hotel Motel La Marquise9 of 33
rank #1–#5
Hotellerie Jardins de Ville9 of 33
rank #1–#5
Motel Le Refuge9 of 33
rank #1–#6
Motel Lennoxville9 of 33
rank #2–#5
Super 88 of 33
rank #1–#4
Best Fine-Dining Restaurants
33 answers
Restaurant Auguste23 of 33
rank #1–#4
Antidote FoodLab19 of 33
rank #1–#5
L'Empreinte14 of 33
rank #1–#5
Le Bouchon10 of 33
rank #2–#9
Boefish7 of 33
rank #2–#5
La Table du Chef6 of 33
rank #2–#5
Siboire Dépôt6 of 33
rank #4–#5
Le Chou-Bruxelles4 of 33
rank #3–#5
Best Historical Attractions
33 answers
Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral18 of 33
rank #1–#7
Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre18 of 33
rank #1–#9
Musée d'histoire de Sherbrooke15 of 33
rank #1–#7
Marché de la Gare11 of 33
rank #2–#6
Old North Ward11 of 33
rank #2–#6
Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum10 of 33
rank #1–#6
St. Michael's Cathedral8 of 33
rank #2–#4
Domaine-Howard Park7 of 33
rank #2–#12
Best Rainy-Day Attractions
33 answers
Musée de la nature et des sciences28 of 33
rank #1–#3
Carrefour de l'Estrie24 of 33
rank #3–#17
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke22 of 33
rank #1–#2
La Maison du Cinéma14 of 33
rank #3–#16
Escaparium Sherbrooke11 of 33
rank #3–#11
Musée d'histoire de Sherbrooke10 of 33
rank #2–#3
Bibliothèque Éva-Senécal9 of 33
rank #3–#10
Théâtre Granada9 of 33
rank #4–#14
Best Restaurants for Couples
33 answers
Restaurant Auguste25 of 33
rank #1–#7
Antidote FoodLab15 of 33
rank #1–#6
Le Bouchon12 of 33
rank #1–#7
Siboire Dépôt11 of 33
rank #3–#7
Boefish9 of 33
rank #1–#2
L'Empreinte8 of 33
rank #1–#6
La Table du Chef8 of 33
rank #1–#5
Vin Polisson6 of 33
rank #2–#5
Best Viewpoints
33 answers
Mont Bellevue Park24 of 33
rank #1–#4
Lac des Nations16 of 33
rank #1–#6
Parc Jacques-Cartier15 of 33
rank #2–#5
Gorge de la rivière Magog11 of 33
rank #2–#4
Sanctuaire De Beauvoir10 of 33
rank #1–#7
Parc du Domaine-Howard9 of 33
rank #1–#8
Parc du Mont-Bellevue9 of 33
rank #1–#4
Université de Sherbrooke Upper Campus5 of 33
rank #2–#8
Where Perplexity's answers about Sherbrooke come from
Perplexity cited sherbrookevibrante.ca,
Sherbrooke's official tourism site, in
28 of 117 answers about Sherbrooke
(24%, last 90 days).
The web domains Perplexity's live search pulled most while answering tracked travel questions about
Sherbrooke (last 90 days). ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini aren't grounded in our tracking yet.
See the network-wide ranking.