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Canada: Mobile cellular subscriptions

94.11per 100 people · 2024+16.5% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Canada from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202494.106
202394.15
202291.239
202187.406
202084.775
201990.959
201889.049
201786.102
201684.592
201582.767
201480.79
201380.355
201279.376
201177.672
201075.52
200970.394
200866.048
200761.276
200657.233
200552.455
200446.744
200341.748
200237.646
200134.117
200028.25
199922.734
199817.734
199714.038
199611.819
19958.842
19946.438
19934.65
19923.622
19912.769
19902.111
19891.267
19880.756
19870.372
19860.23
19850.046
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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