Number of fixed lines fell 4.55% to 13.3 mil in Canada in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Canada reached an all time high of 21.1 mil in 2001 and an all time low of 4.99 mil in 1960. When compared to Canada's main peers, number of fixed lines in Australia amounted to 7.82 mil, 22.5 mil in Mexico, 32.0 mil in United Kingdom and 107 mil in USA in 2019.
Canada has been ranked 15th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Fixed Lines | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Australia | mil | 10.4 | 9.19 | 8.50 | 8.48 | 8.46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 4.59 | 4.53 | 4.49 | 4.37 | 4.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belize | mil | 0.024 | 0.023 | 0.024 | 0.022 | 0.021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | 16.9 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 267 | 249 | 231 | 207 | 194 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 39.1 | 38.8 | 38.9 | 39.0 | 38.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 48.7 | 47.0 | 45.4 | 45.3 | 44.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | mil | 1.86 | 1.72 | 1.72 | 2.45 | 2.46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | mil | 0.619 | 0.527 | 0.497 | 0.443 | 0.491 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 30.7 | 26.2 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | mil | 2.03 | 2.02 | 1.93 | 1.92 | 1.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 64.0 | 63.6 | 63.7 | 64.1 | 64.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 4.54 | 4.41 | 4.49 | 4.84 | 6.58 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 18.6 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 20.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | mil | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.76 | 1.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | mil | 0.140 | 0.145 | 0.150 | 0.154 | 0.158 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 133 | 128 | 125 | 121 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | 33.4 | 33.2 | 33.2 | 33.6 | 32.2 |
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