New Fibre Installation - Kingcome (Dzawada'enuxw) First Nation

City West Cable & Telephone Corp. plans to install underground and aerial fibre optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to all residential homes in the Kingcome (Dzawada'enuxw First Nation), (Quaee 7) community. The project involves the installation of approximately 2 km of underground and aerial fiber optic cable.

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.

Latest update

May 14, 2026 – The public comment period on the project is closed.  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is considering comments received to help inform its determination on whether the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document number Document title File Date
1 Notice of Intent to Make a Determination - April 15, 2026

Contacts

Innovation, Science and Economic Development/Connected Canada Branch
Jean-Sebastien Cloutier, Program Manager
235 Queen Street
1st Floor West Tower, CD Howe Building
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5
Email: Get-connected-branchez-vous@ised-isde.gc.ca


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This map is for illustrative purposes. The markers represent the approximate locations based on available data. More than one marker may be identified for a given assessment.

  • Location

    • Project site 1: QUAEE 7 (British Columbia)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Other, not otherwise specified

  • Assessment Status

    In progress

  • Start Date

    2026-04-15

  • Proponent

    City West Cable & Telephone Corp.

  • Authorities

    • Innovation, Science and Economic Development

  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference Number

    90367

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...within 200 kilometres
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