Canada’s Network Media Economy: 40 Years of Market and Policy Data

Dwayne Winseck compiled this longitudinal study of the Canadian media and communications landscape covering the period from 1984 to 2024. It tracks market developments, technological shifts, and policy changes across the mobile wireless industry and internet sectors.

Use Cases

• Analyzing market concentration trends in the Canadian mobile wireless industry
• Evaluating the impact of communications policy changes on media market growth
• Mapping the historical transition from traditional media to internet-based network economies

Strengths

• 40-year longitudinal coverage from 1984 to 2024
• Expert-authored by a specialist in Canadian media economy
• Covers multiple sectors including mobile wireless and internet studies

Limitations

• Lack of granular column metadata in the primary source
• Potential data sparsity for early historical periods in the 1980s

Provenance

Source

Dwayne Winseck, Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Research-based compilation of market and policy data

Time Range

1984-2024

Freshness

Last updated February 2026; covers data up to 2024.

Geography

Canada