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Please be sure that all required and relevant information is provided to the CRTC when you are:
- applying for a new broadcasting licence.
- renewing a broadcasting licence.
- amending an existing broadcasting licence.
- registering as an exempt undertaking.
- making ownership changes (forms 138 and 139).
- adding a non-Canadian service to the list of programming services authorized for distribution (form 304).
Your application form and any appendices must be accurate and complete (i.e., include all relevant documentation). Incomplete or inaccurate applications may result in your application being returned and restarted. This can have a significant impact on the timeliness of your business plans.
As described in Change to the processing time for applications and complaints relating to radio undertakings, Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2023-278, 22 August 2023, radio applications will only be processed if the nature of the request is deemed exceptional by the Commission.
If you are new to the CRTC application process, view tips on how to submit an application form
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Topic | Type | Form Number | Form Instructions | Related Documents |
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Media | Registration | Form 158 | Registration form for online streaming services
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 158HTML Sample, Attestation HTML Sample, Appendix: A: Additional online streaming service |
CRTC 2023-329 - Online Undertakings Registration Regulations, and exemption order regarding those regulations |
Radio | Licence Renewal | Form 311 | Simplified application to renew a broadcasting radio licence
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 311 |
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Media | Registration | Form 157 | Digital Media Survey
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Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2022-47 Annual Digital Media Survey |
Radio | Exemption Order | Form 151 | Registration for Exempt Low-Power Tourist Information Undertakings
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 151 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies |
Distribution | Exemption Order | Form 147 | Registration form for exempt terrestrial BDUs entering a market served by a licensed BDU
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 147HTML Sample, Appendix A: Network diagram HTML Sample, Appendix B: Information on the individual terrestrial BDU licence HTML Sample, Appendix C: Information on the regional terrestrial BDU licence HTML Sample, Appendix D: Financial information regarding community programming |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; policies; list of TV services that must be distributed, etc. |
Distribution | Licence Renewal | Form 123 | Application to renew a licence for a broadcasting distribution undertaking
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Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; policies; list of TV services that must be distributed, etc. |
Distribution | New Licence | Form 124 | Application to obtain a broadcasting licence to operate a distribution undertaking
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 124 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies |
Distribution, Radio, TV | Licence Amendment or Revocation | Form 300 | Administrative application (excluding technical amendments)Login to My CRTC Account via the Broadcasting Online Form and Cover Page Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 300 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Distribution, Radio, TV | Licence Amendment | Form 301 | Amendment Requests (excluding technical amendments) Part 1 ProceedingsLogin to My CRTC Account via the Broadcasting Online Form and Cover Page Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 301 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Distribution, TV | Non-CDN Services | Form 304 | Application for addition to the list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distributionLogin to My CRTC Account via the Broadcasting Online Form and Cover Page Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 304 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | New Licence | Form 103 | Application to Obtain a Broadcasting Licence to Operate a Type B Native Radio Undertaking (including low-power)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 103 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | New Licence | Form 111 | Application to Obtain a Broadcasting Licence to Operate a Specialty Audio Programming Undertaking
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 111 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | New Licence | Form 114 | Application to obtain a broadcasting licence to operate a campus or community radio undertaking (including low-power)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 114 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | New Licence | Form 101 | Application to obtain a broadcasting licence to operate a commercial or ethnic radio undertaking (including low-power)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 101HTML Sample, Appendix 2A: Ownership information |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | New Licence | Form 118 | Application to Obtain a Broadcasting Licence for a DEVELOPMENTAL (Community or Campus) Radio Programming Undertaking
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 118 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | New Licence | Form 134 | Application to Obtain a Broadcasting Licence to Carry on a Religious (Church) Radio Programming Undertaking
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 134 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | Licence Amendment | Form 303 | Technical Amendment to a Broadcasting Licence for an Analog Radio (Including a New Transmitter)Login to My CRTC Account via the Broadcasting Online Form and Cover Page Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 303 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
Radio | Licence Renewal | Form 310 | Application to renew a broadcasting radio licence
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Radio | Exemption order | Form 156 | Registration for Exempted Indigenous Radio Stations
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Ownership | Ownership Shares | Form 139 | Change in ownership or control (shares)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 139HTML Sample, Appendix 2A: Ownership information |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc.
Need help completing an ownership application?
Contact the Ownership and Acquisition group and request a copy of the guide. |
Ownership | Ownership Assets | Form 138 | Change in ownership or control (assets)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 138HTML Sample, Appendix 2A: Ownership information |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc.
Need help completing an ownership application?
Contact the Ownership and Acquisition group and request a copy of the guide. |
TV | Exemption order | Form 308 | Registration for exemption of a discretionary programming undertaking (television)Login to My CRTC Account via the Broadcasting Online Form and Cover Page Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 308 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | Licence Renewal | Form 100 | Application to renew a broadcasting licence for a Conventional, Community-based or Provincial educational television undertaking
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Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | New Licence | Form 102 | Application to Obtain a Broadcasting Licence to Operate a Television Programming Undertaking (including low-power)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 102 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | Renewal | Form 109 | Application to renew a broadcasting licence for a discretionary programming
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Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | New Licence | Form 125 | Application to obtain a broadcasting licence to operate a discretionary programming undertaking (television) serving more than 200,000 subscribers
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 125HTML Sample, Appendix 1A: COL’s expectations and encouragements HTML Sample, Appendix 3A: Ownership information |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | New Licence | Form 130 | Application to obtain a Broadcasting Licence to Operate a Digital Television (DTV) Undertaking (NOT Associated with an Analog Television Station)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 130 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | Licence Amendment | Form 302 | Application for a technical amendment to a broadcasting licence for an analog or digital television programming undertakingLogin to My CRTC Account via the Broadcasting Online Form and Cover Page Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 302 |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | Licence Renewal | Form 145 | Application to renew a broadcasting licence for an on-demand undertaking (formerly pay-per-view and video-on-demand)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 145HTML Sample, Appendix 1A: COL’s expectations and encouragements HTML Sample, Appendix 2A: Ownership information |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | Licence Amendment | Form 150 | 600 MHz Condition of licence
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 150HTML Sample, Appendix 1A: COL’s expectations and encouragements HTML Sample, Appendix 2A: Ownership information |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
TV | New Licence | Form 152 | Application to obtain a broadcasting licence for an on-demand programming undertaking (formerly pay-per-view and video-on-demand)
Expand to view samples of form documentsHTML Sample, Form 152HTML Sample, Appendix 1A: COL’s expectations and encouragements HTML Sample, Appendix 2A: Ownership information |
Acts, regulations and directions; industry codes; and policies, etc. |
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