National Public Alerting System – Implementation Summary

The CRTC requires that applicable wireless service providers, cable/satellite/internet protocol television providers, and radio and television broadcasters, collectively known as last-mile distributors (LMD) participate in the National Public Alerting System (NPAS). The CRTC is responsible for enforcing the regulations and regulatory policies that require LMDs to distribute emergency alerts. Consequently, the Commission has identified the implementation of NPAS as one of the key criteria used to assess and report on the industry's annual compliance to its NPAS requirements. This data set summarizes LMD participation in the public alerting system, as well as the number of staff investigations initiated with respect to resolving matters of NPAS compliance of LMDs.

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Title (French)	Système national d'alertes au public – Sommaire de mise en œuvre
Update Frequency	as_needed
Geographic Scope	[]
Criticality Level	["general_public"]
Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
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Contact Person	{}
Contact Email	ouvert-open@crtc.gc.ca
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Open Canada Date Published	2025-03-10 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified	2025-09-25 00:00:00
Open Canada Subject	["economics_and_industry"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"en": ["CRTC", "National Public Alerting System", "NPAS", "Broadcasting", "Radio", "Television", "Emergency alert messages", "Service providers", "Telecommunications", "Emergency services", "Cellular telephones", "Cellular service", "Mobile wireless telecommunications"], "fr": ["CRTC", "Système national d’alertes au public", "SNAP", "Radiodiffusion", "Radio", "Télévision", "Message d'alerte d'urgence", "Fournisseur de services", "Télécommunications", "Services d'urgence", "Service cellulaire", "Téléphone cellulaire", "Télécommunications sans fil mobiles"]}
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