For network pros
The wholesale regime, Canada's exchanges and AS numbers on demand, and where the primary data lives.
The wholesale regime, from a smaller centre
A timeline. May 2024: temporary aggregated fibre access in Ontario and Quebec. August 2024, Telecom Regulatory Policy 2024-180: Bell, SaskTel and TELUS must offer aggregated access to their fibre to the premises by 13 February 2025; fibre built after 13 August 2024 is off-limits until 13 August 2029; the largest providers can't use it in their home territory; cable companies, whose fibre reached about 5% of households, need not open their fibre but must offer their cable networks at top speeds; the CRTC found many competitors struggled to compete at higher speeds. Late 2024: interim rates. June 2025, Telecom Decision 2025-154: three groups argued it would cut investment and hurt regional competitors; the CRTC found no substantial doubt and declined to change it. April 2026, Telecom Order 2026-77: final rates, similar to the interim ones; for TELUS in Alberta and BC: $77.21 a connection for 15 to 1,500 Mbps, $81.81 for 1,501 to 5,000 Mbps, $42.12 per 100 Mbps of capacity and $250.67 for an install with a site visit, including the CRTC's standard 30% markup. Bell (home territory mostly in the east) announced it will sell aggregated fibre access in Alberta and BC. August 2029: the head start ends.
Under 2024-180, access is aggregated, handed off at aggregated interconnection points. 2025-154 refused Cogeco et al., Rogers and TekSavvy's applications to vary it; 2026-77 set final rates (wholesale explained).
In our view, the wholesale rules do far less in smaller cities like Medicine Hat, Brooks and Taber than in Calgary or Edmonton: only fibre that has already been built can be resold, and new builds appear to have stalled, possibly until 2029. Change for consumers in smaller cities only comes from more physical infrastructure deployed in those cities by industry players who are willing to play nice and allow competition to flourish.
Canadian internet exchanges
A map of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, cities at their real positions. Listed internet exchanges are marked in Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon. Medicine Hat sits on the Trans-Canada Highway between Calgary and Regina, with no exchange listed in the city or along the highway.
Live from PeeringDB through our server, cached, by member count.
Canadian internet exchanges
Data from PeeringDB. Each exchange links to its PeeringDB record; member counts are the networks PeeringDB lists there.
AS number lookup
Holder, country and registration date via RDAP. Accepts 6939 or AS6939.
Look up an AS number
Registration data from ARIN's RDAP service (rdap.arin.net), queried by our server and cached. One record at a time, never a bulk copy.
Primary data sources
| Source | What it is | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| ISED National Broadband Data | Provider-reported availability by hexagon and road segment, plus backbone | Open Government Licence – Canada |
| CRTC Communications Market Reports open data | Hundreds of datasets behind the CMR, as Excel and CSV | Open Government Licence – Canada |
| Speedtest by Ookla open data | Speedtest results averaged per ~390 m square, quarterly, fixed and mobile | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: non-commercial, share-alike, with Ookla's attribution |
| M-Lab NDT data (BigQuery) | Every open speed test with city and network (ASN); free to query with a Google account | CC0 (no rights reserved) |
| PeeringDB | Exchanges, facilities and networks, maintained by their operators | Acceptable Use Policy (below) |
| PeeringDB Acceptable Use Policy | No bulk redistribution without PeeringDB's approval | Why we use live, cached lookups, not a copy |
| ARIN RDAP | Registration data as JSON; base https://rdap.arin.net/registry, e.g. /autnum/<asn> | ARIN's RDAP/Whois terms of use |
Sources
- CRTC, Telecom Regulatory Policy 2024-180, Competition in Canada's Internet service markets (13 August 2024)
- CRTC, Telecom Decision 2025-154, review and vary of 2024-180 (20 June 2025)
- CRTC, Telecom Order 2026-77, final rates for aggregated FTTP (24 April 2026)
- Internet Society Pulse, IXP tracker: Canada
- ISED National Broadband Data
- CRTC Communications Market Reports open data
- Speedtest by Ookla open data
- M-Lab NDT data (BigQuery)
- PeeringDB
- PeeringDB Acceptable Use Policy
- ARIN RDAP