The Ontario government announced Thursday 14 high-speed internet projects that will be funded by the Improving Connectivity for Ontario (ICON) program.
The internet service providers to get the funds will be Bell, Cogeco, Bruce Telecom, Community Network Partners Inc., Moose Factory Cable, Moosonee Cable, Nexicom, Quadro Communications, Vianet, and WTC Communications.
Communities to benefit include Maxville, Tamworth, Sioux Narrow-Nestor Falls, Kincardine, Saugeen Shores, Cosy Cove, Foxboro, Moira, Phillipston, Roslin, Stirling, Thomasburg, Tweed, West Huntingdon Station, Zion Hill, Bala, MacTier, Port Carling, Brunswick House First Nation, Chapleau Cree First Nation, Dubreuilville, Hornepayne, Michipicoten First Nation, Michipicoten River (Wawa), Pic Mobert First Nation, Wawa, MoCreebec Eeyoud, Moose Cree First Nation, Moosonee, Hiawatha First Nations, Lucan Biddulph, Hammertown, King Creek, Lloydtown, Pottageville, Snowball, Bethesda, Cedar Valley, Pine Orchard, Pleasantville, Newboro, Rideau Ferry, Delta, and Elgin.
A government news release said up to 11,329 households and businesses are estimated to benefit.
The new projects are among nearly 200 internet and cellular projects worth more than $2.3 billion.
The provincial government also released an interactive map intended to show where internet services providing speeds of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload are available and where the government is putting money to deliver those speeds.
