Private company

Northwestel

Logo: Northwestel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Canadian telecommunication company

Northwestel Inc. (stylized as NorthwesTel) is a Canadian telecommunications company that is the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and long-distance carrier in the territories of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and part of northern British Columbia and northern Alberta.2 It is part of Bell Canada.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1979Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersWhitehorse1
  • Websitewww.nwtel.ca

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Northwestel Inc. (stylized as NorthwesTel) is a Canadian telecommunications company that is the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and long-distance carrier in the territories of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and part of northern British Columbia and northern Alberta.2

Corporate structure

Northwestel is part of a group headed by BCE Inc.. 24 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1979Founded Founded1

Sources

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