RADIO SPECTRUM ALLOCATIONS IN CANADA Iu64-47/2014-PDF

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This chart is based on the 2018 Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations, which was developed from decisions of World Radiocommunication Conferences, including WRC-15. The chart provides a graphic representation of Canadian electromagnetic spectrum allocations.

For further information on spectrum utilization or radio systems policy matters, contact the Engineering, Planning and Standards Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic development Canada, Ottawa (e-mail: ic.spectrumengineering-genieduspectre@canada.ca) or one of its offices listed in Radiocom Information Circular RIC-66.

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Radio waves use the electromagnetic spectrum. The lowest frequencies have the longest radio waves and the highest frequencies have the shortest radio waves.
Radio waves are characterized according to their frequency, the unit for which is the hertz (Hz). The frequency is determined by the number of complete waves propagated through a medium past a fixed point in one second. Thus, the frequency of a signal where one wave passes a fixed point in one second is one hertz. A kilohertz (kHz) represents 1000 waves passing a point in one second, or 1000 hertz. One megahertz (MHz) is 1000 kilohertz and a gigahertz (GHz) is 1000 megahertz.
The spectrum is divided into a number of frequency bands, each possessing characteristics peculiar to it which determine the usage appropriate to that band. Each band has been allocated by interna- tional agreement at a World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) to
one or more radio services or for specific usages. Sponsored by the InternationalTelecommunication Union (a United Nations agency), WRCs are held to extend, review and revise frequency allocations among the various uses.
After WRCs, or when Canada’s needs change, Industry Canada allocates specific frequency bands to services to satisfy domestic communica- tions requirements as shown on this chart. The official regulatory provisions that pertain to frequency allocations in Canada are contained in the Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations and the related spectrum policies.
Among radio spectrum users are broadcasters, taxis, building and other construction trades, air transportation, radio amateurs, marine transportation, telecommunications carriers, electrical power utilities, trucking companies, police, and federal, provincial, territorial and municipal departments and agencies.