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Telecom Decision CRTC 2025-236-1

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Reference: 2025-236

Gatineau, 10 November 2025

Public record: 8698-C101-202402155

Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium, Inc. (CNAC) – Application requesting approval for a change to the funding model used by CNAC for numbering administration purposes – Corrections to the decision

  1. In Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium, Inc. (CNAC) – Application requesting approval for a change to the funding model used by CNAC for numbering administration purposes, Telecom Decision CRTC 2025-236, 10 September 2025, the Commission approved, by majority decision, the replacement of the Revenue Share funding model with the Resources Assigned funding model for the calculation of eligible entities’ contributions to Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium, Inc. (CNAC) funding.
  2. The Commission is correcting paragraphs 12, 14, 49, and 53 of that decision, in which it inadvertently limited the range of data to be used in calculating eligible entities’ annual contributions to CNAC’s budget.
  3. In this regard, the Commission clarifies that, consistent with CNAC’s application and the intent of the Commission’s decision, contributions are to be calculated using the numbering resources assigned to eligible entities as at the end of the previous year (31 December), rather than solely the resources assigned between 1 January and 31 December 2025.
  4. In addition, the Commission uses this opportunity to clarify the ongoing nature of the new funding model.
  5. For ease of reference, the texts of paragraphs 12, 14, 49, and 53 are reproduced in their entirety below, with the corrections indicated in bold italics:


    12. Under the Resources Assigned funding model, the annual funding requirement would continue to be based on CNAC’s budget for the upcoming year (from 1 July to 30 June), structured to result in a zero surplus.Footnote 4 However, instead of being based on eligible entities’ revenue, fees would be based on the numbering resources assigned to them as at 31 December of the prior year. There would be a set fee for all resources except central office (CO) codes,Footnote 5 for which the fee would fluctuate depending on the funding requirement and the number of CO codes assigned. There would also be an annual minimum fee.

    14. For CO codes, the fee would depend on three factors: (i) the CNAC funding requirement for a given year, (ii) the amount raised by the set fees, and (iii) the number of CO codes that were assigned as at the end of the previous year. The fee per CO code would be calculated to make up the shortfall between the funding requirement and the amount raised by the set fees. The fee per CO code would be arrived at by dividing the amount of the shortfall by the number of CO codes assigned.

    49. However, some eligible entities may require additional time to adjust to the Resources Assigned funding model and prepare for changes to their fees. Considering this, the Commission is of the view that the Resources Assigned funding model should be implemented in time for the calculation of CNAC’s 2026 budget, such that it would be based on resource assignment data as at 31 December 2025. This would allow sufficient time for the Commission to issue notice to affected parties and would provide a full year of resource assignment data for eligible entities to prepare for changes to fees.

    53. Accordingly, the Commission directs the Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium Inc. to implement the Resources Assigned funding model as of its 2026 annual funding requirement exercise. Contributions from eligible entities for CNAC’s annual budget will use the numbering resources assigned to the eligible entities as at 31 December of the previous year.

Secretary General

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