Compare Canadian Cell Phone Plans

Canadian cell phone plans have become more and more competitive over recent years!  Along with competition comes greater variety, making it that much harder for you (the customer!) to figure out the best prepaid wireless plan to meet your individual needs.  It's amazing how long it took to compile even just the basic information in the table below.  The information really is pretty straightforward, however, it always seems to consume more time than one would think to look it up and organize it in a meaninful way.  Hopefully this effort will help make your life easier in your search to compare prepaid wireless Canadian cell phone plans.


Here you'll find the major PAYG (Pay As You Go) Canadian cell phone plans .  I'm currently working on the other plan types, and will post them as soon as possible.  So please check back often, or sign up for the free ezine, Prepaid Wireless Tracker, to keep in touch with prepaid wireless news, and what's new with the site.


I think you'll find that the information in the table includes the most relevant information for those of you who are interested in per minute type of plans.  Lastly, don't forget to compare the expiration dates, as well as the actual value of the topup.  Your objective will be to pay the least amount of money per minute over the longest period of time.  Somtimes that means adding more money at a given time gets you the overall best value, while sometimes adding the least amount of money possible results in the best deal!

Provider Bell Mobility Bell Mobility Solo Rogers (Fido) Telus Virgin Logo Refill Amount (expiry) $15 (30 days) $25 (60 days) $50 (60 days) $20 (45 days) $30 (45 days) $10 (30 days) $20 (30 days) $30 (30 days) $40 (30 days) $100 (365 days) $10 - $0.25/min (30 days) $25 - $0.25/min (60 days) $50 - $0.25/min (60 days) $100 - $0.25/min (365 days) * Must maintain >$0 balance or anytime rate increases $15 (30 days) $25 (60 days) $50 (60 days) $100 (365 days) Anytime Minutes $0.30/min $0.40/min All Day Plan - $0.25/1st 5 min; then $0.15/min Nights & Wknds -  $0.01 (8pm); $0.39/min weekdays Anytime - $0.40/min See Refill Amount Above $0.30/min Nights & Weekend Mintues $0.30/min $0.05/min See Anytime Minutes Above See Refill Amount Above $0.30/min Mobile-to-Mobile $0.30/min n/a Free incoming calls from other PAYG customers See Refill Amount Above $0.30/min Texting (send/receive) $0.15/msg (txt msg bundles available) $0.15/msg (txt msg bundles available) $0.15/msg (bundles also available) $0.15/msg $0.15/msg Free Incoming! (txt msg bundles available) International Texting $0.25/msg (sent) $0.15/msg (received) (bundles also available) $0.20/msg (sent) Voicemail Included Included Included Included (3 saved msgs) Included Call Waiting Included Included Included Included Included Caller ID $6.00/month Included Included Included Included Long Distance $0.40/min + airtime $0.30/min + airtime $0.30/min + airtime $0.30/min + airtime $0.30/min + airtime Web $0.05/KB $10/month unlimited $1.00/24 hrs $0.10/page $10/month unlimited Activation Fee None None Free if online None Minimum Initial Balance None None None None None Network CDMA CDMA GSM CDMA CDMA (Bell) Walkie-Talkie No No No No No Nights n/a 7:00pm - 7:00am 8:00pm - 8:00am n/a n/a Notes $0.50 monthly charge for e911 Comes with $15 start up credit $0.50 monthly charge for e911 $0.50 monthly charge for e911 Auto Saver - Save 20% off local calling with monthly auto topup of $30 or more Includes free local calling on your birthday + $0.75 monthly charge for e911 Can use any Telus phone! No e911 charge

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