Communications Monitoring Report 2019

List of infographics, figures and tables

Communications Services in Canadian Households: Subscriptions and Expenditures 2013-2017

1. Quick facts
   • Infographic 1.1 Canadian households’ subscriptions and expenditures quick facts
2. What communications services do Canadian households use?
   • Infographic 1.2 Communications services of Canadian households
   • Figure 1.1 Household communications services subscriptions
   • Figure 1.2 Household subscriptions to landline and mobile services (per 100 households)
   • Figure 1.3 Mobile and landline adoption rates
   • Infographic 1.3 Household characteristics and communications expenditures by income quintile
3. What do Canadian households spend on communications services?
   • Infographic 1.4 Canadian households’ average expenditures on communications services
   • Figure 1.4 Average monthly household communications services spending
   • Infographic 1.5 Household expenditures on communications services by income quintile
   • Infographic 1.6 Average provincial household expenditures on communications services comparison in urban centres and in rural communities
   • Figure 1.5 Average monthly household spending on communications services in urban centres
   • Figure 1.6 Average monthly household spending on communications services in rural communities
   • Infographic 1.7 Household expenditures on communications services by age in 2017
   • Figure 1.7 Monthly household expenditures, by service and by age of reference person, 2017
   • Figure 1.8 Communications services penetration by age group ($/month/household), 2017
4. Who is covered by broadband and mobile networks across Canada?
   • Infographic 1.8 Broadband and mobile coverage in Canada in 2017
   • Figure 1.9 Broadband service availability at 1.5 Mbps in 2017 by household, in Canada overall, and in rural communities, OLMCs, and First Nations reserve areas
   • Figure 1.10 Broadband service availability at 50/10 Mbps unlimited in 2017 by household, in Canada overall, and in rural communities, OLMCs, and First Nations reserve areas
   • Figure 1.11 Mobile service availability by province and territory in 2017, by population, in Canada overall, and in rural communities, OLMCs, and First Nations reserve areas
   • Figure 1.12 Mobile service availability (LTE) by province and territory in 2017, by population in Canada overall and in rural communities, OLMCs, and First Nations reserve areas
   • Map 1.1 Population distribution of OLMCs across Canada, 2016
   • Map 1.2 Distribution of First Nations reserve areas across Canada, 2017
5. Methodology
   • Table 1.1 Average annual household incomes and average monthly expenditures by income quintile ($/month), 2017
6. Appendices
   • Table 1.2 Canadian landline and mobile service subscribers per 100 households, 2004-2017
   • Table 1.3 Canadian landline and mobile service subscribers per 100 households, by income quintile, 2013-2017
   • Table 1.4 Landline and mobile service subscribers per 100 households, by province, 2017
   • Table 1.5 Home computer ownership and Internet use from home per 100 households, by income quintile, 2013-2017
   • Table 1.6 Average five-year monthly household spending on communications services, by service and by income quintile ($/month/household), 2013-2017
   • Table 1.7 Expenditure per service and by income quintile as a percentage of average annual income, 2017
   • Table 1.8 Household spending on communications services as a percentage of annual income, by income quintile, 2013-2017
   • Table 1.9 Household average monthly household communications services expenditure in rural communities, 2012-2017
   • Table 1.10 Household average monthly communications services expenditure in urban centres, 2012-2017

2018 Communications Services Pricing in Canada

1. Highlights
   • Infographic 2.1 Average reported monthly price by service in Canada
   • Figure 2.1 Average prices ($/month) for Internet services (urban and rural) 2016-2018
   • Figure 2.2 Average prices ($/month) for mobile services (urban and rural) 2016-2018
   • Figure 2.3 Average combined reported prices for communications services by province/region, 2016-2018
   • Infographic 2.2 Average reported monthly price of communications services in urban centres and rural communities
   • Figure 2.4 Average combined reported prices for communications services by province/region, 2018
2. Television distribution services
   • Figure 2.5 BDU basic television service prices by major centre, 2018
   • Figure 2.6 BDU basic television service prices by province⁄territory in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
3. Local wireline telephone services
   • Figure 2.7 Prices for basic wireline telephone service ($/month) and number of companies providing this service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.8 Prices for basic wireline telephone service ($/month) and number of companies providing this service in urban and rural communities, by province⁄territory, 2018
4. Internet services
   • Figure 2.9 Prices for residential broadband (5/1 Mbps) Internet access service and number of companies providing this service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.10 Prices for residential broadband Internet access service (25/3 Mbps, 100 GB/month) and number of companies providing this service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.11 Prices for residential broadband Internet access service (50/10 Mbps, unlimited GB/month) and number of companies providing this service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.12 Prices for residential broadband Internet access service (5/1 Mbps) and number of companies providing this service in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
   • Figure 2.13 Prices for residential broadband Internet access service (25/3 Mbps, 100 GB/month) and number of companies providing this service in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
   • Figure 2.14 Prices for residential broadband Internet access service (50/10 Mbps, unlimited GB/month) and number of companies providing this service in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
5. Mobile services
   • Figure 2.15 Prices for a level 1 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.16 Prices for a level 2 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.17 Prices for a Level 3 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.18 Prices for a level 4 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in major urban centres, 2018
   • Figure 2.19 Prices for a level 1 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
   • Figure 2.20 Prices for a level 2 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
   • Figure 2.21 Prices for a level 3 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
   • Figure 2.22 Prices for a level 4 basket wireless service ($/month) and number of companies providing the service in urban centres and rural communities, 2018
6. Methodology
   • Table 2.1 List of urban centres
   • Table 2.2 List of rural communities

Communications Industry Overview: Telecommunications and Broadcasting

1. Revenues
   • Infographic 3.1 Highlights of the communications sector, 2018
   • Figure 3.1 Telecommunications and broadcasting revenues ($ billion)
   • Figure 3.2 Annual communications revenue growth rates (%)
   • Infographic 3.2 Communications revenues by region, 2018
   • Figure 3.3 Communications revenues by type and service provider ($ billion)
2. Subscribers
   • Infographic 3.3 Service penetration and availability highlights, 2018
   • Figure 3.4 Mobile subscribers by type of service and population (million)
   • Figure 3.5 Subscribers by type of service and number of households (million)
3. Financial performance
   • Figure 3.6 Percent of total revenues, by broadcasting and telecommunications ownership group (%)
   • Figure 3.7 Cable-based carriers' wireline revenues, by service type ($ billion)
   • Figure 3.8 EBITDA margins achieved by cable-based carriers, incumbent TSPs, and other service providers (%)
4. Industry characteristics
   • Infographic 3.4 Industry convergence – cable-based carriers versus incumbent TSPs
   • Table 3.1 Percentage of broadcasting and telecommunications revenues generated by companies operating in multiple sectors

Broadcasting Overview

• • Infographic 4.1 Overview of broadcasting revenues and contributions to Canadian content
  • Figure 4.1 Distribution of total broadcasting revenues ($ billions), 2018 (Total = $17.1 B)

1. Revenues and financial performance
   • Infographic 4.2 Overview of radio, television and broadcasting distribution revenues, growth and PBIT/Operating margin
   • Figure 4.2 Revenue distribution by region ($ billions), 2018 (Total = $17.1 B)
2. Industry characteristics
   • Infographic 4.3 Overview of industry characteristics
   • Infographic 4.4 Revenues, contributions by major ownership group, by sector
   • Figure 4.3 Number and share of entities that operate 1 to 4 services, 2018
   • Figure 4.4 Share of broadcasting entities’ revenues by number of services offered, 2018
3. Contributions to Canadian content
   • Infographic 4.5 Contributions to Canadian content, 2018
   • Figure 4.5 Contributions to Canadian content by source ($ million), 2018 (Total = $3,479 M)
   • Figure 4.6 Contributions to Canadian content compared to total broadcasting revenues ($ millions), 2009-2018
4. Internet-based audio and television services estimated revenues
   • Infographic 4.6 Overview of Internet-based audio and television services (estimated revenues)
   • Figure 4.7 Internet-based audio services estimated revenues in Canada ($ million), 2018 (Total = $423 M)
   • Figure 4.8 Internet-based video services estimated revenues in Canada ($ million), 2018 (Total = $4,328 M)

Radio Sector

• • Infographic 5.1 Highlights about the Canadian radio sector

1. Audience measurement
   • Figure 5.1 Average weekly hours of tuning in to traditional radio vs listening to streamed audio services, by Canadians 18+, 2014-2018
   • Figure 5.2 Percentage of Canadians 18+ who tuned in to radio and listened to Internet audio services and programming in the past month, by language and platform, 2017 and 2018
2. Canadian content development
   • Figure 5.3 CCD contributions by regulatory measure ($ million), 2013-2014 through 2017-2018 broadcast years
   • Figure 5.4 Beneficiaries of Canadian content development contributions ($ million), 2018
3. Tangible benefits
   • Table 5.1 Number of radio ownership transactions, the value of those transactions ($ million) and the resulting tangible benefits ($ million), by language of service, for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018
4. Commercial radio
   • Infographic 5.2 Commercial radio overview
   • Figure 5.5 Third-language commercial radio stations revenues (%) and number of stations by market, 2018
   • Infographic 5.3 Radio ownership market composition
   • Figure 5.6 Tuning share (as a percentage of total tuning) of the most popular French-language market formats, 2018
   • Figure 5.7 Tuning share (as a percentage of total tuning) of the most popular English-language market formats, 2018
   • Figure 5.8 Revenues of News/Talk commercial radio stations ($ million), 2018 (Total = $1,514 M)
   • Figure 5.9 Revenues of News/Talk commercial radio stations in Canada excluding Quebec compared to those in Quebec ($ million), 2018 (Total = $137 M)
5. CBC/SRC Radio
   • Infographic 5.4 CBC/SRC overview and breakdown of radio stations by market and format
6. Non-commercial radio
   • Infographic 5.5 Non-commercial radio overview
   • Figure 5.10 Revenues of non-commercial radio stations ($ million), by type of service, 2014 through 2018
7. Internet-based audio services
   • Infographic 5.6 Internet-based audio services reported revenue, 2018
   • Figure 5.11 Estimated revenues in Canada of Internet-based audio services by business model ($ million), 2014 to 2018
8. Availability of radio services and other audio services
   • Table 5.2 Type and number of radio services and audio services authorized to broadcast in Canada, by language of broadcast
   • Figure 5.12 Number of radio transmitters (including rebroadcasting transmitters), serving the OLM population in Canada by type of service
   • Figure 5.13 Radio transmitters serving the OLM population (stations and rebroadcasting transmitters) per province as a percentage of all radio transmitters, and percentage of OLM population as a percentage of total population, for each province and territory, and for Canada as a whole
   • Table 5.3 Number of public/community-based and private radio services authorized to broadcast over-the-air in Canada, by province and language of broadcast, 2018
   • Table 5.4 Number of new over-the-air radio stations licensed by the Commission from 2014 to 2018, by language of service, licence category, type of service, and licensing process

Television Sector

• • Infographic 6.1 Overview of the television sector

1. Sector overview
   • Figure 6.1 Revenues of private conventional stations, CBC/SRC conventional stations, discretionary services and on-demand services ($ million), 2018 (Total = $6.9 B)
   • Figure 6.2 Advertising and subscription revenues of private conventional television stations and of discretionary services ($ million), 2018
   • Figure 6.3 Revenue growth rates of private conventional stations, CBC/SRC conventional stations, discretionary services and on-demand services (%), 2014-2018
   • Figure 6.4 Average number of hours Canadians 18+ watched traditional television and Internet-based television each week, 2014-2018
   • Figure 6.5 Percentage of Canadians 18+ who viewed television and Internet-based video services and programming in the past month, by language and platform, 2018
   • Figure 6.6 Average number of hours Canadians watched traditional television each week, by age group
   • Figure 6.7 Average weekly viewing hours (million) of Canadian and non-Canadian programs in the Quebec French-language market broadcast by French-language television services
   • Figure 6.8 Average weekly viewing hours (million) of Canadian and non-Canadian programs in all of Canada (excluding the Quebec French-language market) broadcast by English-language and third-language television services
   • Figure 6.9 Average weekly viewing hours (million) for Canadian programs broadcast by Canadian television services, by language market, program origin and program category, 2018
   • Figure 6.10 Television programming expenditures on PNI, Canadian and non-Canadian programming ($ millions), 2018 (Total = $4.2 B)
   • Figure 6.11 CPE, by type of service ($ million), 2018 (Total = $3,013 M)
   • Figure 6.12 CPE of conventional television stations and discretionary services by program category ($ million), 2014, 2017 and 2018
   • Figure 6.13 CPE in the “News” program category by type of television service ($ million), 2018
   • Figure 6.14 Expenditures on PNI, by category ($ million), 2018 (Total = $666 M)
   • Infographic 6.2 Television ownership market composition
   • Table 6.1 Value of television ownership transactions and corresponding tangible benefits from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018
2. Conventional television stations
   • Infographic 6.3 Overview of conventional television stations
   • Figure 6.15 Private conventional television station revenues, by source (%), 2018
   • Figure 6.16 CBC/SRC conventional television station revenues, by source (%), 2018
   • Figure 6.17 CBC/SRC conventional television stations revenue by source ($ millions), 2014-2018
   • Infographic 6.4 Private conventional television stations of large ownership groups
3. Discretionary and on-demand services
   • Infographic 6.5 Overview of discretionary and on-demand services
   • Figure 6.18 Revenues of discretionary and on-demand services ($ million)
   • Figure 6.19 Revenues of discretionary and on-demand services by source ($ million), 2018
   • Infographic 6.6 Discretionary services of large ownership groups and the CBC/SRC
   • Infographic 6.7 On-demand services of large ownership groups
4. Internet-based video services in Canada
   • Infographic 6.8 Overview of Internet-based video services
   • Figure 6.20 Internet-based video services estimated revenues in Canada, by business model ($ million), 2014-2018
   • Figure 6.21 Estimated revenues in Canada of SVOD services ($ million), 2018 (Total = $2.5 B)
   • Figure 6.22 Estimated revenues in Canada of TVOD services ($ million), 2018 (Total = $494 M)
   • Figure 6.23 Estimated revenues in Canada of AVOD services ($ million), 2018 (Total = $1.3 B)
   • Figure 6.24 Estimated revenues in Canada of AVOD services by platform ($ million), 2016-2018
5. Availability of television and video services
   • Table 6.2 Type and number of television and video services authorized to broadcast in Canada, by language of broadcast, 2017 and 2018
   • Table 6.3 Number of Canadian public, community and educational services and private conventional television stations authorized to broadcast, by province and language of broadcast, 2018
   • Figure 6.25 Number of over-the-air television transmitters (originating stations and rebroadcasting transmitters), by type of service, serving the OLM population in Canada, 2018
   • Figure 6.26 Television transmitters serving the OLM population (stations and rebroadcasting transmitters) per province as a percentage of all TV transmitters, and percentage of OLM population as a percentage of total population, 2018
6. Methodology
   • Table 6.4 Total viewing hours (millions) by market

Broadcasting Distribution Sector

• • Infographic 7.1 Highlights about the Canadian BDU sector

1. Revenues and financial performance
   • Infographic 7.2 Revenues and financial performance overview
   • Figure 7.1 Percentage of households subscribing to BDU services vs Canadians watching television exclusively online vs Canadians watching television on any platform, 2014-2018
   • Figure 7.2 Percentage of Canadians 18+ who watched television exclusively online from 2014-2018, nationally and by language
   • Figure 7.3 Percentage of Canadians 18+ who watched television exclusively online, by age group
2. BDUs over the past 10 years
   • Infographic 7.3 A 10-year snapshot of the BDU sector
   • Figure 7.4 Evolution of broadcasting distribution revenues ($ billions) and subscribership (millions) compared to the of households in Canada, 2009-2018
3. Industry characteristics
   • Infographic 7.4 Overview of industry characteristics
   • Figure 7.5 Revenues by type of distribution platform, 2018 (%)
   • Figure 7.6 Subscribers by type of distribution platform, 2018 (%)
   • Infographic 7.5 BDU services of large ownership groups
4. Contributions
   • Infographic 7.6 Total BDU contributions by recipient
   • Figure 7.7 BDU contributions to Canadian programming by recipient ($ millions), 2014-2018
5. Affiliation payments
   • Figure 7.8 Affiliation payments reported by distribution platform ($ million), 2018
   • Figure 7.9 Affiliation payments made to Canadian and non-Canadian services ($ million), 2018
6. Dispute resolution
   • Figure 7.10 Number of dispute resolution cases in 2017-2018
   • Figure 7.11 Number of formal dispute resolution cases in 2017-2018

Telecommunications Overview

1. Revenues
   • Infographic 8.1 Overview of total telecommunications revenues, 2018
   • Infographic 8.2 Total revenue market share by type of service provider, 2018
   • Figure 8.1 Total revenue share by type of TSP (%), 2018
   • Figure 8.2 Companies providing telecommunications services by type of TSP (%), 2018
2. Telecommunications sectors
   • Infographic 8.3 Telecom revenue share by sector, 2018
   • Figure 8.3 Distribution of TSPs by the number of services offered (%), 2018
   • Figure 8.4 TSPs’ revenue share grouped by the number of services offered (%), 2018
   • Infographic 8.4 Overview of retail vs wholesale revenue share (%), 2018
   • Figure 8.5 Telecommunications revenues by category and province/territory ($ millions), 2018
   • Figure 8.6 Wholesale high-speed access enabled lines by province/territory (thousands), 2018
   • Table 8.1 Percentage of telecommunications revenues generated by forborne services (%)
   • Figure 8.7 Subsidy paid to incumbent local exchange carriers ($ millions) and contribution rate (%)
3. Financial performance
   • Infographic 8.5 Overview of key indicators of telecommunications financial performance, 2018
   • Figure 8.8 Telecommunications capital expenditures by type ($ billions)
   • Figure 8.9 Capital intensity for industries with the highest capital intensity ratios, 2018
   • Figure 8.10 Telecommunications capital expenditures as a percentage of revenues (%), by type of TSP
   • Figure 8.11 EBITDA margins by sector (%)
4. Sector summaries
   • Infographic 8.6 Overview of retail revenues by sector, 2018
   • Infographic 8.7 Overview of retail mobile sector, 2018
   • Table 8.2 Retail mobile and paging service revenue components ($ millions)
   • Figure 8.12 Retail mobile revenue market share (%)
   • Infographic 8.8 Overview of retail fixed Internet sector
   • Table 8.3 Retail Internet service revenue ($ millions)
   • Infographic 8.9 Overview of retail fixed wireline voice sector, 2018
   • Table 8.4 Local and long-distance retail revenues ($ millions)
   • Infographic 8.10 Overview of retail data and private line sector, 2018
   • Table 8.5 Data and private line retail revenues ($ millions)
   • Infographic 8.11 Overview of wholesale market, 2018
   • Table 8.6 Wholesale telecommunications revenues by sector ($ millions)
   • Figure 8.13 Percentage of high-speed Internet wholesale lines by region (%), 2018
   • Figure 8.14 Percentage of high-speed Internet wholesale revenues share by region (%), 2018
   • Figure 8.15 Wholesale high-speed access enabled lines by download speed (thousands)

Retail Fixed Internet Sector and Broadband Availability

• • Infographic 9.1 Overview of retail fixed Internet sector, 2018

1. Residential market
   • Infographic 9.2 Overview of the residential Internet market, 2018
   • Infographic 9.3 Points of interest in residential Internet service subscriptions, 2018
   • Figure 9.1 Residential Internet service subscriptions, by type of service provider (thousands)
   • Figure 9.2 Residential Internet service subscription growth rate versus population growth rate (%)
   • Figure 9.3 High-speed residential Internet service subscriptions (%), by transfer (upload/download) capacity (GB)
   • Figure 9.4 Share of high-speed residential Internet service subscriptions, by advertised download speed (%)
   • Figure 9.5 Weighted average upload and download speeds of residential Internet subscriptions (Mbps)
   • Figure 9.6 Weighted average upload and download usage (GB) by high-speed residential Internet service subscribers
   • Infographic 9.4 Points of interest in residential Internet service revenues, 2018
   • Figure 9.7 Residential Internet service revenues ($ billion)
   • Figure 9.8 Residential Internet service revenue shares, by type of service provider (%)
   • Infographic 9.5 Points of interest related to ARPU, 2018
   • Figure 9.9 Residential Internet service one-month average revenue ($), by advertised download speed
   • Figure 9.10 Residential Internet access service subscriptions by access technology, 2014 (%)
   • Figure 9.11 Residential Internet access service subscriptions by access technology, 2018 (%)
   • Infographic 9.6 Residential Internet service market composition summary, 2018
   • Figure 9.12 Residential Internet access service revenues, by type of service provider (%), 2018
   • Figure 9.13 Residential Internet access service revenues, by type of service provider ($ billion)
   • Figure 9.14 Residential Internet access service subscriptions, by type of service provider (%)
   • Figure 9.15 Weighted average upload and download usage (GB) by high-speed residential Internet service subscribers
   • Figure 9.16 Residential Internet access service one-month average revenue ($), by advertised download speed (Mbps), 2018
   • Figure 9.17 High-speed residential Internet service subscriptions (%), by transfer (upload/download) capacity (GB) and type of service provider, 2018
2. Business market
   • Infographic 9.7 Overview of business Internet access market, 2018
   • Figure 9.18 Business Internet access service revenue market share, by type of service provider (%)
   • Figure 9.19 Business Internet access service subscriptions by subscription type (thousands)
   • Figure 9.20 Business Internet access service high-speed subscription shares, by type of service provider (%)
   • Figure 9.21 Shares of business Internet access service revenues, by access technology (%)
3. Broadband service availability
   • Infographic 9.8 Overview of broadband Internet service availability, 2018
   • Table 9.1 Key telecommunications availability indicators (% of population for mobile services and % of households for Internet services)
   • Figure 9.22 Broadband service availability by speed (% of households)
   • Table 9.2 Broadband service availability, by speed and province/territory (% of households), 2018
   • Infographic 9.9 Points of interest in broadband Internet service availability for various communities
   • Figure 9.23 Broadband service availability – urban versus rural (% of households), 2018
   • Figure 9.24 Broadband availability across Canada compared to OLMCs, rural communities and First Nations reserves by speed (% of households), 2018
   • Figure 9.25 First Nations reserve broadband service availability, by speed and province/territory (% of households), 2018
   • Figure 9.26 OLMC broadband service availability, by speed and province/territory (% of households), 2018
   • Table 9.3 Availability of Internet services with speeds of 50/10Mbps and unlimited data, by population size and province/territory (% of households), 2018
4. Broadband applications
   • Infographic 9.10 Overview of data usage by popular broadband applications, 2018
   • Figure 9.27 Data usage (GB/h) by select services over a wireline broadband Internet connection, 2018
   • Figure 9.28 Data usage (GB/h) by select services over a wireless (LTE) Internet connection, 2018

Retail Mobile Sector

• • Infographic 10.1 Highlights of the retail mobile sector, 2018

1. Revenues
   • Infographic 10.2 Highlights of the retail mobile revenues, 2018
   • Figure 10.1 Retail mobile sector revenues, by source ($ billions)
   • Infographic 10.3 Retail mobile revenues composition by type of plan, 2018
   • Infographic 10.4 Retail mobile roaming revenues, 2018
   • Infographic 10.5 Retail mobile revenues market share of Top 3 vs other service providers, 2018
   • Figure 10.2 Mobile service revenue market share, Top 3 vs Top 3's flanker brands vs other providers (%)
   • Figure 10.3 Revenue growth rates of Top 3 vs Top 3’s flanker brands vs other providers (%)
   • Figure 10.4 Postpaid retail mobile service revenues (basic voice, long-distance, and data only) as a percentage of total mobile service revenues (%)
2. Subscriber data
   • Infographic 10.6 Characteristics of retail mobile subscriptions, 2018
   • Figure 10.5 Provincial/territorial subscriber market share of Bell, TELUS, Rogers and other providers (%), 2018
   • Figure 10.6 Percentage of mobile subscribers with a data plan (%)
   • Figure 10.7 Distribution of mobile subscribers with data plans by size of plan (%), 2018
   • Infographic 10.7 Retail mobile subscribers market share of Top 3 vs Top 3’s flanker brands vs other service providers, 2018
   • Figure 10.8 Subscriber growth rates of Top 3 vs Top 3’s flanker brands vs other providers (%)
   • Figure 10.9 Mobile subscriber market share, Top 3 vs Top 3's flanker brands vs other providers (%)
   • Figure 10.10 Percentage of subscribers with a data plan, Top 3 vs other providers (%)
   • Figure 10.11 Distribution of mobile data subscribers by plan size, Top 3 vs other providers (%), 2018
3. Other performance indicators
   • Infographic 10.8 Highlights of retail mobile financial performance, 2018
     
   • Figure 10.12 National mobile ARPU ($/month)
   • Figure 10.13 Mobile EBITDA margins (%)
   • Figure 10.14 Average capital expenditure per subscriber, per month ($)
   • Figure 10.15 Average monthly data usage per subscriber (MB)
   • Figure 10.16 Industry average blended monthly churn rates (%)
   • Figure 10.17 Average blended monthly churn rates of Top 3 vs other providers (%)
   • Figure 10.18 Mobile device penetration (%)
   • Table 10.1 Mobile device penetration by linguistic group (%)
   • Figure 10.19 Mobile device penetration, by province/region, 2018
   • Figure 10.20 Popular Internet and mobile activities performed by Canadians on their smartphone (%), 2018
   • Figure 10.21 Popular Internet and mobile activities performed by Canadians on their tablet (%), 2018
   • Infographic 10.9 Retail mobile financial performance metrics of Top 3 vs other providers, 2018
   • Figure 10.22 ARPU, Top 3 vs the Top 3’s flanker brands vs other providers ($/month)
   • Figure 10.23 ACEPU, Top 3 vs other providers ($/month)
   • Figure 10.24 Capital intensity, Top 3 vs other providers (%)
   • Figure 10.25 Average data usage per subscriber, Top 3 vs other providers (MB/month)
4. Coverage/availability details
   • Infographic 10.10 Highlights of mobile coverage, 2018
   • Figure 10.26 Number of free WiFi hotspots in Canada, by region, 2018
   • Figure 10.27 LTE population coverage in Canada, urban centres vs rural communities (%)
   • Figure 10.28 LTE population coverage, by region, urban centres vs rural communities (%), 2018
   • Figure 10.29 LTE coverage of major roads and highways (%), by region, 2018
   • Map 10.1 Expansion of LTE coverage, 2013-2018
   • Map 10.2 LTE service coverage by number of facilities-based networks, 2018
   • Map 10.3 Major roads with and without LTE service, 2018
   • Map 10.4 Broadband and mobile service availability in First Nations reserves, 2018
   • Map 10.5 Broadband and mobile service availability in OLMCs, 2018
   • Infographic 10.11 Mobile coverage, Top 3 vs other service providers, 2014 vs 2018
   • Figure 10.30 Roaming voice and data traffic by destination (%), 2018
   • Figure 10.31 Subscriber penetration rates as a percentage of total population (%)

Contents of the Report

1. Communications Services in Canadian Households: Subscriptions and Expenditures 2013-2017
2. 2018 Communications Services Pricing in Canada
3. Communications Industry Overview: Telecommunications and Broadcasting
4. Broadcasting Overview
5. Radio Sector
6. Television Sector
7. Broadcasting Distribution Sector
8. Telecommunications Overview
9. Retail Fixed Internet Sector and Broadband Availability
10. Retail Mobile Sector

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