Getting Ontario Connected Act

Getting Ontario Connected Act
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Long title An Act to amend the Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021 and the Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012
Citation	S.O. 2022, c. 9
Assented to	April 14, 2022
Legislative history
Bill citation	Bill 93
Introduced by	Kinga Surma MPP, Minister of Infrastructure
First reading	March 7, 2022
Second reading	March 23, 2022
Third reading	April 11, 2022
Status: Current legislation

The Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022 (French : Loi de 2022 pour un Ontario connecté) is an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario relating to the expansion of broadband.

Background

In 2020, 70% of the population of Northern Ontario received decent service, defined as a download speed of 50 megabits per second and an upload speed of 10 megabits per second, but this was largely concentrated in the five major cities. ^[1]

The legislation formed part of the province's plan to meet a goal of providing access to "high-speed" internet access by the end of 2025. ^[2]

In 2021, Ontario's "One Call" procedure for pinpointing the location of underground lines, water mains, and gas pipelines, processed 1,114,404 locate requests. ^[3]

Provisions

The legislation improves the One Call prcoedure was changed so that one individual will complete the entire process rather than multiple individuals for a single request. ^[4]

Reception

The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario supported the legislation and described the reforms it made as "crucial". ^[5]

See also

• Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act

References

1. White, Erik (October 26, 2020). "'Hey, it's 2020' — COVID-19 shows need for faster internet in northern Ontario". CBC News. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
2. "Province falls short on broadband internet promises, says NDP". CBC News. March 15, 2022. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
3. MacLennan, Robin (March 10, 2022). "More communities connecting to highspeed internet". Ontario Construction News. Archived from the original on July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
4. Zafar, Nida (March 8, 2022). "Government of Ontario tables legislation to speed up delivery of broadband projects". MobileSyrup. Archived from the original on July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
5. "RCCAO Praises Crucial Reforms to Ontario's Utility Locates System". Financial Post . March 8, 2022. Archived from the original on July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.