📋 Tender Overview
Backgrounder
On June 3, 2024, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced funding for SaskTel as well as details of seven high-speed Internet projects and two mobile projects to improve connectivity in rural and remote communities across Saskatchewan. A commitment to connect many of these communities was announced in March 2023.
Here is an overview of Saskatchewan's connectivity status:
In 2017, 45.4% of Saskatchewan was connected to high-speed Internet (at least 50 megabits per second [Mbps] download /10 Mbps upload).
Currently, 81.5% of Saskatchewan is connected to high-speed Internet (at least 50 Mbps download /10 Mbps upload).
In 2026, 86.6% of Saskatchewan is projected to be connected to high-speed Internet (at least 50 Mbps download /10 Mbps upload).
The Government of Canada is improving access to high-speed Internet through $105 million in funding for three projects with SaskTel.
