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Internet services in Alberta

Learn how internet access works in Alberta.

Overview

The Alberta government has been working to make high-speed internet access possible for all Alberta homes and businesses.

Delivery of Internet access from telecommunications backbone infrastructure remains the responsibility of local Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

Alberta has a competitive environment for providing Internet services in rural areas. Outside of urban areas, this is accomplished primarily through Fixed Wireless Access (FWA).

  • there are more than 45 Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) in the province
  • some areas have as many as 4 or 5 WISPs providing service, while other, more remote locations have only one

Find an urban provider

Most urban areas in Alberta have the following internet Service Providers available.

Shaw

Phone: 1-888-472-2222

Website: www.shaw.ca

Telus

Phone: 1-888-811-2323

Website: www.telus.com

Find a rural provider

Find an Internet Service Provider outside of an urban area

Contact

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 1-888-777-4010