Canada Makes Significant Broadband Progress, But Rural Gaps Persist
Canada achieves 95% broadband coverage, despite major rural and Indigenous gaps.
WASHINGTON, September 15, 2025 – Canada has largely achieved its national broadband connectivity goals in urban areas, with about 95% of Canadians now having access to high-speed internet, but significant disparities remain in rural and Indigenous communities, industry experts said during a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event in August.
Ted Woodhead, president of Woodhead Regulatory Consulting and former Rogers Communications executive, said Canada has "basically met" its 50 * 10 Megabit per second (Mbps) broadband objective established in 2016.
"Most Canadians today, about 95% I'm guessing only because the last figures we had were from 2023... have 100 * 20 service," Woodhead said during the event. "Most have a significant number would have well in excess of that because all the telcos are really investing and are at the end of their investment cycles on fiber."
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