Lethbridge
Population 98,406 (2021 Census)
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Speeds by provider
M-Lab speed tests from Lethbridge in 2025, 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) | 20,241 | 180 | 480 | 62 | 160 |
| TELUS (incl. NETAGO) | 12,363 | 53 | 330 | 14 | 240 |
| Primus | 641 | 62 | 200 | 7.2 | 87 |
| OXIO | 459 | 73 | 190 | 9.8 | 86 |
| TekSavvy | 450 | 94 | 290 | 27 | 110 |
| AEBC Internet | 195 | 87 | 320 | 19 | 100 |
| O-NET (Olds; TELUS since Nov 2024) | 139 | 110 | 370 | 99 | 420 |
| Axia (Bell) | 69 | 110 | 200 | 42 | 170 |
The fastest tenth by year, download / upload:
| Provider | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (Jan–Sep) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers (Shaw network) | 400 / 130 | 480 / 160 | 500 / 180 |
| TELUS (incl. NETAGO) | 310 / 210 | 330 / 240 | 470 / 290 |
| Primus | 120 / 44 | 200 / 87 | 120 / 86 |
| OXIO | 170 / 43 | 190 / 86 | 210 / 120 |
| TekSavvy | 310 / 94 | 290 / 110 | 310 / 160 |
| AEBC Internet | – | 320 / 100 | 200 / 88 |
| O-NET (Olds; TELUS since Nov 2024) | 860 / 620 | 370 / 420 | 900 / 910 |
| Axia (Bell) | 150 / 200 | 200 / 170 | 740 / 780 |
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 1176 km of road in and around Lethbridge, by the best wired speed providers report along it (download/upload, Mbps).
| Best wired speed reported | Share of roads |
|---|---|
| 50/10 Mbps | 57% |
| 25/5 Mbps | under 1% |
| 10/2 Mbps | 0% |
| 5/1 Mbps | 3% |
| No wired service reported | 41% |
Who can get gigabit
Fibre and cable can deliver 1 Gbps. Of the 29 government-data hexagons with 5 or more households in and around Lethbridge, by what providers report in them:
| Reported in the hexagon | Hexagons |
|---|---|
| Fibre to the home reported | 10 |
| Cable reported, no fibre | 1 |
| No fibre or cable reported | 18 |
Fibre to the home reported by Shaw and 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%).
Measured speeds
The best wired-like Speedtest result each ~390 m square in and around Lethbridge has reached, up to 2026 (Jan–Sep) (1,099 squares tested). Share of squares by best download:
| Best download | Share of squares |
|---|---|
| 500 Mbps or more | 22% |
| 100–500 Mbps | 32% |
| 50–100 Mbps | 7% |
| Under 50 Mbps | 12% |
| Only wireless-like results | 26% |
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 | 618 | 52% | 1% |
| 2020 | 768 | 50% | 7% |
| 2021 | 859 | 49% | 14% |
| 2022 | 922 | 50% | 20% |
| 2023 | 993 | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 | 1,033 | 50% | 35% |
| 2025 | 1,058 | 52% | 41% |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 1,099 | 54% | 41% |
What's actually in the ground
This section uses public and provider-reported data and hasn't been independently verified yet.
Lethbridge is the region’s biggest city, but its wired internet comes from the same two owners as everywhere else: TELUS, and Rogers on the cable network it took over from Shaw in 2023.
The government figures above say a little over half of the roads in our box report wired service at 50/10 or better, and most of the rest none. The box takes in the river bottom, county roads and a lot of industrial land (reading the map).
According to Topicks, which maps CRTC network-owner filings, TELUS fibre reaches 58.3% of its Lethbridge zones and Shaw fibre 16.7% (Topicks). Those are zone counts, not addresses.
In 2021, businesses in the Churchill and Sherring industrial parks told the city poor connectivity was hurting them, and council moved to build a fibre network there with grant money (Lethbridge News Now). A $6.9 million Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program grant was announced that August (Prairie Post). We haven’t found a public account of who now operates that network, how far the city’s own fibre reaches beyond it, or whether any of it is available to lease.
In our view Lethbridge is the region’s natural partner for Medicine Hat: two cities that already own public infrastructure could keep more southern Alberta traffic in southern Alberta (why traffic detours).
Providers
TekSavvy sells service over TELUS and Rogers's lines (our inference: it doesn't name the network owner).
Incumbent telephone company
- TELUS The incumbent phone company. Topicks, working from CRTC network-owner filings, lists TELUS DSL across most of the city and fibre to the home in part of it. Source: topicks.ca
Cable company
- Rogers (formerly Shaw) Shaw's network, owned by Rogers since 2023. Topicks lists coaxial cable in most of its Lethbridge zones and some Shaw fibre. Source: topicks.ca
Resellers (renting someone else's lines)
- TekSavvy Lists Lethbridge among the Alberta cities it serves; it offers cable, DSL and fibre 'where service technology permits'. It doesn't say whose lines it uses; by our reading of the CRTC rules, Rogers's and TELUS's. Source: teksavvy.com
Fixed wireless
- Xplore, Mascon and Milk River Cable Club Topicks lists these among the fixed-wireless network owners in Lethbridge. Source: topicks.ca
Infrastructure and exchanges
Alberta SuperNet fibre, built with public money for public buildings, reaches Lethbridge. It was never built to reach homes (what SuperNet is).
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Lethbridge city fibre in industrial parksassetreported
Lethbridge used a grant to fund a high-speed fibre network through the Sherring and Churchill industrial parks. Construction was scheduled for 2021; completion has not yet been confirmed.
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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.
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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.
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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
- Topicks, internet coverage in Lethbridge (aggregator, from CRTC filings)
- Lethbridge News Now, fibre town halls for the industrial parks (2021)
- Prairie Post, "Lethbridge broadband project gets $6.9 million in funding" (2021)
- Rogers, acquisition of Shaw
- TekSavvy (teksavvy.com)
- Calgary to Fort Macleod to Lethbridge fibre (Bell) (wholesale.bell.ca)
- Alberta SuperNet base network fibre (wiki.cybera.ca)
- National Broadband Data, ISED (retrieved 2026-10-17)
- 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