Editing Bell Canada (section)

==== Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan ====
At separate times, the three Prairie provinces acquired Bell Canada operations and formed provincial utility services, investing to develop proper telephone services throughout those provinces; Bell Canada's investment in the prairies had been scant or insufficient relative to growth, and all three had various local telephone companies. The Alberta government's Alberta Government Telephones Commission and Manitoba Government Telephones purchased the Bell operations of their provinces in 1908. Saskatchewan's Department of Railways, Telegraphs and Telephones, established in June 1908, purchased the Bell operations on October 1, 1909; all three provinces' government operations eventually acquired the independent companies.

Having achieved a high level of development, Manitoba moved to privatize its telephone utility and Alberta privatized [[Alberta Government Telephones]] to create [[Telus Communications]] in the 1990s. Saskatchewan continues to own [[SaskTel]] as a [[crown corporation]] .Edmonton was served by a city-owned utility, Edmonton Telephones Corporation, that was sold to Telus in 1995. BCE re-gained ownership of the Manitoba system, now known as [[Bell MTS]], on March 17, 2017.<ref name="fp-dealcomplete">{{cite news|title=Bell MTS deal closes, kicking off $1-billion investment that brings 4G to Churchill, Manitoba|url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/bell-mts-deal-closes-kicking-off-1-billion-investment-with-4g-in-churchill-manitoba?__lsa=6e93-21ec|website=Financial Post| date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=March 17, 2017| last1=Jackson | first1=Emily }}</ref>