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There are overland fiber runs. One map is:

http://www.allstream.com/about-us/ipnetwork/

Those will connect with arctic and atlantic undersea cables, so Canada wouldn't be completely cut off.

Ehh, I imagine if things get too bad they can always lay a new one. In the meantime Western Canada could probably be connected to Eastern Canada somehow. Given that people were laying tons of cables 120 years ago, it can't be _that_ difficult for a country as big as Canada in crisis.

Canada is well connected internally with Fiber

which is an earthquake risk, as well as a political risk

Oh, come on. Maybe an earthquake risk. But, really, "political risk"? The longest undefended border in the world?