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True North: 100/100

SaskTel achieves a maximum True North score due to its status as a provincial Crown corporation. The entity ensures total economic retention through domestic ownership, localized strategic control, and significant investment in regional infrastructure.

True North: 100/100

Eastlink demonstrates maximum economic retention with a perfect True North score. As a privately held Canadian entity that owns its infrastructure, it ensures that capital, control, and operational value remain within the country.

True North: 90/100

Coextro maintains a high degree of economic retention through its status as a private, domestic service provider. Strategic control remains within Ontario, though the specific geographic distribution of its operational support and secondary inputs remains unverified. The True North score indicates that profits and leadership are positioned to remain in Canada.

True North: 90/100

TekSavvy maintains a high True North score due to its status as a privately held domestic entity with strategic control and operations centered in Canada. While it utilizes wholesale network access, its profits and decision-making structures remain entirely within the Canadian economy.

True North: 80/100

Vidéotron maintains a high level of economic retention within Canada as a domestically controlled and operated telecommunications provider. While capital is partially diluted through public equity markets, its operations and strategic control remain firmly situated in Canada. The resulting True North score reflects a strong alignment with domestic economic interests.

True North: 80/100

Cogeco demonstrates a high level of economic retention as a domestically controlled telecommunications provider. While its public listing results in a partial capital score per sector benchmarks, its strategic control and infrastructure investment remain firmly Canadian. The resulting True North score reflects its status as a primary domestic network operator.

True North: 80/100

Rogers 5G Home Internet is provided by a major Canadian telecommunications entity with a deep domestic footprint. The service's True North score reflects its status as a Canadian-controlled operation with substantial infrastructure investment within the country. While the parent company is publicly traded, the strategic and operational value remains largely concentrated in Canada.

True North: 80/100

Rogers with Shaw maintains a high True North score due to its domestic headquarters and extensive physical infrastructure investments. While ownership is publicly traded and includes international shareholders, the strategic and operational core remains within the Canadian economy.

True North: 80/100

NetCrawler is a domestic independent service provider with a strong True North score, reflecting its status as a privately held Canadian entity. While it maintains strategic control within the country, it relies on leased incumbent infrastructure and has unverified support locations. Domestic profit retention is high compared to foreign-owned or publicly traded alternatives.

True North: 80/100

Beanfield exhibits high domestic retention through its model of owning and operating its own physical infrastructure in Canada. While the majority of its capital is provided by a foreign parent, its strategic control and operational footprint remain domestic. This results in a True North score of 80.

True North: 70/100

Rogers functions as a primary Canadian telecommunications provider with strong domestic strategic control and heavy infrastructure investment. Its True North score reflects its status as a publicly traded giant with a majority-Canadian voting structure. Economic retention is primarily driven by its local network ownership and domestic employment footprint.

True North: 70/100

Northwestel provides high economic retention within Canada as a subsidiary of a domestic publicly traded parent. While strategic control is centralized at the parent level, the entity maintains a significant operational footprint and infrastructure investment in Northern Canada. The True North score indicates that the majority of value remains within the Canadian economy.

True North: 70/100

EBOX operates as a domestic subsidiary of BCE Inc., ensuring that profits and infrastructure investment remain largely within the Canadian economy. Its True North score reflects the benefits of Canadian parent ownership and localized operations despite its status as a secondary brand.

True North: 70/100

Start.ca demonstrates high economic retention due to its ownership by a Canadian-headquartered telecommunications firm. While operational support reflects the parent's mixed domestic and international footprint, the strategic control and infrastructure investment remain firmly within Canada. This results in a high True North score for the service.

True North: 70/100

oxio functions as a domestic subsidiary of a major Canadian telecommunications provider. While profits flow to a publicly traded parent, the strategic and operational foundations remain within Canada. This structure results in a True North score of 70, indicating high levels of domestic economic retention.

True North: 70/100

This service is provided by a major Canadian telecommunications firm, ensuring strategic control remains domestic. While the company is publicly traded with international shareholders, it maintains a significant physical footprint and infrastructure investment within Canada. The True North score reflects high domestic retention in control and capital, moderated by mixed operational support locations.

True North: 70/100

Bell 5G Home Internet retains high levels of domestic value through its ownership and operation of physical infrastructure in Canada. Its True North score is supported by domestic strategic control, though it is slightly offset by its status as a publicly traded company with global institutional investors and a mixed operational model for support services.

True North: 70/100

TELUS earns a high True North score due to its domestic headquarters and substantial investment in Canadian physical infrastructure. While it is a publicly traded entity with global capital flows and utilizes offshore support, its strategic control and core operations remain firmly within Canada.

True North: 70/100

Bell demonstrates high domestic alignment through its Canadian headquarters and significant infrastructure investments. Its True North score reflects its position as a major Canadian-controlled service provider, though capital retention is influenced by its status as a public entity and its utilization of globalized operational support. Overall economic retention remains substantial due to its ownership of physical domestic assets.

True North: 60/100

Primus operates as a brand under a major Canadian telecommunications conglomerate, resulting in a moderate True North score. While ownership and infrastructure are domestic, the score is influenced by its status as a subsidiary and the use of public equity markets.