Best Internet Plans in Calgary (2026)

Check whether an independent reaches your address before you sign anything with Telus. For the first time, Calgary has challengers selling fibre rather than just cheap cable: TekSavvy advertises city-wide 1.5 Gbps, and Wakey sells symmetrical gigabit fibre, which its own FAQ places wherever Telus PureFibre already runs. Neither is guaranteed at your street. If both miss you, Telus PureFibre at $105/mo is the best connection in the city — on a two-year term with a real exit fee attached.

What changed, and why it happened here

Our Alberta guide has said for months that the province has the thinnest challenger bench in the country. In Calgary that is no longer quite true, and the reason is regulatory rather than commercial.

In Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2024-180, issued August 13, 2024, the CRTC ordered Bell, SaskTel and Telus to sell competitors wholesale access to their fibre-to-the-premises networks by February 13, 2025. Telus asked for four extra months in British Columbia and Alberta, arguing among other things that it expected “limited initial demand” for the service in these two provinces. The Commission refused in Telecom Decision CRTC 2025-37 on January 31, 2025, telling Telus to run the orders manually if it had to.

Nineteen months on, two independents are selling fibre in Calgary. That is what the fight was about.

Plans available in Calgary

Read this before the table. These are the plans we track for the Calgary market, cheapest first. What a table cannot do is qualify your street — availability in Canada is decided address by address, and the two most interesting options here, TekSavvy and Wakey, both quote only once you enter one. The TekSavvy figures below were verified for Calgary on September 7, 2026; your own address may qualify for less, or for nothing at all. The prose below is where that lives.

Who actually serves Calgary

TekSavvy — check this first TekSavvy’s Calgary page advertises “Next-Gen Pure Fibre Internet now live across Calgary,” with city-wide 1.5 Gbps download and 940 Mbps upload, unlimited data, and a Wi-Fi modem lent at no cost on eligible plans. Its Calgary packages run from a 30/5 Mbps entry tier through 100/100 up to that 1.5 Gbps fibre tier. It also names Airdrie, Black Diamond, Cochrane, Crossfield, Didsbury, High River, Irricana, Olds and Strathmore as nearby served communities.

We can now price it. TekSavvy still quotes only after an address check, but the quote is consistent across its western footprint, and we verified it on September 7, 2026: the 1.5 Gbps fibre tier is $129.95/mo, the 100 Mbps cable tier $80.95/mo, and the 30 Mbps entry tier $60.95/mo. Those are the regular rates; new customers get a bill credit for the first twelve months and pay less than that for a year.

• Good for: most Calgary households, if it reaches you. Real fibre speeds, unlimited data, no modem rental on eligible plans, and no term commitment.
• Bad for: the sticker. TekSavvy’s western rate card is dearer than its Ontario one for the same tier, and the fibre tier reaches some Alberta addresses and not others — “city-wide” is a claim to check at your own address.

Wakey — the one to look at twice Wakey is a Vancouver-headquartered independent selling on both networks here. Its cable ladder starts at $29/mo, though read the speed column before the price column: that entry tier is the Starter 5, and it is 5 Mbps down / 0.5 up — well under the CRTC’s 50/10 basic-service objective, and marked as such in the table above. Its new Pure Fibre plan is symmetrical gigabit. Wakey says the service runs “where existing TELUS PureFibre infrastructure is available” through a “last-mile fibre partner,” and lists Calgary first among its service areas.

We track the regular $89$129 for that fibre plan rather than the $89 “Fibre Launch Pricing” it is running right now, so the row does not understate once the launch price lapses. At $89 it undercuts Telus’s 1.5 Gig by $16 a month with faster uploads; at $89$129 it does not. Which of those two numbers you pay is the whole question, and Wakey publishes no end date for the promo.

• Good for: uploads. 1000 Mbps up beats every incumbent tier in the city. Month-to-month, Wi-Fi 7 router and professional install included.
• Bad for: anyone who might move or switch soon. Fibre needs a $120 refundable security deposit, and cancelling inside 180 days triggers a $110 plus tax Installation Recovery Fee. Install runs about 10–14 business days, and Wakey says its online fibre availability checker is still under development — you have to ask a human.

Telus — the best connection, sold on a term Telus is the only provider in Calgary running fibre all the way into the house, and it says so plainly. Two tiers are on its Calgary page today, and a third is in our Alberta lineup without appearing there:

• PureFibre 1.5 Gig — $105/mo, months 1–60, on a new two-year term, unlimited data included. Note the speed: Telus’s own terms say its plans are symmetrical “with the exception of PureFibre Internet 1.5G,” which is 1500 Mbps down and 940 Mbps up. We had this tier recorded as symmetrical and $20 cheaper until today; both were wrong, and both are corrected across the site.
• PureFibre 3 Gig — $110/mo, being a regular price of $155 with a $45/month discount for the first 60 months. Read the eligibility line before you get excited: the 3 Gig offer is limited to customers “who have not subscribed to internet in the past 90 days.” If you are already a Telus customer, the cheaper-per-gigabit plan is not for you.
• PureFibre 500 — $70/mo is in our Alberta lineup, and so in the table above, but Telus’s Calgary page does not list it. That figure is from August 30, 2026 and is the oldest row in the table. Treat it as an Alberta price we have not re-confirmed for this city, not as a Calgary quote.

Rogers — cable, sold as fibre Rogers took over the former Shaw plant and now sells it as Rogers Xfinity Internet; its own Calgary FAQ calls it “Rogers Xfinity Internet (formerly Ignite Internet)” and quotes speeds up to 2 Gbps. Worth reading that FAQ closely. Asked whether it offers fibre home internet in Calgary, Rogers answers yes — “using a combination of fibre-optic cables to the neighbourhood and high-capacity coax cables to your home.” That is coax into your house, and it is why the gigabit tier we track uploads at 50 Mbps against Telus’s 940 and Wakey’s 1000. Our tracked $95/mo gigabit row is the figure we carry across the six provinces where we have confirmed the tier is sold; Rogers publishes no Calgary price without an address check.

oxio — cheap, contract-free, price unknown until you ask oxio sells in Alberta over the Rogers/former-Shaw cable plant and confirms on its own site that it connects homes with “a reliable coax line” backed by a fibre network — same last mile as Rogers, different bill. No term contracts. As with TekSavvy, oxio quotes only after address qualification, so treat our tracked $49/mo as the western regional figure rather than a confirmed Calgary quote.

The two-year term is the real decision

Telus’s Calgary pricing is a five-year price lock bolted onto a two-year commitment, and the commitment is the part with teeth. Cancel the 1.5 Gig agreement early and you owe $480, declining by $20 for every month you have served. On the 3 Gig it is $360, declining by $15. Leave in month six and that is $360 or $270 out the door.

This surprises people who read our CRTC fee-ban explainer and concluded that switching is now free. It is not, quite. Since June 12, 2026 no provider can charge you an activation or modification fee, and Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2026-43 extended that ban to the Internet Code, so it does cover home internet. The early cancellation prohibition in the same policy is a Wireless Code amendment. We have not found an equivalent added to the Internet Code, and Telus’s conduct in market is consistent with there not being one. A two-year internet term still costs real money to break.

Two more Calgary line items worth knowing before you sign:

• Bundling is roughly a $20 discount, plus a TV. Telus advertises Optik TV and PureFibre 1.5 Gig “from $165/mo” with a Samsung 55-inch television valued at $799.99. Optik’s own regular price is $80 and the internet is $105 — so the bundle saves about $20 a month against buying both, and the television is the actual incentive. Cancel both services early and the combined fee is $960, declining by $40 a month.
• Wi-Fi Plus is $10/mo. It is a professionally installed whole-home Wi-Fi add-on, not part of the plan price. Optional extras like this are explicitly carved out of the CRTC fee ban, so it is allowed — just decide whether you want it rather than discovering it on bill one.

Wakey’s price ladder is scrambled, and that’s free money

Read Wakey’s plan list in order and something jumps out. As of September 4, 2026, on its Western Canada lineup:

• Everyday 75 is $48/mo. Everyday 50 is $50/mo. The faster plan is $2 cheaper, because the 75 is on promo ($62 regular) and the 50 is discounted less ($60 regular).
• Supercharged 1000 is $79/mo. Supercharged 500 is $85 and 750 is $88. Gigabit is the cheapest of the three, again on promo ($92 regular). These are the cable Supercharged tiers. They are not the Supercharged Fibre 1000 discussed above, which is a different product on different infrastructure at $89 promo and $89$129 regular. Wakey sells two things called “1000” and only one of them is fibre.

Nobody should buy the Everyday 50 or the Supercharged 500 at these prices. Check the whole ladder rather than the tier you think you need — and check what each one reverts to. On the Everyday pair the regular prices ($60 for the 50, $62 for the 75) put them back in the normal order. Wakey publishes no regular price for the Supercharged 500 or 750, so we cannot tell you whether that pair rights itself.

One Calgary-specific note buried in Wakey’s fine print: upload speeds of 100 Mbps (Everyday 100) and 200 Mbps (all Supercharged tiers) are available “in select areas of Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Winnipeg,” and 50 Mbps “in most markets.” Calgary is on the good side of that split. Confirm it for your address anyway.

How to actually cut your Calgary bill

• Qualify TekSavvy and Wakey Pure Fibre before you renew. Two independents on fibre is a negotiating position Calgary did not have a year ago. Get a real quote at your address — “I saw something cheaper online” moves nobody.
• Do the term math over 24 months, not month one. A $105 plan on a two-year term with a $480 declining exit fee is a different product from a $89$129 month-to-month plan, even when the monthly number is higher.
• Watch the reversion, not the promo. Wakey’s fibre is $89 now and $89$129 standing. Telus’s lock runs 60 months and then goes to in-market pricing. Put the expiry in your calendar the day you sign.
• Ask what the equipment and the install cost. Telus, TekSavvy and Wakey all include hardware on eligible plans. Wakey fibre adds a $120 refundable deposit and a $110 recovery fee inside 180 days.
• Renting? Ask the building first. Some Calgary towers have bulk internet in the condo fees, and a few downtown buildings are wired by providers that never appear in a city-wide search.

FAQ

Who has the fastest internet in Calgary? Telus, on paper — PureFibre goes to 3 Gbps and it is the only provider running fibre directly into the home. For uploads specifically, Wakey Pure Fibre’s 1000 Mbps beats Telus’s 1.5 Gig tier, which uploads at 940.

Can I get gigabit internet in Calgary without Telus or Rogers? Yes, at some addresses. TekSavvy advertises up to 1.5 Gbps city-wide at $129.95/mo, and Wakey sells symmetrical gigabit fibre. Both are address-by-address, and TekSavvy publishes no price until you qualify — the figure above was verified for Calgary on September 7, 2026.

Is Rogers in Calgary actually fibre? Not to your home. Rogers’ own Calgary page describes fibre to the neighbourhood and coax the rest of the way. It is fast for downloads and much slower for uploads. If that distinction matters to you, our cable vs fibre vs DSL guide is the longer answer.

Did the CRTC fee ban make switching free in Calgary? It removed activation and modification fees, home internet included, which is real. It does not appear to have removed early cancellation fees on internet terms — the prohibition we can point to amends the Wireless Code — and it does not cover physical installation charges or optional add-ons you agree to buy. Telus is still charging the $480 declining fee on its two-year agreements.

What about acreages and towns outside the city? Everything above assumes a Calgary civic address. TekSavvy names Airdrie, Cochrane, Crossfield, High River, Olds and Strathmore among nearby served communities, and Wakey lists Airdrie and Cochrane for fibre — but coverage thins fast past the ring road, and fixed wireless or satellite may be the only options. Qualify the exact address, never the town.

Sources checked: September 4, 2026. Telus’s 1.5 Gig and 3 Gig pricing, speeds, term lengths, cancellation fees, bundle price and Wi-Fi Plus cost were verified on this date, and the 1.5 Gig tier’s price and upload speed were corrected in our dataset as a result. TekSavvy’s Calgary availability, speed tiers and service-area list, Wakey’s plan ladder, fibre pricing, deposit and recovery fee, Rogers’ Calgary description and rebrand, and oxio’s Alberta coverage and technology were verified the same day. The wholesale-fibre timeline is from the CRTC decisions linked above.

What we could not verify directly: TekSavvy, oxio and Rogers all publish Calgary prices only after an address check, so no Calgary-specific price is asserted for any of them — the table’s figures for those providers are the regional rows we track. Telus’s 500 Mbps tier does not appear on its Calgary page at all; our $70/mo figure for it is from August 30, 2026 and has not been re-confirmed. We have not independently confirmed whose wholesale fibre Wakey and TekSavvy are riding in Calgary; both describe it only in general terms. Prices change without notice — check yours before you sign.