Canada International Roaming Charges
Most Canadian traveller's are faced with high roaming charges when visiting their southern neighbours in the U.S. If you are travelling somewhere other than the USA, check out our post on other International destinations
First of all, if you are with Lucky Mobile, 7-Eleven SpeakOut or Petro Canada Mobility are travalling abroad forget it, there is no roaming for you!
However, we do have some clever hacks that will help you stay in contact whilst overseas using your own cell number whether you are with Lucky Mobile, SpeakOut or any other wireless carrier for that matter.
These travel hacks, you can use your own cell number!
A few things to remember when using your mobile internationally:
- Inbound SMS is almost always free
- Outbound Calling with your number can be done with Flexiroam
- Receiving Inbound calls with your number is usually charged
- Outbound SMS is typically charged. We use Fongo. Not your Canian cell number, but it works.
It gets even worse when travelling further abroad to Mexico, the Carribean, Europe, Central & South America, Asia, Africa, Australia & New Zealand.
- Flexiroam From $0.99c per day
- Rogers$8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)
- Bell $8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)
- Telus $8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)
- Fido $8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)
- Koodoo Mobile $8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)
- Eastlink Wireless $8 per day (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)
- Virgin Mobile Canada
- Public Mobile 1GB for $20 (valid for 10 days)
- Chatr Mobile $50+ per GB
- Sasktel $60 per GB
- Videotron
- Freedom Mobile
- City Mobile
- Zoomer Wireless
- Simply Connect
- Primus Wireless
- Petro Canada Mobility
- Bell MTS
- DCI Wireless
- Eastlink Wireless
- Ice Wireless
- Xplore Mobile
- tbaytel
| Provider | 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 consumer the best option is simple: Purchase a Flexiroam X Starter Kit. It includes 105MB of data valid for 360 days so you can test it at home in Canada (using both Spark NZ & Vodafone) before you leave.
Flexiroam provides network coverage in U.S., and another 130 other countries too!
Flexiroam is prepaid & never expires, so it will look after yout next trip and the planet!
It is available in three versions:
It has a range of cool fatures like Flexishare Data Gifting