New Fibre Installation

Telus Communications Inc. plans to install fiber optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to four (4) Indigenous residential homes in Okanagan, in British Columbia.

The project involves the installation of approximately twenty one point 5 (21.5) km of underground or aerial fiber optic cable as follows:

- One (1) km in NESKONLITH 1.

- Three (3) km in SAHHALTKUM 4.

- Four (4) km in OKANAGAN 1.

- Five hundred (500) m in MEADOW CREEK 3.

- Three (3) km in SALMON RIVER 1 (SPLATSIN).

- Five (5) km in ENDERBY 2.

- Five (5) km in Switsemalph.

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

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Latest update

February 12, 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 - Start of Public Comment Period - January 13, 2026

Contacts

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada / Connected Canada Branch
Sophie Bélisle, 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: NISKONLITH 1 (British Columbia)
    • Project Site 2: OKANAGAN 1 (British Columbia)
    • Project Site 3: MEADOW CREEK 3 (British Columbia)
    • Project Site 4: SALMON RIVER 1 (British Columbia)
    • Project Site 5: ENDERBY 2 (British Columbia)
    • Project Site 6: SWITSEMALPH (British Columbia)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Other, not otherwise specified

  • Assessment Status

    In progress

  • Start Date

    2026-01-13

  • Proponent

    Telus Communications Inc.

  • Authorities

    • Innovation, Science and Economic Development

  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference Number

    90059

Nearby assessments

...within 200 kilometres
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