Connecting communities
SWIFT is leveraging public and private funding to expand broadband infrastructure across Southwestern Ontario. The program is currently overseeing a $209 million broadband expansion plan to bring service to more than 50,000 underserved households and businesses throughout the region by 2024.
To find out if service will be provided in your area, enter your address into our interactive service map.
The projects listed below include those SWIFT projects that have been announced to date:
Click below to learn more about SWIFT’s Request for Proposal (RFP) schedule, including procurement values and closing dates.
RFP Schedule| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $16,317,392 | 5,220 | 242.5 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Sauble Beach | 1293 | 24.4 | Xplornet Communications | $2,421,525 | $770,195 | May 30, 2022 |
| Lion’s Head | 647 | 18.2 | Xplornet Communications | $1,577,835 | $1,065,385 | May 30, 2022 |
| Formosa | 226 | 5.6 | Wightman Telecom | $1,070,193 | $384,030 | March 31, 2022 |
| Wiarton | 1307 | 26.3 | Xplornet Communications | $2,426,392 | $1,031,588 | May 30, 2022 |
| Cargill | 1054 | 66.4 | EH!tel Networks | $4,690,913 | $3,136,425 | October 31, 2021 |
| Neyaashiingmiing | 313 | 29.6 | GBTEL | $1,284,246 | $859,180 | December 31,2022 |
| Langside | 128 | 49.7 | HuronTel | $1,346,207 | $908,956 | March 31, 2022 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $16,853,765 | 3960 | 230.1 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Holland Centre | 1058 | 56.6 | Xplornet Communications | $4,209,060 | $2,602,109 | June 15, 2022 |
| Allan Park | 897 | 51.3 | EH!tel Networks | $3,787,389 | $2,532,314 | August 31,2021 |
| Dromore | 1007 | 59 | EH!tel Networks | $4,271,476 | $2,687,020 | July 31, 2021 |
| Cruickshank | 378 | 19.9 | Xplornet Communications | $1,621,004 | $1,086,347 | April 15, 2022 |
| Bognor | 64 | 3.9 | GBTEL | $176,844 | $90,130 | December 31,2022 |
| Hanover | 134 | 14.6 | Wightman Telecom | $941,672 | $404,393 | March 31, 2022 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $19,066,356 | 5,173 | 258.8 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Marshfield | 1544 | 83.9 | Cogeco Connexion | $5,940,363 | $2,802,812 | September 30, 2022 |
| Stoney Point | 946 | 27.1 | TekSavvy Solutions | $3,713,981 | $1,706,711 | September 21, 2021 |
| Point Pelee | 411 | 21.7 | Cogeco Connexion | $1,635,538 | $784,463 | June 30, 2022 |
| Mount Carmel | 1,732 | 101.5 | Cogeco Connexion | $5,701,845 | $2,559,267 | October 31, 2022 |
| Lighthouse Cove | 540 | 24.6 | TekSavvy Solutions | $2,074,628 | $660,294 | October 05, 2021 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $9,876,301 | 1,670 | 190.2 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Huntingford | 255 | 12.4 | Execulink Telecom | $719,731 | $485,961 | September 30, 2022 |
| Kintore | 82 | 10.5 | Execulink Telecom | $406,534 | $274,491 | June 30, 2022 |
| Verschoyle | 107 | 16.7 | Execulink Telecom | $614,582 | $414,965 | September 30, 2022 |
| Salford | 227 | 17.3 | Execulink Telecom | $834,272 | $563,299 | December 31,2022 |
| Brooksdale | 326 | 106.8 | Quadro Communications | $5,214,563 | $2,521,442 | December 30, 2022 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $6,223,249 | 993 | 76.2 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Mount Wolfe | 372 | 25.8 | Vianet | $1,880,973 | $958,656 | December 15, 2021 |
| Albion | 471 | 34.3 | Vianet | $2,454,985 | $1,251,207 | March 31,2022 |
| The Grange | 150 | 16.1 | North Frontenac Telephone Company | $1,887,292 | $1,261,877 | February 28, 2022 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $10,379,689 | 1,663 | 132 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Horning’s Mill | 649 | 54.7 | Eh!tel Networks | $3,948,048 | $2,385,863 | December 31,2022 |
| Laurel/Camila | 460 | 41.7 | North Frontenac Telephone Company | $5,417,973 | $3,688,524 | February 28, 2022 |
| Marsville | 145 | 13.5 | Cogeco Connexion | $866,636 | $534,173 | March 31, 2022 |
| Mansfield | 301 | 17.4 | Bell Canada | $829,111 | $355,476 | March 31, 2022 |
| Garafraxa Woods | 108 | 4.7 | Rogers Communications | $687,804 | $419,036 | October 22, 2021 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $11,746,536 | 3,947 | 143.5 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Wilsonville to Bloomsburg | 2,116 | 86.6 | Rogers Communications | $7,669,911 | $2,873,449 | August 18, 2021 |
| Long Point | 926 | 24.5 | Execulink Telecom | $1,952,894 | $1,272,159 | February 28, 2021 |
| Turkey Point | 905 | 32.4 | Execulink Telecom | $2,123,730 | $1,383,445 | December 31, 2020 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $17,602,521 | 4,462 | 398 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Bosanquet |
| 202 | 81.5 | Execulink Telecom | $1,704,535 | $1,150,899 | December 31, 2021 |
| Kettle Point | 1,032 | 35.1 | Execulink Telecom | $2,730,067 | $1,843,336 | December 31, 2020 |
| Highland Glen | 991 | 49.4 | Execulink Telecom | $2,196,379 | $1,482,991 | July 18, 2021 |
| St. Clair Township | 1,701 | 82.5 | Cogeco Connexion | $5,002,264 | $2,248,732 | December 31, 2021 |
| Alviston/Enniskillen | 536 | 149.5 | Brooke Telecom | $5,969,277 | $3,325,097 | December 31, 2022 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $12,627,853 | 3,009 | 224.4 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Wallenstein to Arthur | 275 | 64.2 | North Frontenac Telephone Company | $2,032,590 | $1,311,714 | December 7, 2020 |
| Ariss to Inverhaugh | 674 | 34.2 | Eh!tel Network | $2,668,302 | $1,801,632 | September 30, 2021 |
| Eden Mills | 283 | 17.6 | Cogeco Connexion | $957,429 | $534,690 | August 31, 2021 |
| Rockwood to Bellwood | 1,777 | 102.5 | Cogeco Connexion | $7,014,530 | $4,406,496 | December 31, 2021 |
| Total Project Value | Total Premises Passed | Total Fibre Road Kilometres |
|---|---|---|
| $629,871 | 101 | 12.6 |
| Project Area | Communities | Premises Passed | Fibre Road Kilometres | Recipient | Project Value | SWIFT Contribution | Project Completion Date |
|---|
| Delaware First Nation | 101 | 12.6 | TekSavvy Solutions | $692,871 | $478,037 | October 16, 2020 |
