In Canada What are the Main 5G and Lte frequency bands in use? (ARE IN USE)

Lets look at what Canada's # 2 and # 3 Carriers (Telus / Koodo) have in Active 5G and LTE band frequencies:

Telus / Bell are "Bellus" as you may have heard others quote, they share the network coast to cost, unlike Rogers who own's its entire network by itself, Telus and Bell decided to share and double up on the resources in their territory.

Between Bell & Telus:

British Columbia; Telus
Alberta; Telus
Saskatchewan; Bell & Telus Minority, as SaskTel is a dominant Regional Carrier.
Manitoba; Bell and Telus
Ontario; Bell and minor by Telus
Quebec; Bell & Telus and Videtron is a dominant Regional Carrier. 
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New Found Land, PEI: Bell and many smaller regional carriers like EastLink. 

Does it matter to you who owns what part of the network? Absolutely not, because you are not roaming. The way Bellus (Bell+Telus you get it now right?) has setup the network, either one of their customer's are able to seamlessly transition from one carrier to another without interruption in any call/text/data services. All customers get access to all available 5G Bands, LTE Bands, 3G and VoLTE Services and soon Vo5G and SA 5G. 

So what LTE / 5G bands do you need to get maximum quality of service?

Telus / Bell deploy LTE + 5G SA/NSA Band 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 29, 40, 41, 66, 71, n2, n5, n7, n12, n13, n17, n25, n29, n40, n41, n46 n66, n71, n78 across Canada

​Please note: Koodo and Virgin Mobile have access to every single above mentioned LTE and 5G band as well, there are no restrictions in place despite being "Sub-Carrier's") much like Fido does with Rogers. 

For superior indoor coverage, you will need LTE Bands 5/12/13/17/66/71 LTE and 5G Bands n2, n5, n7, n25, n66, n71 and n78 (Band 29 as well but thats not available on all phones sold before 2016). 


Now you cannot access ALL available LTE / 5G bands at once, however having a phone such as iPhone 15 / 15 Pro / Samsung S23 Ultra, Google Pixel 8 / Pixel 8 Pro and newer, allows you to get service everywhere that its available and access to wider range of 5G and LTE bands as well as Carrier Aggregation = Combining certain 5G and LTE frequency bands to increase bandwidth leading to higher theoretical speeds in essence. 

What is 5G SA? 
5G SA is simply a new tunnel that routes traffic (voice, data, sms) through its own dedicated channel, NSA 5G depends on previous gen. technology such as LTE and currently routes calls/sms through VoLTE (aka the legacy LTE network).