CRTC Broadband Fund: Project selected in January 2025

From: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Backgrounder

The CRTC has selected a project to receive funding through its Broadband Fund.

The CRTC is committing over $14 million to CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp. to build approximately 250 kilometres of new transport fibre infrastructure. This project will connect the communities of Jade City and Good Hope Lake (Dease River) in British Columbia and Upper Liard in the Yukon to high-speed Internet.

The CRTC continues 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 number of communities and households to benefit Communities CRTC Broadband Fund contribution (approximate) Decisions
CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp., BC and YT Fibre transport network to be built (approx. 250 km)
  • 3 communities
  • 113 households
  • Jade City, BC
  • Good Hope Lake (Dease River), BC
  • Upper Liard, YT
 $14.85M CRTC 2025-30

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