Free eSIM in Canada — 500MB–1GB free for first-time users, claimed in the Wanderly app. No card.
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Total plan price
Price per GB
$1.40
- Coverage
- Single country
- Plan type
- Data only
- Top-up
- Available
- Activation
- On network connection
Available packages
What's Included
Canada eSIM plans at a glance
Wanderly lists 36 fixed-data Canada plans, ranging from 1GB up to 75GB over 7 to 365 days. Prices start at $3.99, and the lowest cost per gigabyte is $0.52/GB on the 75GB 30-day plan.
Unlimited day-passes are also available from $3.99 per day, billed per day rather than per gigabyte. All 50 Canada plans can be topped up without reinstalling the eSIM.
Every plan is data-only and installs from a QR code, so your home number stays active on its own line. Validity starts when the eSIM first connects to a network in Canada, not at purchase, which means you can install before you fly.
🇨🇦 About eSIMs in Canada
Canadian retail SIMs are among the most expensive in the developed world — a 10 GB prepaid Rogers plan can cost more than a full month of unlimited data back home. Wanderly Canada eSIM plans roam onto Rogers or Bell, the two carriers with the strongest cross-country coverage, at a fraction of the price. You get 4G/5G in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and along the Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper.
Rockies road trips are the trickiest: signal thins between towns on the Trans-Canada, and the Icefields Parkway loses coverage between Lake Louise and Jasper for stretches at a time. That is normal for the terrain, not the eSIM. Everywhere else — Vancouver Island, PEI, the Cabot Trail — you should expect solid 4G.
For a two-week Toronto + Rockies trip, 15 GB is comfortable. Choose unlimited if you plan Airbnb-hopping through remote BC or Quebec.
How to activate your eSIM in Canada
- 1Install at homeAdd the QR to your phone before you leave. Delivery is within a minute of purchase.
- 2Turn on after landingAt YYZ, YVR or YUL, switch data to the Canada eSIM and enable Data Roaming.
- 3Download offline Rockies mapsThe Icefields Parkway drops signal between Lake Louise and Jasper — save that stretch offline in Google Maps.
- 4Keep home SIM activeUse your primary line for iMessage. Wanderly Canada plans are data-only, so calls go through WhatsApp or FaceTime.
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