Bell Canada, MTS Inc./Allstream Inc., Rogers, Shaw, and TELUS are Canada’s five largest providers of telecommunications services. Combined, including their affiliates, they accounted for more than 84% of total market revenues. The next five largest groups/entities - Bragg, Cogeco, Quebecor, Saskatchewan Telecommunications, and Telesat Canada—accounted for less than 9% of total market revenues. The remaining groups/entities captured 7%.
The top 10 groups/entities are facilities-based service providers, meaning that they own and operate the transmission equipment required to provide telecommunications services. Of the remaining groups/entities, the vast majority are resellers.