2024 ISED Industry Canada Licence Fees for Two Way Radios

ISED rates for 2024

ISED has applied new costing for 2024, with a cost of living allowance added to the 2023 fee schedule. The new rates are:

  • Portables and mobiles: $49.17 per year
  • Base links to repeaters: $81.58 per repeater (a trunked system counts as one repeater, and the repeater also carries an equal fee for the first linked base)
  • A base station in a high congestion zone (Lower Mainland of BC and Victoria): $254.28 per simplex frequency programmed
  • Lower Mainland repeater: $254.28, plus a link to a base station at $81.58 where applicable
  • Zone B and C repeater or base: $127.14, plus a link base fee of $81.58 where applicable, plus additional fees per simplex frequency
  • A radio common carrier (RCC, a for-profit licence where you do not typically licence connected mobiles): $2,521.20 per year

For other licence fee types or help with your radio licence, we can help. See how to licence two-way radios in Canada, or consult with us at BC Communications.

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