CRTC Broadband Fund second call: projects selected in August 2022

From: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Backgrounder

The CRTC has approved funding for ten high-quality projects through the CRTC Broadband Fund. These projects will either introduce or improve mobile wireless and/or broadband Internet access services along approximately 425 kilometres of roads and for approximately 2,250 households in 35 communities, including five Indigenous communities and one official language minority community, in Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

The ten selected projects are as follows:
Recipient and province/territory Speeds to be offered for access projects, technology to be used for mobile projects Estimated numbers of km of roads, communities, and households (as applicable) to potentially benefitFootnote 1 Communities CRTC Broadband Fund contribution (approximate) Decisions
Bell Canada; Manitoba
  • Access: Download/upload speeds from 10/10 Mbps to 1,500/940 Mbps with unlimited data
  • 2 communities
  • 600 households
  • Cranberry Portage
  • Snow Lake
 $863K CRTC 2022-211
Bell Mobility Inc.; Manitoba
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • 20 km of roads
  • 1 community
  • Camperville

    (roads only)
 $487K CRTC 2022-211
Bell Mobility Inc.; Quebec
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • 30 km of roads
 N/A (routes only) $751K CRTC 2022-211
Bell Mobility Inc.; Quebec
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • 60 km of roads
 N/A (routes only) $5.6M CRTC 2022-211
Sichuun Inc., with Naskapi Imuun Inc. and Redline Communications Inc.; Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Mobile: LTE, with up to unlimited data
  • 4 communities
  • 640 households
  • Kawawachikamach
  • Lac John
  • Matimekosh 3 (Matimekush)
  • Schefferville
 $297K CRTC 2022-205
Sogetel Mobilité inc.; Quebec
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • 11 km of roads
  • 2 communities
  • Lac-Frontière
  • Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard

    (roads only)
 $364K CRTC 2022-216
TELUS Communications Inc.; Quebec
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • Access (for 1 community): Download/upload speeds of 25/5 Mbps with up to 500 GB of data
  • Transport: Capacity increased
  • 175 km of roads
  • 3 communities
  • 650 households
  • Port-Menier
  • Rivière-au-Tonnerre
  • Rivière-Saint-Jean
 $2.4M CRTC 2022-206
TELUS Communications Inc.; Quebec
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • 35 km of roads
  • 7 communities
  • 170 households
  • Barrage Manic-2
  • Lac-Frontière
  • Saint-Adalbert
  • Saint-Marcel
  • Saint-Philémon
  • Sainte-Félicité
  • Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard
 $3.2M CRTC 2022-206
TELUS Communications Inc.; Quebec
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • 35 km of roads
  • 3 communities
  • 10 households
  • Mann Settlement
  • Matapédia
  • Sainte-Florence
 $2.5M CRTC 2022-206
TELUS Communications Inc.; Quebec
  • Mobile: LTE-A, with up to unlimited data
  • 60 km of roads
  • 13 communities
  • 180 households
  • Cap-Seize
  • Grande-Cascapédia
  • Rivière-Matane
  • Ruisseau-Gagnon
  • Saint-Adelme
  • Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs
  • Saint-Jules
  • Saint-Léandre
  • Saint-René-de-Matane
  • Saint-Tharcisius
  • Saint-Vianney
  • Saint-Luc-de-Matane
  • Sainte-Paule
 $4M CRTC 2022-206
TOTAL
  • Approximately 425 km of roads served
  • 35 communities
  • Approximately 2,250 households
 Up to nearly $20.5M

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