Broadband Fund
Closing the digital divide in Canada
Whether you’re at home, at work, or on the road, your phone should be able to connect using LTE, you should have an Internet connection with access to broadband speeds of at least 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload and access to unlimited data.
Broadband at 50/10 Mbps, unlimited
Canada
91.4%
Rural communities
62.0%
Mobile LTE
Canada
99.4%
Major transportation roads and highways
87.2%
Rural communities
97.1%
Long description
- 50/10 – unlimited coverage (% of households)
- Canada: 91.4%
- Rural communities: 62.0%
- Mobile – LTE (% of the population covered)
- Canada: 99.4%
- 87.2% major transportation roads and highways are covered by LTE in Canada
- Rural communities: 97.1%
But many Canadians, particularly those in rural and remote areas, do not have adequate access to these services.
It’s time to close the digital divide.
Refer to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) National Broadband Internet Service Availability Map for the latest broadband data. Broadband coverage information is collected by ISED through ongoing consultation with Internet service providers, the CRTC, industry associations, provinces and territories, and other partners and stakeholders.
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Review of the Broadband Fund
We want to hear your views on how to improve the Broadband Fund to provide better Internet and wireless services to rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. Share your comments now.
The 3rd call for applications is now open.
This call focuses on transport projects, mobile wireless projects along major transportation roads, and projects requiring operational funding to increase satellite transport capacity in all eligible geographic areas across Canada. Applicants have until 16 May 2023 at 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) to apply.
Date Posted: [2023-03-13 11:00:00]
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The application deadline for Call 3 has been extended! See Telecom Notice of Consultation 2022-325-1
Date Posted: [2023-03-13 11:00:00] -
You asked us! Read the new questions and answers
Date Posted: [2022-11-30 02:00:00] -
Reminder: Call 3 places more emphasis on community consultation
Read more about the consultation process
Date Posted: [2022-11-30 02:00:00]
Apply for funding
The third call for applications is now open. Apply now!
About the Fund
The CRTC’s Broadband Fund will provide up to $750 million over its first 5 years. These funds will support projects to build or upgrade access and transport infrastructure to provide fixed and mobile wireless broadband Internet access services in eligible underserved areas across Canada.
Learn more about the Broadband Fund
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