QUÉBEC CITY — In the latest broadband funding announcement from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, a joint investment of $81.36 million made as part of the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed program will help to deliver high-speed Internet services to 18,200 households in the Outaouais region (north of Gatineau) by September 2022.
The projects, which will be implemented by Cogeco and Xplornet, have a total value of $112.09 million, says the government’s press release.
Cogeco will receive $23.8 million in funding to provide high-speed Internet access to 2,890 households, while Xplornet will receive $57.5 million to connect 15,310 homes.
The municipalities targeted by the Cogeco and Xplornet broadband projects in the Outaouais region include:
Cogeco projects
- Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM: Low
- Collines-de-l’Outaouais RCM: Chelsea, La Pêche, L’Ange-Gardien, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Pontiac, Val-des-Monts
- Papineau RCM: Boileau
Xplornet projects
- Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM: Aumond, Blue Sea, Bois-Franc, Bouchette, Cayamant, Déléage, Egan-Sud, Gracefield, Kazabazua, Kitigan Zibi, Lac-Pythonga, Lac-Sainte-Marie, Maniwaki, Messines, Montcerf-Lytton, Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau
- Collines-de-l’Outaouais RCM: Pontiac
- Papineau RCM: Boileau, Bowman, Chénéville, Duhamel, Lac-des-Plages, Lac-Simon, Montebello, Montpellier, Namur, Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Papineauville, Plaisance, Ripon, Saint-André-Avellin, Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk, Saint-Sixte, Val-des-Bois
- Pontiac RCM: Alleyn-et-Cawood, Bristol, Bryson, Campbell’s Bay, Clarendon, Fort-Coulonge, L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Litchfield, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Otter Lake, Portage-du-Fort, Shawville, Thorne, Waltham
Previously, the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed program awarded $86.77 million in funding to Bell to bring high-speed Internet services to 10,640 households in the Outaouais region, also by September 2022.
