Communications Market Reports
In 2021, the Communications Monitoring Report (CMR) was rebranded to the Communications Market Reports to reflect an expanded publication portfolio that now encompasses a larger amount of data and research collected by the CRTC.
The communications market is changing rapidly. The CMR is being redesigned to give Canadians access to the latest data and trends on a more timely schedule.
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Current trends up to November 2022
Keep up-to-date with the latest data and trends in the Canadian broadcasting and telecommunications sectors.
This publication will be updated every 3 months. The latest quarter available is 2022-Q3 (generally speaking, July-September 2022) and monthly data up to November 2022.
Version 8.0 - Last updated 2023-01-17
See our current trends changelog for the latest updates.
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High-speed broadband
More about high-speed broadband revenues, subscriptions by tier and data traffic.
- Revenues: $2.61B (Decreased 0.5% quarterly change)
- Subscriptions: 12.38M (Increased 1.2% quarterly change)
- Subscriptions with 50/10+ Mbps: 75.0% (up 2.3% from last quarter)
- 50/10 unlimited availability: 91.4% (up 1.7% compared to previous year)
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Mobile wireless
More about mobile wireless revenues, mobile subscribers and mobile wireless traffic.
- Revenues: $7.11B (Increased 6.4% quarterly change)
- Average data usage: 6.07GB/month (Increased 8.2% quarterly change)
- LTE coverage: 99.42% (down 0.11% compared to previous year)
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Broadcasting
More about television service providers revenues and subscribers.
- Television service providers revenues: $1.80B (Decreased 1.7% quarterly change)
- Television service providers subscribers: 9.51M (Decreased 0.4% quarterly change)
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Economic indicators
More about the GDP, CPI, e-commerce and retail sales, and the unemployment rate.
- GDP: Increased 0.1% monthly change
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Other telecom services
More about long-distance minutes.
- Landline long-distance minutes: 0.9B
(Decreased 13.3% quarterly change) - Mobile long-distance minutes: 10.8B
(Increased 0.7% quarterly change)
- Landline long-distance minutes: 0.9B
Annual highlights
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Telecommunications highlights
Period: Jan 2017-Dec 2021
Highlights about the telecommunications sector for:
- Market composition
- Revenues by sector
- Financial performance
- Sector summaries
- Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Broadcasting highlights
Period: Sep 2017-Aug 2022
Find highlights about the broadcasting industry:
- Revenues and financial performance
- Industry characteristics
- Contributions to Canadian content
- Internet-based audiovisual services estimated revenues
- Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
Financial summary highlights
Broadcasting sector highlights
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