The government will pay to connect 15,000 homes and businesses in northern Ontario that lack high-speed internet access.

The Ontario government is partnering with SpaceX's Starlink to bring high-speed satellite internet to 15,000 homes and businesses that don’t have reliable access, especially in remote, rural, and northern parts of the province.

Premier Doug Ford’s government has signed a $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deliver high-speed internet to remote residents in rural and northern Ontario. The new program called ONSAT — which stands for Ontario Satellite _ will bring SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet system to 15,