Description

The Map of Radiocommunication Areas and the related data set were developed by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) to delineate urban and rural areas of Canada for the purpose of the point-to-point fee model referenced in the [Decision on the Licence Fee Framework for Fixed Point-to-Point Systems](https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf11532.html "Decision on the Licence Fee Framework for Fixed Point-to-Point Systems"). The areas are based on the spectrum licensing [Tier 5 service areas developed by ISED in 2019](https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf11525.html "Decision on a New Set of Service Areas for Spectrum Licensing"). For the point-to-point fee model, the Tier 5 metropolitan and urban areas are combined into one designation called “urban areas”. The Canada-US border is applied, and all areas other than urban and rural, including those outside of Canada, are considered to be remote. In the point-to-point fee model, different base rates for urban, rural, and remote areas are set per frequency range. The station location in relation to these areas is therefore one of the factors used in determining the base rate. The data available here for download is published on the [Map of Radiocommunication Areas](https://geoappext.nrcan.gc.ca/fgpv/iframe/iframe-map-radiocommunications-en.html "Map of Radiocommunication Areas").

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Rural Areas	ZIP		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/a3371d23-f8f9-41ed-9aaa-11b6db5e54a9/resource/0894f0f8-3458-495e-a544-f040582f1614/download/radiocommunication_rural_areas_feb2021_en_fr.zip
Rural Areas	Unknown		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/a3371d23-f8f9-41ed-9aaa-11b6db5e54a9/resource/1692e735-7553-46cd-bb57-faa9dc2b6326/download/radiocommunication_rural_areas_feb2021_en_fr.kmz
Urban Areas	ZIP		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/a3371d23-f8f9-41ed-9aaa-11b6db5e54a9/resource/58630d72-640f-4d57-9f12-be76cc1ea851/download/radiocommunication_urban_areas_feb2021_en_fr.zip
Urban Areas	ZIP		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/a3371d23-f8f9-41ed-9aaa-11b6db5e54a9/resource/843a4267-074f-4d5c-9a4d-517f19359e38/download/radiocommunication_urban_areas_feb2021_en_fr.zip
Rural Areas	ZIP		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/a3371d23-f8f9-41ed-9aaa-11b6db5e54a9/resource/d3cd6e9c-9863-4cc9-9fe3-f208534f44ed/download/radiocommunication_rural_areas_feb2021_en_fr.zip
Urban Areas	Unknown		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/a3371d23-f8f9-41ed-9aaa-11b6db5e54a9/resource/d94467fb-d77a-4b7e-8e49-6f8f5f6a29a8/download/radiocommunication_urban_areas_feb2021_en_fr.kmz

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