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An eSIM for Canada is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Coverage comes from Rogers Wireless and Telus, one network per plan. Your phone connects to the selected plan’s network when you arrive.
If you stay longer, some plans can be topped up with more data; a fixed one needs a new plan.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Canada eSIM: prepaid data on Rogers
5GData for Canada on the phone you already use, on the Rogers network for every plan but one. Pay once from your balance, install at home, and most plans wait for your first connection in Canada before the days start.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Canada: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
How to get mobile data in Canada
Install it at home before you go. Some plans here start counting at installation, so check the line under the price for the plan you pick.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Canada
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
The network depends on the plan
Plans here use Rogers Wireless and Telus, one network per plan. The technical specs show the network of the plan you select.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Staying longer?
Some plans here can be topped up with more data on the same eSIM; others are fixed.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
eSIM Canada: Rogers on every plan but one
Every Canada plan on this page except the largest lists a single Canadian network, Rogers Wireless. Rogers is listed with 5G, and so are all of these plans but one, so you're on 5G where Rogers has it and on 4G/LTE elsewhere. The exception is the 50 GB plan for 30 days, which tops out at 4G/LTE.
A single network is simple, and it also sets the limits: the plan works where Rogers has a signal, and where it doesn't, there's no Bell or Telus to fall back on. Driving far from the cities? Look at Rogers' own coverage map for your route before choosing.
The largest plan, 75 GB for 30 days, is the one that runs on Telus instead. It differs in other ways too, covered in the next section.
A US IP address on most Canada plans
Every Rogers plan for Canada sends its traffic out through the United States, so websites and apps see a US IP address while you're in Toronto or Vancouver. If you live in the US, that changes little: your usual apps and services see an address in the country they expect. From anywhere else, a Canadian bank, a Canadian streaming catalog, or a site that sets prices by country may place you in the US.
The 75 GB plan for 30 days is the only one with a Canadian IP. Before picking it for that reason, know its other differences: it runs on Telus, it can't be topped up, and the catalog doesn't say whether its days start at installation or at the first connection. If that matters for your dates, ask support before you buy; it answers 24/7.
Canada travel eSIM: plans by trip length
Fixed plans give you a set amount of data for a set number of days. On Canada's page, nothing runs longer than a month:
- 7 days: 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB
- 15 days: 3 GB
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, 20 or 50 GB on Rogers, or 75 GB on Telus
The day pass is measured by the day: 1 GB at full speed on Rogers each day, then 512 Kbps until the day resets. You set the number of days in the picker. That's what most offers of an unlimited Canada eSIM amount to: the connection carries on all day, but only the first gigabyte is fast.
Three days in Toronto or Montreal
Transit directions, restaurant bookings and messages fit in a small plan. The 500 MB or 1 GB plan for 7 days covers a short city break, and either one can be topped up if a festival weekend runs heavy.
Calgary to Banff and Jasper by car
Navigation stays on all day on a Rockies road trip, and that suits the day pass: after a heavy morning the route still loads at the slower speed. Between towns in the mountains, coverage thins out for every network, so download offline maps before you leave Calgary.
A month on a work placement
Daily video calls need a large pool of data rather than a daily allowance. The 20 GB and 50 GB Rogers plans for 30 days can be extended on the same eSIM; the 75 GB Telus plan holds the most but ends when it's used up.
Before you go: installing and adding data
Install the eSIM over Wi-Fi at home, whether you're flying into Vancouver or crossing at Niagara Falls by car. A Rogers plan doesn't start its days until your phone first connects in Canada, so installing early costs nothing. Two plans differ. The 100 MB plan for 7 days counts from the moment you install it, so add that one on travel day. The 75 GB Telus plan has no stated start; the line under the price shows what each selected plan says.
When data runs low, every Rogers plan, the day pass included, takes a top-up on the same eSIM, with no second QR code. The 75 GB Telus plan is the exception: once it's used up, buy another plan. The Add more row under Plan details confirms it for the plan you select.
Canada with the US or Mexico on one eSIM
A Canada plan has no service outside Canada. For a trip that continues south, every plan on the North America eSIM page lists Canada, the United States and Mexico. In Canada it connects to Rogers as well, so the network stays the same; what changes is this:
- Terms past a month: 20 GB for 90 days and 50 GB for 180 days, besides plans of 7 to 30 days.
- A Belgian IP: North America traffic exits in Belgium, where Canada's Rogers plans exit in the US.
- The day pass: the North America pass gives the same 1 GB a day and the same 512 Kbps slowdown, and it keeps working once you're over the border.
Mostly in the US with a few days in Canada? A USA eSIM plus a short Canada plan gives you a US IP on both sides of the border, since US plans exit in the US too.
For a longer itinerary, the Global 130 eSIM covers Canada on Rogers and Videotron (4G), along with the US, Mexico, and much of Europe and Asia. Its traffic exits in the UK or Norway.
Canada eSIM questions
I'm staying near the US border. Can the plan connect to a US network by mistake?
No. A Canada plan lists only Canadian networks, Rogers or Telus on the 75 GB plan, so it has no service on a US tower. If your phone shows no data close to the border, open its network settings and select Rogers by hand. If you'll be crossing back and forth, the North America plans cover both sides on one eSIM.
Can I get a Canadian phone number?
Not on the eSIM, which carries data only and has no +1 Canadian number. For a Canadian number you keep, rent one for anything from a week to twelve months: it takes incoming SMS from any sender, while calls and outgoing texts aren't possible.
Is this a prepaid Canada eSIM?
Yes. You pay for the plan up front from your SIMAREA balance, which you top up with crypto. There's no contract and no bill afterward: when the data or the days run out, the plan stops unless you top it up.
Does it work in Whistler, the Maritimes or the Yukon?
A Canada plan covers the whole country, every province and territory, with no regional versions. You have data where Rogers reaches, or Telus on the 75 GB plan. In the far north and in large parks, coverage is much thinner than in the cities, so check the network's map for remote routes.
Which plan suits a semester in Canada?
On this page, the longest plans last 30 days. The 20 GB and 50 GB Rogers plans can be topped up month by month on the same eSIM. For one plan that lasts the term, the North America eSIM has 20 GB for 90 days and 50 GB for 180 days, on Rogers in Canada, with a Belgian IP.
Should I turn off roaming on my home line?
For data, yes: make the SIMAREA eSIM your mobile data line and switch data roaming off on your home line, unless your home plan already includes Canada and you'd rather use that. Keep the home line on if you want its calls and texts. Data roaming stays on for the eSIM itself, since it's how it reaches Rogers.
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Get your Canada eSIM ready before the trip
Choose the day pass or a fixed plan on Rogers, or the 75 GB plan on Telus for a Canadian IP. Heading to the US or Mexico too? Look at North America.