celltowers.ca
Canada's cell tower map — 5G, LTE & more
Canada's cell tower map — 5G, LTE & more
An interactive map of cellular tower infrastructure across Canada, built from publicly available government spectrum data.
celltowers.ca is a free, open tool that visualizes the location and technical details of cellular towers across Canada. Whether you're a telecom enthusiast, a researcher, or just curious about the wireless infrastructure in your neighbourhood, this map gives you a detailed look at Canada's cellular network.
Each site on the map represents a licensed radio station registered with the Canadian government. You can see which carriers operate at each location, what technologies they use (LTE, 5G, etc.), and the direction each antenna sector points.
Canada has one of the most geographically challenging cellular networks in the world. With the second-largest land area on Earth but a population concentrated within 200 km of the US border, Canadian carriers must balance dense urban deployments in cities like Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver with vast rural and remote coverage obligations. This map lets you explore that infrastructure in detail — from downtown microcells to remote highway towers in the Yukon.
See antenna directions and beamwidths rendered as pie-slice wedges on the map.
Towers, rooftops, in-building, microcells, masts, and streetlight poles.
Filter the map by carrier (Rogers, Bell, Telus, Freedom, Videotron, and more).
Click any site to see frequency bands, technologies, and antenna specifications.
All data is sourced from the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Spectrum Management System — a publicly available government database of licensed radio stations in Canada.
Canada's wireless market is dominated by three national carriers — Rogers, Bell, and Telus — along with several regional and flanker brands. Understanding how these networks relate to each other is key to interpreting the map.
Rogers Communications operates an independent nationwide network. Its flanker brands Fido and Chatr use the same Rogers tower infrastructure. Rogers has historically led in urban 5G deployment and holds significant spectrum in the 3500 MHz band used for mid-band 5G.
Bell Canada and Telus are MOCN (Multi-Operator Core Network) partners — meaning they share physical tower infrastructure across most of Canada. A Bell or Telus customer's phone can connect to towers licensed under either operator. Bell's flanker brands include Virgin Plus and Lucky Mobile; Telus operates Koodo and Public Mobile on the same shared infrastructure.
Freedom Mobile was acquired by Québec-based Vidéotron in 2023, creating a fourth national competitor. Freedom and Vidéotron now share network infrastructure, giving Freedom customers access to Vidéotron towers in Québec and vice versa.
SaskTel is a Crown corporation serving Saskatchewan with its own network, supplemented by Bell and Telus roaming agreements outside the province. Eastlink operates primarily in Atlantic Canada and parts of Ontario, roaming on Bell and Telus towers elsewhere.
Because Bell and Telus share towers, a Bell subscriber and a Telus subscriber standing at the same location will often connect to the same physical antenna — just on different logical networks. This is why the "My Carrier" filter on the map highlights both Bell and Telus towers when you select either carrier: your phone can use both.
Canada's 5G rollout began in 2020 and has expanded rapidly in urban centres, though rural coverage remains primarily LTE. The map shows 5G sites where they appear in the ISED licensing data.
Sub-6 GHz (mid-band) 5G is the primary 5G technology deployed in Canada. The key bands are:
The majority of Canadian cellular sites still operate primarily on LTE (4G). Common LTE bands include Band 4 (AWS-1, 1700/2100 MHz), Band 7 (2600 MHz), Band 12/17 (700 MHz), Band 13 (700 MHz), and Band 25 (1900 MHz). These bands provide the backbone of coverage across the country, including in rural and remote areas where 5G has not yet been deployed.
A cellular tower (or base station) is a fixed radio transceiver that communicates wirelessly with mobile devices in its coverage area. Each tower is divided into sectors — typically three sectors pointing in different directions (0°, 120°, and 240°) to provide 360° coverage around the site.
Each sector has its own set of antennas and can operate on multiple frequency bands simultaneously. On the celltowers.ca map, sectors are shown as coloured wedge shapes pointing in the direction the antenna faces. The width of the wedge represents the antenna's horizontal beamwidth — typically 65° for a standard directional panel antenna.
Not all cell sites look like the stereotypical tall metal tower. Modern cellular infrastructure takes many forms:
Each entry in the ISED database represents a licensed radio station — a specific set of transmitters at a specific location, authorized to operate on specific frequencies with specific power levels. A single physical tower may have multiple licence entries if different carriers co-locate equipment on the same structure, or if the same carrier operates on multiple frequency bands requiring separate licences.
Click any city below to open the cell tower map centred on that location. Each link shows all licensed cellular sites in and around that city, including Rogers, Bell, Telus, Freedom, Vidéotron, SaskTel, and Eastlink towers.
The celltowers.ca map URL automatically updates as you pan, zoom, and change filters. This means you can share a link with someone and they will see exactly the same view — the same location, zoom level, and carrier filter — that you were looking at.
For example, a link like celltowers.ca/?lat=45.5017&lon=-73.5673&zoom=13&carrier=Bell will open the map centred on Montréal at zoom 13, filtered to show Bell/Telus towers. Just copy the URL from your browser's address bar and share it.
This site is an independent project and is not affiliated with ISED, the Government of Canada, or any telecommunications carrier. Data is provided for informational purposes only. While we strive to keep the data current and accurate, we make no guarantees about completeness or accuracy.
Tower locations are approximate and based on licensed coordinates from the ISED database. Actual coverage areas may differ significantly from what is shown.