Backgrounder: Eastern Ontario residents will benefit from improved cellular broadband and connectivity

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network’ project aims to improve mobile coverage and increase the networks capacity to ensure rural communities in Eastern Ontario have access to better mobile network services.

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network’ project aims to improve mobile coverage and increase the networks capacity to ensure rural communities in Eastern Ontario have access to better mobile network services.

The Government of Canada will contribute up to $71 million to this project under the Rural and Northern Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Plan. The Government of Ontario will provide $71 million and the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus will provide $10 million towards the project, with private partners providing the rest of the funding.

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network project will benefit the following areas:

City of Kawartha Lakes

Frontenac County

• Township of Central Frontenac
• Township of Frontenac Islands
• Township of North Frontenac
• Township of South Frontenac

Haliburton County

• Township of Algonquin Highlands
• Municipality of Highlands East
• Municipality of Dysart
• Township of Minden Hills

Hastings County

• Town of Bancroft
• Township of Carlow/Mayo
• Municipality of Centre Hastings
• Town of Deseronto
• Township of Faraday
• Municipality of Hastings Highlands
• Township of Limerick
• Township of Madoc
• Municipality of Marmora and Lake
• Township of Stirling-Rawdon
• Township of Tudor and Cashel
• Municipality of Tweed
• Township of Tyendinaga
• Town of Wollaston

Lanark County

• Township of Beckwith
• Town of Carleton Place
• Township of Drummond-North Elmsley
• Township of Lanark Highlands
• Municipality of Mississippi Mills
• Township of Montague
• Town of Perth
• Tay Valley Township

Lennox and Addington County

• Township of Stone Mills
• Loyalist Township
• Township of Addington Highlands
• Town of Greater Napanee

Northumberland County

• Town of Alnwick/Halimand
• Municipality of Brighton
• Town of Cobourg
• Township of Cramahe
• Township of Hamilton
• Municipality of Port Hope
• Municipality Trent Hills

County of Peterborough

• Municipality of Trent Lakes
• Selwyn Township
• Township of Asphodel-Norwood
• Township of Cavan Monaghan
• Township of Douro-Dummer
• Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen
• Township of North Kawartha
• Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan

Prince Edward County

Renfrew County

• Town of Arnprior
• Town of Deep River
• Town Laurentian Hills
• Town of Petawawa
• Town of Renfrew
• Township of Adamston-Bromley
• Township of Bonnechere Valley
• Township of Brundnell, Lyndoch and Raglan
• Township Greater Madawaska
• Township of Head, Clara and Maria
• Township of Horton
• Township of Killole, Hagerty and Richards
• Township of Laurentian Valley
• Township of Madawaska Valley
• Township of McNabe-Braeside
• North Algoma, Wilberforce Township
• Township of White Water Region

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

• Township of Athens
• Township of Augusta
• Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal
• Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley
• Township of Front of Yonge
• Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands
• Village of Merrickville-Wolford
• Municipality of North Grenville
• Township of Rideau Lakes
• Village of Westport

United Counties of Prescott-Russell

• Alfred-Plantagent
• Casselman
• Champlain
• Clarence-Rockland
• East Hawkesbury
• Hawkesbury
• The Nation
• Russell

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

• Township of North Dundas
• Municipality of South Dundas
• Township of North Stormont
• Township of South Stormont
• Township of North Glengarry
• Township of South Glengarry

Separated Municipalities

• City of Belleville
• City of Brockville
• City of Cornwall
• City of Pembroke
• City of Peterborough
• Town of Gananoque
• Town of Prescott
• Town of Smiths Falls
• Quinte West