Bell Canada

Bell Canada
Formerly	The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Ltd. (1880–1968)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	April 29, 1880
Founders	Alexander Graham Bell; Charles Fleetford Sise;
Headquarters	Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Area served	Canada
Key people	Mirko Bibic (CEO)
Products	Fixed line; mobile telephony; Internet services; Digital television; Radio broadcasting;
Revenue	CA$23.96 billion (2019)
Operating income	CA$10.106 billion (2019)
Net income	CA$3.253 billion (2019)
Number of employees	52,100 (2019)
Parent	American Bell (1880–1899); AT&T Corporation (1899–1975); BCE Inc. (1983–present);
Subsidiaries	Bell Technical Solutions; Bell Mobility; Bell Aliant; Bell MTS; Virgin Plus; Bell Internet; Bell Satellite TV; Bell Fibe TV; Lucky Mobile;
ASN	577;
Website	www.bell.ca

Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun, Quebec, in Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; as such, it was a founding member of the Stentor Alliance. It is also a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) for enterprise customers in the western provinces.

Its subsidiary Bell Aliant provides services in the Atlantic provinces. It provides mobile service through its Bell Mobility (including flanker brand Virgin Plus) subsidiary, and television through its Bell Satellite TV (direct broadcast satellite) and Bell Fibe TV (IPTV) subsidiaries.

Bell Canada's principal competitors are Rogers Communications in Ontario and Western Canada, Telus in Quebec and Western Canada, and Quebecor (Videotron) in Quebec. The company serves over 13 million phone lines and is headquartered at the Campus Bell complex in the borough of Verdun in Montreal.

Bell Canada is one of the main assets of the holding company BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its full name, Bell Canada Enterprises. In addition to the Bell Canada telecommunications properties, BCE also owns Bell Media (which operates mass media properties including the national CTV Television Network) and holds significant interests in the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, owner of several Toronto professional sports franchises. BCE ranked number 301 on the 2021 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list.

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