Accelerated High-Speed Internet Program

Province: Ontario

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Project End: 2025

Project Type: Social Infrastructure

Industry Sector: Other

Project Amount: $3.889 billion

Date of Completion: 2025

Funding Source: Public

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About The Project

As part of a nearly $4 billion project to connect every region in Ontario to reliable, high-speed Internet, Infrastructure Ontario led an innovative procurement process that enabled Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to bid for provincial funding through a series of reverse auction events for defined geographic areas and based upon requirements for high-speed internet infrastructure deployment. In 2024, the Province announced a partnership with Starlink to launch the new Ontario Satellite Internet (ONSAT) program, which will offer high-speed satellite internet access to 15,000 eligible unserved and underserved homes and businesses, including in rural, remote and northern communities, beginning in June 2025.

Project Owner: Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure

Project/Construction Manager: Infrastructure Ontario (Procurement/Project Manager)

Contractor: Bell Canada; Bragg Communications; Cogeco Connexion; Community Network Partner; Eh!tel Networks Inc.; North Frontenac Telephone Company; Rogers Communications Canada Inc.; Xplore Inc. Ontario Satellite Internet (ONSAT) Program: Starlink

Other Key Players: Ernst & Young LLP; Planview Utility Services Ltd.; Black & Veatch; Theory + Practice; KPMG LLP; Optimus SBR Inc.; Conboy Advisory Services Inc.; JTS Consulting Inc.; EY (management consultant); Aon, INTECH (risk advisor)

Legal: Torys (owner); Dentons (legal advisor)

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