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26 March 2024

The Quarterly Survey on the operations of broadcasters and telecommunications providers for the first quarter 2024 will commence on 3 April 2024. The filing date for this survey is 3 May 2024.

10 October 2023

Data collection for the Digital Media survey and Broadcasting Annual Return for the period ending August 31, 2023 will begin on October 16, 2023. A letter and an email will be sent to participating entities in the near future requesting them to submit their data using the web-based Data Collection System (DCS). Various broadcasting Regulations indicate that annual returns must be filed by 30 November of each year.

4 October 2023

The quarterly survey on the operations of broadcasters and telecommunications providers for the third quarter 2023 will commence on 2 October 2023. The filing date for this survey is 3 November 2023.

21 June 2023

The quarterly survey on the operations of telecommunications providers and the quarterly survey of Quality of Service by wholesale high-speed access service providers will be merged into the new quarterly Telecommunications survey. This survey will be for the second quarter 2023 and will commence on 3 July 2023. The due date for this survey is 3 August 2023.

The quarterly telecommunications survey will include a new form: form 268 (“Telecommunications Poles”), per Telecom Regulatory Policy 2023-31.

27 March 2023

The quarterly survey on the operations of broadcasters and telecommunications providers for the first quarter 2023 will commence on 3 April 2023. The filing date for this survey is 3 May 2023.

24 February 2023

The annual Telecommunications Survey for the period ending 31 December 2022 begins on 20 February 2023. The filing date for this survey is 5 April 2023.

3 February 2023

The annual Facilities Survey for the period ending 31 December 2022 begins on 1 February 2023. The filing date for this survey is 31 March 2023.

• To assist with submissions of geographic data, checklists for form 256, form 267 and form 278 have been updated. Checklists are accessible through a link in the instructions of each respective form.

Current surveys

Data for the following surveys is currently being collected by the Data Collection System (DCS)

• Annual Broadcasting Survey
  • Annual return for broadcasting distribution undertakings
  • Annual return for discretionary and on-demand services
  • Annual return for radio and television undertakings
  • Broadcasting fees annual return
  • Emergency alert implementation report form
  • Other broadcasting annual return
• Annual Communications Pricing Survey
• Annual Digital Media Survey
• Annual Facilities Survey
• Annual Telecommunications Survey
• Profile Survey
• Public Alerting Survey
• Quarterly Survey

Updates

Per Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2023-31, ILECs are required to file quarterly reports with the following information:

• where applications for pole access were denied due to spare capacity, detailed reasons for the denial (paragraph 193); and
• details on pole access requests (paragraph 216).

This data collection will be implemented by the introduction of form 268 ("Telecommunications Poles"), added as part of the quarterly Telecommunications survey.

In addition to adding form 268, the quarterly Telecommunications survey will merge with the quarterly Quality of Service survey. There are no material changes to existing forms in either survey.

Date modified:

2024-03-26