Bell Canada working to restore internet after almost 140,000 affected in Ontario, Quebec

Thousands of Canadians were offline Wednesday morning due to a widespread Bell internet outage. The company confirmed on social media that service for some Quebec and Ontario customers may be interrupted and said it is working to resolve the issue.

Some customers in Ontario and Quebec may be experiencing an Internet service interruption. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.— Bell Support (@Bell_Support) May 21, 2025

At downdetector.ca , a website that relies on user reports to track service disruptions and outages, more than 140,000 reports were received by 9:37 a.m. ET. Within 30 minutes, however, some people in the comment section noted their service had been restored. Bell’s support page was also inactive for a time, but has since been restored. National Post has contacted Bell for comment. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.