The short answer
You are driving or flying north with AT&T or Verizon in your pocket, and Canada is the country where your own plan is most likely to cover you. I compared what each carrier charges, read on 31 October 2026, with the six travel eSIMs I priced on 25 October 2026 and with Ringo Light. If my plan included Canada I would use it, and if not I would buy Ringo Light for any stay beyond a few days.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $32.99 or 30 days at $57.99, nothing renews. Ubigi asks $39 for 15 days and $69 for the month, Airalo $44.01 and $80.99.
For a weekend or a light user: 10 GB for 30 days at $17, and 3 days of unlimited at $18, 2 GB a day at full speed, on Rogers and Freedom Mobile. Airalo is 39 cents cheaper for 3 days, at $17.61.
A week on the road with 5 GB a day at full speed, then 2 Mbps: 7 days for $29, 15 days for $39. On Bell, Telus, Freedom, SaskTel and Videotron.
Days, not gigabytes, on Bell and Telus, with no daily cap stated for your own phone. $36.50 for a week, and sharing is limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, AT&T, Ringo Light, Verizon on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
See the full price index for every country.
Travelling further? Compare the best eSIM for Canada.
The prices, charted
US dollars, 25 October 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 5 GB a day at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad stops at 10 days.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 5 GB a day at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
Side by side
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What to see in Canada, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most trips to Canada include, from Toronto and Quebec City to the Rockies, Vancouver and the Atlantic coast. Whichever plan you pick, the tip under each one is where your phone matters.
Roam with your carrier, or buy an eSIM
Canada is the one country where your carrier may charge you nothing, so I start there. Verizon says calling, texting and data in Canada are included at no extra cost with Unlimited mobile plans, and warns that use may be limited if more than half of your talk, text or data over 60 days is in Canada or Mexico. If your plan is not one of those, Verizon's paid TravelPass is $6 a day: $18 for 3 days, $84 for two weeks and $180 for a month. AT&T's International Day Pass is $12 a day, which is $36 for 3 days, $168 for two weeks and $360 for a month, read 31 October 2026. AT&T's pages do not say whether your plan already includes Canada, so I would look in my account before paying for anything.
Ringo Light is $32.99 for 2 weeks and $57.99 for 30 days, one payment each. Two weeks in Canada costs $168 on AT&T's Day Pass, or $84 on Verizon's paid TravelPass, against $32.99 on Ringo Light, and a month is $360 or $180 against $57.99.
Next to the other travel eSIMs, Ringo Light is still the cheapest unlimited. Ubigi asks $39 for 15 days and $69 for a month, Saily $43.99 and $85.99, Airalo $44.01 and $80.99, and Holafly $50.50 and $95.90.
Your carrier wins in a few places, and I name them. Your own number rings, calls and texts come with it, and nothing needs installing. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan, so for a long weekend Verizon's $18 matches Nomad's $18, with Airalo at $17.61 only 39 cents under both. On a plan that includes Canada, free beats every price on this page. AT&T's page adds that calls within the country you are in, and back to the United States, carry no added charge.
Networks in Canada, and what changes for a visitor from the United States
Canada has three national networks, Bell, Rogers and Telus, and Bell and Telus share much of theirs. Freedom Mobile covers the big cities of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, Videotron is strongest in Quebec, and SaskTel in Saskatchewan. The travel eSIMs ride different ones: Airalo names Bell, Holafly Bell and Telus, Nomad Rogers and Freedom Mobile, and Ubigi five, Bell, Telus, Freedom, SaskTel and Videotron. Saily does not name its network, and Ringo Light runs on a local partner network.
Outside the towns, coverage ends fast. The Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper has long stretches with no signal on any network, and I would download offline maps before driving into the mountains, whichever plan you hold.
A carrier pass has its own terms. Verizon gives 5 GB of high-speed data in each 24-hour session and then unlimited data at 3G speeds until the session ends, and charges only on days you use the phone. AT&T describes unlimited talk, text and data on land when the pass is added to an Unlimited plan, with speed varying by destination, and charges $6 a day for each extra line used on the same day.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Ubigi
- Nomad, $17 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, and 20 GB at $31, on Rogers and Freedom Mobile.
- Ubigi, $19 for 10 GB. On five networks. Its 20 GB at $21 is a monthly plan that renews until you cancel it, and 25 GB bought once for 30 days is $39.
- Airalo, $23 for 10 GB. Its Canada Mobile plan on Bell has 20 GB for $37. Airalo also sells a Canada plan with a local +1 number for calls and texts, 10 GB for 30 days at $31, which is the one to look at if a Canadian number matters to you.
- Saily, $30.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $43.99, read on saily.com.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $32.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $57.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Ubigi and Airalo are all cheaper in Canada, Nomad by $15.99 for 10 GB. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells, and I write for Ringo, so weigh that. It funds the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Canada it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $12.99, 2 weeks at $32.99 and 30 days at $57.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The eSIM sits next to your own SIM, so your number keeps working for calls and texts if you leave roaming on for those. AT&T and Verizon both include calls and texts on their passes, as I read their pages, and I would keep my own SIM active for any bank or airline code.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Your own plan, if it includes Canada, which Verizon Unlimited does. Otherwise Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $17.61, or Nomad at $18. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Ringo Light 7 days at $12.99, unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's 7 days is $29, 5 GB a day on five networks, $16.01 more.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks, $32.99, against $84 on Verizon's paid pass or $168 on AT&T's.
Ringo Light, 30 days, $57.99, against $180 or $360 of daily passes.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $17.
Your carrier's pass, or Ringo Light for data with your own SIM left in for calls and texts. If you want a Canadian +1 number, Airalo's Canada plan with one is $31 for 10 GB.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, AT&T, Ringo Light, Verizon, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Canada on 25 October 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Maya Mobile. We could not read its own prices for this country on the day, so it stays out rather than being guessed.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/canada-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets and the network from the esimdb listing dated 4 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-canada/, dollar price table and networks on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-canada/, unlimited and buckets in dollars on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/canada-esim/, dollar prices and networks on its own page, 25 October 2026; 10 GB and 20 GB are sale prices, regular $23 and $39
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/?destination=can, dollar prices on its plan pages, 25 October 2026
- AT&T: www.att.com/international/day-pass/, International Day Pass price, additional lines and what it includes, with the destination list at att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1395068/ naming Canada, read 31 October 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/canada, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- Verizon: www.verizon.com/support/travelpass-faqs/, TravelPass FAQ for the daily price, the 5 GB allowance, billing on days used and the Canada and Mexico inclusion on Unlimited plans, and the TravelPass countries list at verizon.com/plans/travelpass-countries/ for Canada at $6 per day, read 31 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 25 October 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
