Alert Ready will be sending out a public test today (Wednesday), so don’t be concerned if you receive an emergency alert. Test alerts will be sent out across the country through the day, Ontario’s is scheduled for 2:55pm.
Designed to send out critical and potentially life-saving alerts to Canadians, Alert Ready is Canada’s national emergency alert system.
In use since 2015, recent tests of the system have had some errors.
In May of 2018, almost half of wireless users in Manitoba failed to receive the first test, and similar issues were seen across Canada during the systems second test in November of 2018.
Today’s test messages should be received by compatible wireless devices, television, and radio.
