If your phone suddenly rings out with a loud emergency alert, don't be alarmed — Canada is simply conducting a test on Wednesday.

Test messages will be issued in every province and territory at specific times between late morning and early afternoon ...

A nationwide test of the Alert Ready, Canada’s National Public Alerting System, is scheduled for Wednesday9, 2025.

The Alert Ready system will sound across Alberta at 1:55 p.m. MT on Wednesday, Nov. 19, interrupting radio, television and ...

The EQAO, an arm’s-length agency of the Ontario government, tests students in Grade 3 and Grade 6 in reading, math and ...

The province is reminding residents that the national emergency alerting system, Alert Ready, is scheduled to issue an ...

The test message will simulate an emergency alert, beginning with the alert tone. The message will indicate that it is a test and does not require action from the public.

The National Public Alerting System is testing the Alert Ready service on TVs, radios, phones and compatible wireless devices ...

A nationwide test of the Alert Ready, Canada’s National Public Alerting System, is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2025 ...