What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada was 27.6 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Canada?

The highest recorded value was 67.68 per 100 people in 2001.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Canada?

The lowest recorded value was 26.76 per 100 people in 1965.

How does Canada rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Canada ranks 42nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Canada?

Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Canada data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Canada: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 27.6 per 100 people in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

27.6 per 100 people

Change on year

down 4.0%

World rank

42nd

of 212 countries

All-time high

67.68 per 100 people

in 2001

All-time low

26.76 per 100 people

in 1965

Years of data

1960–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada, 1960–2024

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

In 2024, fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada stood at 27.6 per 100 people.

That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada peaked at 67.68 per 100 people in 2001 and was at its lowest, 26.76 per 100 people, in 1965.

Canada ranks 42nd of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	27.38 per 100 people	26.76 per 100 people	27.95 per 100 people	10
1970s	34.07 per 100 people	30.39 per 100 people	39.62 per 100 people	10
1980s	46.55 per 100 people	40.71 per 100 people	53.76 per 100 people	10
1990s	59.77 per 100 people	55 per 100 people	66.6 per 100 people	10
2000s	60.6 per 100 people	54.56 per 100 people	67.68 per 100 people	10
2010s	44.89 per 100 people	35.98 per 100 people	53.79 per 100 people	10
2020s	30.48 per 100 people	27.6 per 100 people	34.95 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Canada

39 Brunei 27.72 per 100 people compare
40 Faroe Islands 27.66 per 100 people compare
41 Israel 27.66 per 100 people compare
43 Hungary 26 per 100 people compare
44 Cyprus 25.4 per 100 people compare
45 North Macedonia 25.02 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Canada

Fixed telephone subscriptions 10.97 million (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 94.11 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 37.40 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 88.62 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 2,036 million ton-km (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 1.08 million (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 2,850 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 73,170 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 94.4% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 13.5% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Canada was 27.6 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Canada?: The highest recorded value was 67.68 per 100 people in 2001.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Canada?: The lowest recorded value was 26.76 per 100 people in 1965.
How does Canada rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Canada ranks 42nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Canada?: Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Canada data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit: per 100 people
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 14,528 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.