Sep 17, 2026 1:47 PM - Connect Newsroom - Ramandeep Kaur
911 emergency services were temporarily disrupted across several Canadian provinces early Thursday morning, including Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Manitoba.
The outage was reported in multiple areas, prompting police departments to advise residents to use non-emergency numbers or Wi-Fi calling to reach emergency services.
Bell Canada confirmed that a technical issue occurred on its network at around 3:13 a.m., after which backup systems were activated to route calls to emergency services.
By around 6 a.m., police departments in Toronto, Peel, York, Durham, Hamilton and Winnipeg reported through social media that 911 services had been fully restored in their areas. Residents can now call 9-1-1 for police, fire or medical emergencies.



