National Broadband Data

National Broadband Data is an open dataset from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada with 15 files (TXT, ZIP, CSV, GPKG, KMZ); catalogue record updated 2026-06-18. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

The National Broadband Data represents coverage information across Canada for existing broadband service providers with their associated technology types. The coverage information is aggregated and deployed over a grid of hexagons, which cover areas of roughly 25 square km each. Broadband Internet service availability is provided for download/upload speed markers (5/1, 10/2, 25/5 and 50/10 Mbps) where more than 75% of total dwellings covered within the hexagon have access to broadband service offerings meeting these markers. In order to improve the granularity of the broadband data, ISED and the CRTC are providing aggregated and anonymous broadband services data based on the pseudo-household statistical model, hence achieving higher precision in depicting the broadband Internet service availability. This information is available below under the "NBD PHH Speeds" resource. For more information on the pseudo-household statistical model, refer to the Pseudo-Household Demographic Distribution dataset. A representation of broadband services per 250m road segments is now available for download under the “NBD Roads” resource. To generate this dataset, the NBD PHH Speeds information was…

Publisher

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Resources

15

Catalogue metadata updated

2026-06-18