Billing dispute with your phone, internet, or TV provider? Learn the required first step and the free CCTS complaint process, with direct links.
Find Your Path
Step 1 — Try to resolve it with your provider first
Contact your phone, internet, or TV company directly and give them a chance to fix it. The CCTS requires this before it will accept your case.
Step 2 — File with the CCTS (free)
If your provider doesn't resolve it, the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services offers free complaint resolution for individual consumers and small businesses. The online form takes about 15 minutes.
CCTS Online Complaint Form — 1-888-221-1687 →What happens after you file
The CCTS reviews whether your complaint fits its mandate. If accepted, it sends your complaint to the provider and works as an independent third party, mediating between you and the provider to try to reach a resolution.
Billing disputes are the most common issue
Billing-related complaints — incorrect charges, unexpected fees — have consistently been the top category of telecom and TV complaints in Canada in recent CCTS annual reports. If your issue is billing-related, you're far from alone, and there's an established process for it.
Where ComplaintCA Fits
ComplaintCA doesn't replace the CCTS — it helps you draft a clear, factual complaint to your provider (the required first step), in one of 7 supported languages, so you have a solid record if you need to escalate to the CCTS.
No need to read this whole guide — Asya can ask a few questions and draft your telecom complaint in seconds.
Start with Asya Now →Frequently Asked
Can I complain to the CCTS right away?
No — you need to have already tried to resolve it with your provider directly.
Is the CCTS free?
Yes, for individual consumers and small businesses.
What does the CCTS do with my complaint?
If it's within their mandate, they send it to your provider and mediate as an independent third party.
What is ComplaintCA?
A Canadian civic complaint platform that routes you to the correct authority, with AI-assisted drafting in 7 languages, an MP finder, a lawyer panel, and cyber crime reporting support.
I'm Deaf or hard of hearing — how do I call a phone-only authority?
Use Canada VRS (free sign-language video relay, available 24/7) or dial 711 for a text-based relay operator — both let you place a real phone call to any number listed on this page.
Sources & Verification
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