Canaan Fibre Service Area Update (Phase 2 Project "Chester Surround")

On October 4, 2022, Bell reported on progress to the Bell-Develop Nova Scotia Phase 2 Project "Chester Surround". This project is comprised of four Bell fibre service areas: Aaldersville area, New Russell area, Seffernville area, all of which have been completed, and Canaan area, which is the focus of the update.

Bell reports that 200 civic addresses included in the Canaan area now have access to Bell's fibre service. A list of those addresses are included as Bell-DNS Phase 2 Canaan Area-Chester Surround Project Civic Addresses Ph1 in the Documents section of this page or via this link HERE.

Residents with addresses listed in the Canaan area civic address file are encouraged to contact Bell at 1-888-341-2927 or to check availability at www.bell.ca.

Bell continues to work on providing service to remaining civic addresses in the Canaan area, as well as civic addresses in adjoining, subsequently announced service areas such as the Bell-DNS Phase 3 Project "Scope Expansion - Chester" (Chester Grant component) and the Bell-DNS New Scope Expansion Project "Various Communities" announced in April 2022. (Details about both of these projects is available on this project page.) Progress with remaining project areas builds on existing service areas, so prioritization is, in part, informed by the logical deployment of resources in building and expanding on existing service areas.

Another important factor informing progress of Bell/Develop Nova Scotia projects is Nova Scotia Power's 'make-ready' work in replacing power poles, vegetation cutbacks, watercourse and highway crossing permits, and so on. NS Power's planned 'make-ready' work for Bell's fibre service areas has been disrupted as resources have been redirected to address Hurricane Fiona restoration activities.

Further updates and progress reports when available.