Capital expenditure

Capital expenditure for wireless and wireline sectors.

In 2016, $2.325 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.235 billion in wireline.

In 2017, $2.339 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.722 billion in wireline.

In 2018, $2.699 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.663 billion in wireline.

In 2019, $2.941 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $8.905 billion in wireline.

In 2020, $2.769 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $8.597 billion in wireline.

In 2021, $3.438 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.250 billion in wireline.

In 2022, $3.786 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $10.002 billion in wireline.

In 2023, $3.365 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.682 billion in wireline.

In 2024, $3.599 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $9.126 billion in wireline.

In 2025, $2.658 billion in CAPEX for wireless and $7.920 billion in wireline.

Note: Capital expenditures, or CAPEX, are investments made primarily to maintain or upgrade telecommunications networks. CAPEX does not include amounts spent on acquiring spectrum licenses. Spectrum refers to spectrum auction fees and not annual license fees.

Source: CRTC, Communications Market Report