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GMRS is a non-starter up here in Canada. We are limited to handhelds with fixed rubber duck antennas and a couple watts maximum. No GMRS base radios are allowed. No GMRS repeater networks exist.
Not sure about the rest of Canada, but out here on the west coast the closest similar service is the LADD frequencies, which are four VHF channels used by truckers and other workers. Not used by regular people though.
CB, especially AM CB, is deader than dead up here (I haven't heard a trucker on CB here for at least 15 years now, maybe longer). VHF marine radios are very common where I live (on an island!) but are only used by boaters, mariners, and ship-shore traffic.
GMRS up here is limited to very short range comms by families, small businesses and folks travelling together on highways.

[QUOTE="BC Coyote, post: 851344, member: 66242"] GMRS is a non-starter up here in Canada. We are limited to handhelds with fixed rubber duck antennas and a couple watts maximum. No GMRS base radios are allowed. No GMRS repeater networks exist. Not sure about the rest of Canada, but out here on the west coast the closest similar service is the LADD frequencies, which are four VHF channels used by truckers and other workers. Not used by regular people though. CB, especially AM CB, is deader than dead up here (I haven't heard a trucker on CB here for at least 15 years now, maybe longer). VHF marine radios are very common where I live (on an island!) but are only used by boaters, mariners, and ship-shore traffic. GMRS up here is limited to very short range comms by families, small businesses and folks travelling together on highways. [/QUOTE]

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