The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced a total investment of $109 million to bring high speed Internet access to over 19,000 homes, businesses and rural communities in Ontario.
The investments were pledged during two separate announcements last week:
- $61 million for six projects by Bell Canada, the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre and the Keewaytinook Okimakanak council to bring high speed internet access to more than 16,000 homes in 47 rural Ontario communities and three First Nations communities in Northern Ontario.
- $48 million for a project by YorkNet, a corporation owned by the Regional Municipality of York, to bring high speed internet access to over 3,800 homes in 31 Ontario communities.