In March of 1996, the CAIP was officially formed.
Members have operations in every region of Canada.
Together, all of the ISPs are responsible for providing Internet services to more than a million Canadian homes, schools and businesses. CAIP's vision is that its members will lead the way for the active and positive use of the Internet in every home, school and business in Canada. Its mission is to foster the growth of a healthy and competitive Internet service industry in Canada through collective and cooperative action on Canadian and International issues of mutual interest. The Science Alberta Foundation was seeking funding for its project titled Missing. The project proposal covered the development of a teacher's kit that would train educators to introduce Internet safety into the classroom.