The Windsor-Essex County region has always understood the notion of “Connecting.” The Windsor-Detroit Tunnel, The Ambassador Bridge, and the Connecting Windsor-Essex Fibre Optic network are all evidence of this
In 1994, Connecting Windsor-Essex began as an information technology project, focused primarily on building an extensive high-speed fibre optic network that would bring world-class connectivity to several of the region’s leading institutions. Click here to learn more about CW-E
SINCE 1994
CONNECTING WINDSOR-ESSEX
Vision
Windsor-Essex is a place where people, ideas, actions, and technologies connect.  Our vision is to support the development and sharing of innovative solutions that make our region a brilliant place in which to invest, work, learn, live and play
Projects
CWE provides fibre optic connectivity to over 200 locations in the Windsor-Essex area. See what we are doing to:
✓ improve the technology
✓ boost service for events
✓ work with partners
✓ improve the technology
✓ boost service for events
✓ work with partners
Stakeholders
CWE is funded by key stakeholder groups from the public sector from the Windsor-Essex region. CW-E is governed by a Board of Directors, made up of 8 members elected from the stakeholder groups. Click here to see the list of our Board of Director and Stakholders.
Mission/Purpose
- To connect organizations, people and ideas and to support the development of game-changing solutions by delivering exceptional infrastructure, tools and processes.
- To support the development of community capacity, resilience, and flexibility by facilitating access to information, productivity enhancement, and operational efficiency.
- To be an example of resiliency and flexibility, by maintaining a broad community perspective, responding to community needs, and discovering/sharing new opportunities.
- To be the relentless spark driving the next action, leading to improvements in quality of life, economic growth and prosperity of the region.