Best Internet Plans in Ottawa (2026)

In Ottawa, check TekSavvy first. It now advertises city-wide pure fibre at up to 1.5 Gbps down / 940 Mbps up across Ottawa, which is the first time an independent has matched Bell on the technology rather than just undercutting it on price. If TekSavvy doesn’t reach your address, compare EBOX and oxio against Bell Fibe and Rogers before you renew anything.

Why Ottawa isn’t Toronto

Most “best internet in Ontario” advice is written from Toronto, and it doesn’t transfer cleanly. Three differences matter:

1. Ottawa is Bell country. Bell’s fibre footprint here is deep — this is Bell’s historic territory, and fibre-to-the-home coverage across Ottawa neighbourhoods is much better than in most of southern Ontario. Rogers cable is the other widely available incumbent. That’s good for speeds and bad for your bill, because the two incumbents anchor prices high.

2. Beanfield is not an option here. Toronto’s best-value trick — symmetrical gigabit fibre in Beanfield-wired condos — doesn’t apply here, and the table below is filtered to Ottawa so it doesn’t list it. If you are comparing this page against our Toronto guide and wondering where the cheap gigabit went, that’s why.

3. The independent lineup is different. Toronto’s cheap cable resellers lean on the Rogers network. In Ottawa, the strongest independent play right now is on fibre, not cable.

Plans available in Ottawa

Read this before the table. It is filtered to Ottawa — providers locked to another city, Beanfield among them, are excluded rather than listed with a caveat. What it cannot do is qualify your street: availability in Canada is decided address by address, not city by city. The prose below tells you which of these we could confirm actually operate in Ottawa.

Who actually serves Ottawa

TekSavvy — the pick, if it reaches you TekSavvy’s own Ottawa page (verified August 18, 2026) advertises “Next-Gen Pure Fibre Internet now live across Ottawa,” with city-wide 1.5 Gbps download and 940 Mbps upload options, unlimited data, and a Wi-Fi modem lent at no cost on eligible plans. Its Ottawa cable tiers run from a 30/5 Mbps entry package through 100/100 Mbps, with the 1.5 Gbps fibre tier above them where it reaches. TekSavvy also serves the surrounding communities — Kanata, Stittsville, Orléans, Almonte, Arnprior, Burnstown, Carleton Place, Casselman, Chesterville, Kemptville, Prescott, Renfrew, Rockland, and Smiths Falls.

• Good for: almost every Ottawa household. Real fibre speeds, unlimited data, no equipment rental on eligible plans, month-to-month.
• Bad for: the headline. TekSavvy quotes prices only after you enter a service address, and the figure it leads with is a twelve-month new-customer credit. The $74.95 we track for the 100 Mbps cable plan is its regular rate — the rate TekSavvy charges across its Ontario cable footprint, Ottawa included, once that credit runs out. The 1.5 Gbps fibre tier is $119.95, and reaches some Ontario addresses and not others, so confirm yours before counting on it.

EBOX: cheap, but read the fine print (and who owns it) EBOX markets to Ottawa, and its Ontario fibre lineup (verified November 8, 2026) has three tiers, all with no contract: $54/mo for 150 Mbps, $59/mo for 500 Mbps and $69/mo for 1 Gbps. Its Ontario page is promoting the 500 Mbps price as a Black Friday offer without saying what the tier costs afterwards, and EBOX shows prices only once your address qualifies.

Two caveats. First, EBOX’s banner says the modem and router rental are free, but its fine print says the prices it shows include a $5.95/month equipment rental. Either way that cost is already inside the monthly price, so compare the whole number. Second, and more important: EBOX is not independent. Bell acquired EBOX in February 2022 and merged it with Distributel later that year. Distributel, Oricom, and Acanac went the same way. Switching from Bell to EBOX may save you money, but it is not switching away from Bell.

oxio — worth a postal-code check oxio resells on Rogers cable in Ontario. Since Rogers cable is widely available in Ottawa, oxio is plausible at most Ottawa addresses, but oxio prices and availability are geo-located to your specific address, so we can’t state an Ottawa price with confidence. Its selling points are a free eero router and a no-annual-price-hike commitment — the second one is a real differentiator, since quiet annual increases are how incumbents claw back promo pricing.

VMedia — confirm before you count on it VMedia runs Ottawa-specific service pages, so it operates here, but its published cable service-area list covers Ontario cities like Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall, and Belleville rather than Ottawa — which suggests Ottawa service runs over Bell FTTN/DSL rather than cable. If you need cable speeds specifically, verify with VMedia by postal code before assuming.

Bell and Rogers — only on a negotiated price Bell Fibe and Rogers Ignite are both genuinely good products in Ottawa. They are also the most expensive way to buy internet here. Treat their list prices as an opening offer, never a final one.

How to actually cut your Ottawa bill

• Check TekSavvy fibre first. If the city-wide 1.5 Gbps tier reaches your address, that’s an independent matching incumbent technology — historically rare, and the strongest negotiating position you can have.
• Get a real quote before you call retention. Incumbents move when you can name a competitor’s price at your address. “I saw something cheaper online” gets you nothing.
• Watch the annual increase, not the promo price. A $45 promo that becomes $85 in month 13 is worse than a flat $60. Set a calendar reminder for the month your promo expires.
• Ask what the equipment costs. EBOX bakes $5.95/month of modem rental into its advertised price; TekSavvy lends the modem free on eligible plans. Over two years that gap is about $143.
• Renting? Ask the building first. Some Ottawa buildings have bulk internet arrangements included in rent or condo fees.

FAQ

Is Bell or Rogers better in Ottawa? If your address has true fibre-to-the-home, Bell’s symmetrical upload is the better product — it matters for video calls and uploading large files, which in a federal-government town is not a niche use case. Rogers cable is competitive on download speed and more evenly available. Neither is the cheapest way to get either.

Can I get gigabit internet in Ottawa without going to Bell or Rogers? Yes. TekSavvy advertises up to 1.5 Gbps pure fibre city-wide, and EBOX sells 150 Mbps, 500 Mbps and 1 Gbps fibre tiers in Ontario. Confirm at your address.

Which Ottawa ISPs are actually independent? TekSavvy is independently owned. oxio is not: Cogeco bought its internet business in February 2023, and it still sells under the oxio name. VMedia has been owned by Quebecor since the CRTC approved the change of ownership on June 30, 2022. EBOX, Distributel, Oricom, and Acanac are owned by Bell. Our comparison tables now say so directly: an incumbent-owned brand is labelled with its owner instead of carrying the “INDIE” badge, so you can see at a glance which cheaper option is actually a cheaper Bell.

What about rural addresses around Ottawa? Carp, Manotick, Greely, and similar areas frequently have thinner options than central Ottawa or Kanata, and may fall back to DSL or fixed wireless. Always qualify the exact civic address, not the city.

What we checked for Ottawa, and when

The rows this guide's argument rests on, each with the date it was verified. The rest of the lineup is sold province-wide and its full trail is on the province guide.

TekSavvy100 down / 100 up · $74.95/moCORRECTEDverified November 7, 2026

Sold over Rogers cable as "100 Mbps Unlimited". PRICE

CORRECTED 2026-09-07: the row carried $38.95, which is TekSavvy's new-customer rate for the first 12 months, not what the plan costs. Verified 2026-09-22: $74.95/mo regular, 100 down / 100 up, unlimited, no term contract. The $38.95 is a $36/mo bill credit that ends after a year, recorded as an offer rather than as the price. Upload corrected 30 -> 100 Mbps the same day; the generic tier tile on the services page still says 30 up, but 100 is the figure TekSavvy quotes for this tier, on this footprint and on its western one. The rate holds across TekSavvy's Rogers footprint in Ontario, but NOT province-wide: in Cogeco territory (Chatham-Kent) there is no 100 Mbps tier at all, and Quebec is priced separately again. Re-verified 2026-10-10 against a Toronto address, unchanged, including the 12-month new-customer credit. Re-verified 2026-10-25 against a Toronto address, unchanged, including the 12-month new-customer credit. Re-verified 2026-11-01 against a Toronto address, unchanged, including the 12-month new-customer credit. Re-verified 2026-11-07, unchanged.

Source: teksavvy.com

EBOX1000 down / 750 up · $69/moverified November 8, 2026

1 Gbps fibre, 1000 down / 750 up. Owned by Bell, which acquired EBOX in February 2022 and merged it with Distributel later that year, so it is not an independent ISP. PRICE RISE 2026-09-29: verified that day at $69/mo in both Ontario and Quebec, same speeds, up from the $65 regular price last confirmed 2026-09-01. The $60 promotional rate EBOX had run beside the $65 is gone, and no offer is attached to this tier now. EBOX shows prices only once an address qualifies. Until 2026-09-07 this row carried the promotional $60 rather than the regular price; it moved to the regular $65 then, in line with every other row on the site (see docs/promotions.md). Re-verified 2026-11-08 at $69/mo in Ontario, 1000 down / 750 up, unchanged, with no offer attached. Quebec was not re-checked that day. The price includes the $5.95/mo equipment rental EBOX adds to every Ontario plan, and there is no contract.

Source: ebox.ca

VMedia30 down / 5 up · $38.95/moverified November 7, 2026

Undercuts Rogers/Bell on the same cable last mile. Verified 2026-08-22: Internet 30 at $38.95/mo, 30 Mbps down / 5 up, cable, unlimited, no term contract. Not independent: VMedia has been a Videotron (Quebecor) brand since the CRTC approved the change of ownership on 2022-06-30, verified 2026-08-22. Re-verified 2026-09-29: $38.95, 30/5, cable, unchanged. Re-verified 2026-10-10, unchanged. Re-verified 2026-10-25, unchanged. Re-verified 2026-11-01, unchanged. Re-verified 2026-11-07, unchanged.

Source: vmedia.ca

Rogers2000 down / 200 up · $160/moCORRECTEDverified November 8, 2026

Rogers Xfinity Internet Premier, 2 Gbps, unlimited, Ontario.

CORRECTED 2026-09-24: this row carried $100, Rogers' price during a 24-month term with its time-limited monthly credit and $5/mo Auto-Pay discount. Verified 2026-09-24: $160/mo without either, and $100 for the first 24 months on a 24-month term with Auto-Pay, now carried as an offer. Re-verified 2026-09-26 in Ontario, and in Alberta and BC, where Rogers sells the same tier as Premier 2G at the same $160 regular and $100 on a two-year ValuePlan with Auto-Pay, so both provinces are added. Manitoba prices the term offer differently and is not included. Rogers' plan page does not state upload speeds; the upload recorded here has not been re-confirmed. Re-verified 2026-10-10: $160 regular in Ontario, Alberta and BC, unchanged, and $100 on the term offer in Ontario. Alberta's term price was $110 that day, and BC showed $110 on some visits and $100 on others, so the $100 offer recorded against this row is Ontario's figure. Re-verified 2026-10-25: $160 regular in Ontario, Alberta, BC and Manitoba, unchanged, and $100 on the term offer in Ontario and Manitoba. Alberta and BC mostly showed $110 on the term offer that day. Re-verified 2026-11-01: $160 regular in Ontario, Alberta, BC and Manitoba, unchanged, and $100 on the term offer in Ontario. Alberta and BC showed $110 on the term offer that day, and Manitoba showed $110 on one load and $100 on another. Re-verified 2026-11-07: $160 regular in Ontario, Alberta, BC and Manitoba, unchanged, and $100 on the term offer in Ontario. Alberta and BC showed $110 on the term offer that day, and Manitoba showed $110 on one load and $100 on another. Re-verified 2026-11-08 in Ontario, unchanged.

Source: rogers.com

Bell1500 down / 940 up · $110/moCORRECTEDverified November 7, 2026

Gigabit Fibe 1.5 in Ontario: 1.5 Gbps down, 940 Mbps up.

CORRECTED 2026-09-19: this row read $85 at 1500/1500 and covered Ontario and Quebec together. All three were wrong. The $85 is what an Ontario customer pays after two credits, not what the tier costs; the upload is 940 Mbps, not the 1500 this row claimed; and Quebec is priced differently, so it now has its own row. Verified 2026-09-19: $110/mo month to month, before either of the credits Bell applies to it. A 2-year term takes $15/mo off for two years and guarantees the price over them, bringing it to $95. An eligible Bell Mobility service takes a further $5/mo off, bringing it to $90. That Mobility credit was $10/mo on 2026-09-19, when the two credits together made the $85 this row used to carry. Re-verified 2026-09-24: $110 month to month, $95 with the term, $90 with both. Both credits are recorded as an offer against the tracked price. Every figure Bell publishes here already includes its Autopay credit, which requires pre-authorized debit set up within 31 days of the order, so that requirement sits on the tracked price itself. The 1.5 Gbps is a total that needs a wired connection plus at least one more connection, so no single device sees it. Unlimited data, Giga Hub 2.0 with Wi-Fi 7, and $0 installation available. Re-verified 2026-10-10: $110 month to month, $90 with both credits, unchanged. Re-verified 2026-10-25, unchanged. Re-verified 2026-11-01: $110 month to month, $90 with both credits, unchanged. Re-verified 2026-11-07, unchanged.

Source: bell.ca