Canada - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada was 13,340,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,126,000 in 2001 and a minimum value of 4,987,500 in 1961.
Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,987,502 |
| 1961 | 4,987,500 |
| 1962 | 4,987,500 |
| 1963 | 4,987,500 |
| 1964 | 4,987,500 |
| 1965 | 5,269,000 |
| 1966 | 5,269,000 |
| 1967 | 5,269,000 |
| 1968 | 5,269,000 |
| 1969 | 5,269,000 |
| 1970 | 6,514,000 |
| 1971 | 6,514,000 |
| 1972 | 6,514,000 |
| 1973 | 6,514,000 |
| 1974 | 6,514,000 |
| 1975 | 8,278,000 |
| 1976 | 8,614,000 |
| 1977 | 8,920,000 |
| 1978 | 9,271,000 |
| 1979 | 9,595,000 |
| 1980 | 9,979,000 |
| 1981 | 10,294,500 |
| 1982 | 10,335,440 |
| 1983 | 10,468,340 |
| 1984 | 11,827,270 |
| 1985 | 12,480,670 |
| 1986 | 12,948,040 |
| 1987 | 13,444,320 |
| 1988 | 13,975,830 |
| 1989 | 14,647,790 |
| 1990 | 15,295,820 |
| 1991 | 15,814,930 |
| 1992 | 16,246,590 |
| 1993 | 16,716,800 |
| 1994 | 17,250,410 |
| 1995 | 17,567,000 |
| 1996 | 17,974,000 |
| 1997 | 18,660,000 |
| 1998 | 19,294,000 |
| 1999 | 20,380,000 |
| 2000 | 20,840,000 |
| 2001 | 21,126,000 |
| 2002 | 20,622,000 |
| 2003 | 20,612,000 |
| 2004 | 20,563,000 |
| 2005 | 18,148,000 |
| 2006 | 18,236,000 |
| 2007 | 18,282,030 |
| 2008 | 18,250,000 |
| 2009 | 18,708,000 |
| 2010 | 18,394,000 |
| 2011 | 18,274,000 |
| 2012 | 17,726,000 |
| 2013 | 16,921,000 |
| 2014 | 16,403,600 |
| 2015 | 15,612,270 |
| 2016 | 15,155,520 |
| 2017 | 14,469,000 |
| 2018 | 13,842,000 |
| 2019 | 13,596,000 |
| 2020 | 13,340,000 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Canada was 35.35 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 68.41 in 2001 and a minimum value of 26.84 in 1966.
Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 27.95 |
| 1961 | 27.95 |
| 1962 | 27.95 |
| 1963 | 27.95 |
| 1964 | 27.95 |
| 1965 | 26.84 |
| 1966 | 26.84 |
| 1967 | 26.84 |
| 1968 | 26.84 |
| 1969 | 26.84 |
| 1970 | 30.48 |
| 1971 | 30.48 |
| 1972 | 30.48 |
| 1973 | 30.48 |
| 1974 | 30.48 |
| 1975 | 35.90 |
| 1976 | 36.88 |
| 1977 | 37.74 |
| 1978 | 38.79 |
| 1979 | 39.71 |
| 1980 | 40.87 |
| 1981 | 41.73 |
| 1982 | 41.48 |
| 1983 | 41.59 |
| 1984 | 46.48 |
| 1985 | 48.48 |
| 1986 | 49.66 |
| 1987 | 50.86 |
| 1988 | 52.14 |
| 1989 | 53.89 |
| 1990 | 55.54 |
| 1991 | 56.71 |
| 1992 | 57.56 |
| 1993 | 58.56 |
| 1994 | 59.77 |
| 1995 | 60.23 |
| 1996 | 61.02 |
| 1997 | 62.74 |
| 1998 | 64.27 |
| 1999 | 67.26 |
| 2000 | 68.13 |
| 2001 | 68.41 |
| 2002 | 66.14 |
| 2003 | 65.46 |
| 2004 | 64.63 |
| 2005 | 56.42 |
| 2006 | 56.05 |
| 2007 | 55.52 |
| 2008 | 54.74 |
| 2009 | 55.44 |
| 2010 | 53.87 |
| 2011 | 52.91 |
| 2012 | 50.76 |
| 2013 | 47.94 |
| 2014 | 45.99 |
| 2015 | 43.34 |
| 2016 | 41.66 |
| 2017 | 39.39 |
| 2018 | 37.34 |
| 2019 | 36.34 |
| 2020 | 35.35 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
