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Starlink Fallout Delays Ontario’s Universal Internet Target

Ontario delayed its broadband goal to 2028 amid U.S. trade tensions and construction setbacks.

Akul Saxena

Nov 3, 2025 — 1 min read

Photo of Ontario Premier Doug Ford by Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Nov. 3, 2025 — Ontario said it would delay its goal of delivering high-speed internet to every household until 2028, acknowledging fallout from its canceled $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Global News reported the revised timeline Friday.

The 2024 deal would have brought Starlink’s low-Earth orbit service to about 15,000 homes in northern Ontario.

The province ended the contract in March, citing “contract chaos,” supply-chain strain, and political tension over new U.S. tariffs.

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