High River

Population 14,324 (2021 Census)

Reading the map

Fibre route
Alberta SuperNet fibre (province's 2005/06 map)
Internet exchange
Idea under research
Local fibre network
Infrastructure

How sure we are

documented
reported
inferred

Wired service by road (government data)Fixed wireless service by road (government data)Best of wired and fixed wireless, by road (government data)

50/10 Mbps
25/5 Mbps
10/2 Mbps
5/1 Mbps
No wired service reportedNo fixed wireless reportedNo wired or fixed wireless reported

Where fibre or cable is reported (government data)Where fixed wireless is reported (government data)Government's 50/10 claim (any technology)

Fixed wireless reported
No fixed wireless reported

Over 75% of households at 50/10
50 to 75%
25 to 50%
Up to 25%
None

Fibre to the home reported
Cable reported, no fibre
No fibre or cable reported

Best measured speed (Speedtest)

Download 500 Mbps or more
Download 100–500 Mbps
Download 50–100 Mbps
Download under 50 Mbps

Upload 300 Mbps or more
Upload 100–300 Mbps
Upload 30–100 Mbps
Upload under 30 Mbps

Wireless-like results only
Faint: one or two devices

Speeds by provider

M-Lab speed tests from High River in 2025, by the network they ran on (Mbps). The fastest tenth shows what a network can deliver.

Provider	Tests	Download		Upload
Provider	Tests	Typical	Fastest 10%	Typical	Fastest 10%
TELUS (incl. NETAGO)	1,025	46	400	14	320
Rogers (Shaw network)	546	240	530	87	180

The fastest tenth by year, download / upload:

Provider	2024	2025	2026 (Jan–Sep)
TELUS (incl. NETAGO)	230 / 170	400 / 320	740 / 680
Rogers (Shaw network)	380 / 130	530 / 180	500 / 190

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.

Source: The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2024-01-01 to 2026-09-30, queried 2026-10-22, CC0. How to read this.

What the government map says

The 241 km of road in and around High River, by the best wired speed providers report along it (download/upload, Mbps).

Best wired speed reported	Share of roads
50/10 Mbps	39%
25/5 Mbps	under 1%
10/2 Mbps	0%
5/1 Mbps	2%
No wired service reported	60%

Source: National Broadband Data, ISED, retrieved 2026-10-17. How to read this.

Who can get gigabit

Fibre and cable can deliver 1 Gbps. Of the 14 government-data hexagons with 5 or more households in and around High River, by what providers report in them:

Reported in the hexagon	Hexagons
Fibre to the home reported	3
Cable reported, no fibre	0
No fibre or cable reported	11

Fibre to the home reported by Telus. 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%).

Reach, not how many homes can order gigabit. Source: National Broadband Data, ISED (providers by hexagon), retrieved 2026-10-17. How to read this.

Measured speeds

The best wired-like Speedtest result each ~390 m square in and around High River has reached, up to 2026 (Jan–Sep) (308 squares tested). Share of squares by best download:

Best download	Share of squares
500 Mbps or more	19%
100–500 Mbps	24%
50–100 Mbps	7%
Under 50 Mbps	12%
Only wireless-like results	39%

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	136	40%	3%
2020	171	39%	5%
2021	223	35%	9%
2022	245	36%	14%
2023	268	37%	19%
2024	279	38%	27%
2025	293	39%	29%
2026 (Jan–Sep)	308	43%	30%

Source: Speedtest® by Ookla®, 2019 to 2026 (Jan–Sep), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; full credit under Sources. How to read this.

What's actually in the ground

We haven’t researched what’s in the ground in High River 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 High River. It was never built to reach homes (what SuperNet is).

Calgary to Fort Macleod to Lethbridge fibre (Bell)routedocumentedapproximate path

Bell's network map shows a major Bell fibre route between Calgary and Lethbridge. The Alberta SuperNet map (Service Alberta, 2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report) shows fibre from Calgary down Highway 2 to Fort Macleod, then east to Lethbridge. Drawn along the highway; the real path is not known.

Owner: Bell Canada. Source: wholesale.bell.ca, checked 2026-10-19.
Alberta SuperNet base network fibreSuperNet fibrereportedapproximate path

The SuperNet's base network, fibre linking 27 larger centres, including Calgary, Brooks, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. Bell built and owns it. SuperNet carries traffic for public buildings; it was never fibre to homes. Traced from Service Alberta's SuperNet map (2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report); some paths have changed since.

Owner: Bell Canada. Source: wiki.cybera.ca, checked 2026-10-19.

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