The Canadian traveller is faced with high roaming charges when visiting their southern neighbours in the U.S. It gets even worse when travelling further abroad to Europe, Central & South America, Asia, Africa, Australia & New Zealand.
Lucky Mobile, 7-Eleven SpeakOut and Petro Canada Mobility don't offer their customers the ability to roam at all!
| MVNO | Roaming Data? | Cost |
| Flexiroam | Yes |
From $0.99c per day |
| Rogers | Yes |
$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $12 per day (190 countries) |
| Bell | Yes |
$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $12 per day (190 countries) |
| Telus | Yes |
$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $12 per day (190 countries) |
| Public Mobile | USA only | 1GB for $20 (valid for 10 days) |
| Chatr Mobile | Yes | $50+ per GB |
| Koodoo Mobile | Yes |
$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $12 per day (190 countries) |
| 7-Eleven SpeakOut | No | |
| Virgin Mobile Canada | Yes |
$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $12 per day (190 countries) |
| Lucky Mobile | No | |
| Fido | Yes |
$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $12 per day (190 countries) |
| Sasktel | Yes | $60 per GB |
| Videotron | Yes |
$7 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $11 per day (190 countries) |
| Freedom Mobile | Yes |
$25+ per GB (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $48+ per GB (Mexico & Caribbean) $80+ per GB (190 countries) |
| City Mobile | Yes | From $40 per GB |
| Zoomer Wireless | Yes | From $40 per GB |
| Simply Connect | Yes | From $40 per GB |
| Primus Wireless | Yes | From $40 per GB |
| Petro Canada Mobility | No | Not Available |
| Bell MTS | Yes |
$50+ per GB (USA) $500+ per GB (Mexico) $3,187.50 per GB (Rest Of World) |
| DCI Wireless | Yes |
$60 per GB (USA) $180+ per GB (Rest Of World) |
| Eastlink Wireless | Yes |
$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) $12 per day (60 countries) |
| Ice Wireless | USA & Mexico | |
| Xplore Mobile | Yes | $85+ per GB |
| tbaytel | Yes |
$8 per day (USA) $340+ per GB (World) |
For the savvy Canadian traveller the best option is to purchase a Flexiroam X Starter Kit.
a prepaid SIM Card upon arrival at your destination. However, if you prefer to avoid queuing up, presenting your passport and fiddling around with swapping a new SIM into your phone after a long flight, we recommend you buy a
Flexiroam X works in Canada (and another 160 other countries too!) It is available in three versions:
SIM Card
Microchip SIM "Sticker"
eSIM