York Region Installs Fibre Network in King Township

To improve the delivery of regional services, and provide faster internet to residents, York Region invested $600,000 from the Fund in 2023 to install a dark fibre network in King Township. This is part of a larger project, which began in 2018, to bring dark fibre to the entire region.

In the more rural areas of the region, broadband can be unreliable and expensive, often at less than half the speed you would expect in a city. This is often because of a lack of infrastructure, which York Region is now working to provide. Dark fibre networks are a reliable way to access high-speed broadband and this project will provide fast, consistent service – not only for King Township’s existing residents, but also for a growing population of remote workers.   

In 2023, York Region installed several kilometers of cables in high-priority areas, where the service is particularly slow or unreliable, with even more installations planned. The new network is already bringing internet to dozens of homes, businesses, and municipal buildings in Glenville and parts of Newmarket.