Internet and Utilities

Moving ideas as well as people and products is essential to today's businesses. The Red Deer Region's telecommunications infrastructure is among the most established in North America. Alberta leads Canadian provinces in the rate of technology adoption, particularly with wireless services.

Alberta firms have led the development of the Canadian wireless industry to serve the needs of oil and gas developers in remote locations throughout the province. Alberta has the highest number of households in Canada with cellular phones (51 per cent), and computers (63 per cent).

Supernet
According to Alberta Finance & Enterprise, Alberta is one of Canada's most connected provinces with 69 per cent of Alberta households accessing the Internet and 80 per cent of homes and businesses in Alberta wired for electronic communication. The high-speed fibre optics network is now built and operational in thousands of facilities in 429 communities across Alberta, making the province more connected than ever before.

The greater part of Red Deer County receives internet services from:
Shaw Cable, Telus, Bell, Rogers, Platinum Internet

Utilities
Red Deer County has a five-year utility management agreement with EPCOR to operate and maintain the water, wastewater and storm systems in Springbrook, Spruce View, Benalto, South Hills and Lousana.

The County prepares billing for multi-lot subdivision sewer and water as well as waste collection. The installation of individual on-site services (wells and septic systems) or any other biological waste treatment disposal system is the landowner's or developer's responsibility. Gas and power utilities are provided by rural utility franchises.

The greater part of the County receives gas services from:
ATCO Gas, Burnt Lake Gas Co-op Ltd., Crossroads Gas Co-Op Ltd., Diamond Valley Gas Co-Op Ltd., Foothills Gas Co-Op Ltd., Gull Lake Gas Co-Op Ltd., and Rocky Gas Co-Op Ltd.

Power services are provided by:
Fortis Alberta (formerly Aquila Networks Canada), AltaLink Management Ltd., Alberta Power Ltd., Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association and EPCOR.

Solid Waste Transfer Site Locations:
Transfer Stations, available to County residents & businesses only, include the following four: Horn Hill, Kevisville, Lousana and Innisfail. For a map of all four above-listed transfer stations, click here.

For more information on utility management in Red Deer County click here.