OTTAWA – The governments of Canada and Alberta today announced up to $70.6 million in combined federal and provincial funding will be provided to help bring high-speed Internet access to over 10,400 homes in rural Alberta.
This includes over 2,700 Indigenous households, a press release explains.
Communities that will benefit include Arcadia (Sucker Creek), Blueberry Mountain, Gift Lake, Namaka, and Rainbow Lake. (For a complete list, please click here.)
The press secretary for the Office of the Minister of Service Alberta told Cartt.ca via email the service providers involved in the projects announced today will be shared “in the coming weeks and months.”
The funding announced today is part of the $780 million-agreement to bring high-speed Internet to more rural Albertans the two levels of government announced in March. The federal government’s portion of the funding is coming from the Universal Broadband Fund.
“The governments of Canada and Alberta will continue to announce projects selected under this agreement over the coming months,” the release says.
Currently, the federal government is aiming to ensure most Canadians have access to high-speed Internet (defined as 50 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload) by 2026 and all Canadians have access by 2030. Alberta wants everyone in the province to have access by the end of the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
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