Crowsnest Pass
Population 5,695 (2021 Census)
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Speeds by provider
M-Lab speed tests from Crowsnest Pass in 2025 (M-Lab places them under Blairmore), by the network they ran on (Mbps). The fastest tenth shows what a network can deliver.
| Provider | Tests | Download | Upload | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical | Fastest 10% | Typical | Fastest 10% | ||
| Rogers (Shaw network) | 1,738 | 150 | 430 | 44 | 150 |
The fastest tenth by year, download / upload:
| Provider | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (Jan–Sep) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers (Shaw network) | 370 / 120 | 430 / 150 | 460 / 170 |
Satellite, across Alberta in 2025: Starlink typically 75 down and 7.1 up, fastest tenth 200 / 14; Xplore typically 30 down and 2.8 up, fastest tenth 72 / 12.
What the government map says
The 217 km of road in and around Crowsnest Pass, by the best wired speed providers report along it (download/upload, Mbps).
| Best wired speed reported | Share of roads |
|---|---|
| 50/10 Mbps | 45% |
| 25/5 Mbps | 0% |
| 10/2 Mbps | 0% |
| 5/1 Mbps | 2% |
| No wired service reported | 53% |
Who can get gigabit
Fibre and cable can deliver 1 Gbps. Of the 10 government-data hexagons with 5 or more households in and around Crowsnest Pass, by what providers report in them:
| Reported in the hexagon | Hexagons |
|---|---|
| Fibre to the home reported | 0 |
| Cable reported, no fibre | 5 |
| No fibre or cable reported | 5 |
Cable reported by Rogers and Shaw. (Names as ISED lists them; Rogers bought Shaw in 2023.)
Across southern Alberta, 911 of the 1,102 populated hexagons the government map counts at 50/10 have no fibre or cable reported at all (83%).
Measured speeds
The best wired-like Speedtest result each ~390 m square in and around Crowsnest Pass has reached, up to 2026 (Jan–Sep) (171 squares tested). Share of squares by best download:
| Best download | Share of squares |
|---|---|
| 500 Mbps or more | 23% |
| 100–500 Mbps | 25% |
| 50–100 Mbps | 3% |
| Under 50 Mbps | 16% |
| Only wireless-like results | 33% |
Share of squares tested so far whose best reached 100 Mbps; fast upload is a good sign of fibre. The slider under the map shows the same years.
| Year | Squares | 100+ down | 100+ up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 90 | 41% | 0% |
| 2020 | 100 | 43% | 0% |
| 2021 | 117 | 44% | 3% |
| 2022 | 131 | 43% | 6% |
| 2023 | 147 | 44% | 14% |
| 2024 | 159 | 42% | 21% |
| 2025 | 167 | 44% | 25% |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 171 | 48% | 27% |
What's actually in the ground
We haven’t researched what’s in the ground in Crowsnest Pass yet. The map and speed data above come straight from public sources.
Infrastructure and exchanges
Alberta SuperNet fibre, built with public money for public buildings, reaches Crowsnest Pass. It was never built to reach homes (what SuperNet is).
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Alberta SuperNet extended area fibreSuperNet fibrereportedapproximate path
The SuperNet's extended area network, fibre to about 400 smaller communities, which the province paid $193 million to build. Bell has run all of SuperNet since 2018. It reaches the Montana border at Coutts. Traced from Service Alberta's SuperNet map (2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report); wireless links are left out, and some paths have changed since.
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Related explainers
Sources
- National Broadband Data, Open Government Portal (ISED)
- Alberta SuperNet extended area fibre (wiki.cybera.ca)
- The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2024-01-01 to 2026-09-30, queried 2026-10-22 in BigQuery (CC0)
- Speedtest® by Ookla® Global Fixed and Mobile Network Performance Maps, accessed 2026-10-22. Based on iana.ca's analysis of Speedtest® by Ookla® data for 2019 to 2026 (Jan–Sep). Ookla trademarks used under license and reprinted with permission. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Basemap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Protomaps