CRTC Broadband Fund: Project selected in July 2024

From: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Backgrounder

The CRTC is taking action to bring high-speed fibre Internet to four remote Inuit communities in Nunavut, including one official language minority community.

Through its Broadband Fund, the CRTC is committing $271.9 million to the Government of Nunavut to build a 1,300-kilometre fibre link to the communities of Iqaluit, Kinngait, Coral Harbour, and Kimmirut.

The CRTC is continuing to assess applications and will make more funding announcements in the coming months.

The selected project is as follows:

Recipient and province/territory Speeds to be offered for access projects, technology to be used for mobile projects Estimated numbers of communities and households to potentially benefit Communities CRTC Broadband Fund contribution (approximate) Decisions
Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Fibre transport network to be built (approx. 1,300 km)
  • 4 communities
  • 4,235 households
  • Coral Harbour
  • Iqaluit
  • Kimmirut
  • Kinngait
 $271.9M CRTC 2024-149

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