Public Notice

June 23, 2023 – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada must determine whether the proposed project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.

Written comments must be submitted by July 23, 2023 to contact identified on the project page.

The Proposed Project

New Fibre Installation

First Nations Cable plans to install underground fibre optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to all residential homes in the community of Six Nations of the Grand River. The project involves the installation of approximately 300 km of underground and aerial fibre optic cable within the community of Six Nations of Grand River, located in South-Western Ontario.

The cable will be buried by directional drilling, trenching, or using existing conduits, or a combination of these methods in existing roadway alignments, but will be suspended on support structures to connect to residential homes and businesses.