File Telecom Ownership Information

Facilities-based providers must file ownership information to attest that they are eligible to operate as a telecommunications common carrier pursuant to the Telecommunications Act and the Canadian Telecommunications Common Carrier Ownership & Control Regulations.

Facilities-based providers must file their ownership information:

Non-facilities-based providers do not need to file this information.

Prior to the amendment of the Telecommunications Act on 29 June 2012, an entity could only be eligible to operate as a telecommunications common carrier if it was Canadian-owned and controlled or if it owned or operated certain facilities as set out in subsection 16(5) of the Telecommunications Act.

Following this amendment, an entity can also be eligible to operate as a telecommunications common carrier if "it has annual revenues from the provision of telecommunications services in Canada that represent less than 10% of the total annual revenues, as determined by the Commission, from the provision of telecommunications services in Canada" [subsection 16(2)(c)].

All carriers, including those captured by the subsections described above, must inform the Commission regarding how they are eligible to operate as a telecommunications common carrier.

Completing the Canadian Common Carrier Ownership Forms

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