Government of Canada invests up to $31 million to bring high-speed Internet access to over 4,700 households in Nova Scotia

On December 19, 2022, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, announced up to $31 million in federal funding for the Municipality of Pictou County to bring high-speed Internet access to over 4,700 households in communities throughout Nova Scotia.

The communities that will benefit from this project include:

• Abercrombie
• Alma
• Ardness
• Avondale
• Baileys Brook
• Barneys River Station
• Bay View
• Big Island
• Bigney
• Black Brook
• Black Point
• Black River
• Braeshore
• Bridgeville
• Broadway
• Brookland
• Brookville
• Campbell Hill
• Cape John
• Caribou
• Caribou Island
• Caribou River
• Central Caribou
• Central West River
• Centredale
• Chance Harbour
• College Grant
• Concord
• Dalhousie
• Diamond
• Durham
• East Branch
• East River St. Marys
• Egerton
• Elgin
• Elmfield
• Eureka
• Four Mile Brook
• Frasers Mountain
• French River
• Garden of Eden
• Glencoe
• Glengarry Station
• Granton
• Greenhill
• Hazel Glen
• Heathbell
• Hedgeville
• Hillside
• Hodson
• Hopewell
• Indian Lake
• Kenzieville
• Kerrowgare
• Kings Head
• Knoydart
• Laggan
• Lansdowne Station
• Limerock
• Lismore
• Little Harbour
• Loch Broom
• Loganville
• Lorne
• Louisville
• Lovat
• Lower Barneys River
• Marsh
• Marshdale
• Marshville
• Marshy Hope
• McLellans Brook
• McLellans Mountain
• McPhersons Mills
• Meadowville
• Meiklefield
• Melmerby Beach
• Melville
• Merigomish
• Millbrook
• Millstream
• Millsville
• Moose River
• Mount Thom
• Mount William
• Mountain Road
• New Gairloch
• New Lairg
• Pictou Island
• Piedmont
• Pine Tree
• Plainfield
• Pleasant Valley
• Ponds
• Poplar Hill
• River John
• Rockfield
• Rocklin
• Rogers Hill
• Rossfield
• Salt Springs
• Scotch Hill
• Scotsburn
• Seafoam
• Six Mile Brook
• Springville
• St. Pauls
• Sundridge
• Sunny Brae
• Sutherlands River
• Sylvester
• Telford
• Three Brooks
• Toney River
• Trafalgar
• Union Centre
• Upper Barneys River
• Waterside
• Watervale
• Welsford
• West Branch
• West River Station
• Westville Road
• White Hill
• Willowdale
• Woodburn
• Woodfield

Associated links

• News release:  Government of Canada invests up to $31 million to bring high-speed Internet access to over 4,700 households in Nova Scotia