Does Verizon Work in Canada? What Each Plan Includes and Costs

If that daily high-speed allowance runs short, a HelloRoam Canada eSIM can carry your data on a second line while your Verizon number stays on for calls and texts.

We checked every Verizon plan, fee and rule in this guide on November 4, 2026, on Verizon's own plan, TravelPass, pricing and roaming terms pages, plus Apple's support pages.

Verizon plans that include Canada at no daily fee

Verizon's plan terms say all of its Unlimited plans include talk, text and data while you travel in Mexico or Canada. Here's what each plan Verizon sells today gets there.

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Older Unlimited plans count too. Verizon's TravelPass FAQ says calling, texting and data in Mexico and Canada are included at no extra cost with its Unlimited mobile plans. To check yours, open your plan details in My Verizon and look for Mexico & Canada talk, text & data. Verizon's roaming terms send you there for this check.

Unlimited Ultimate carries two allowances, 2 GB a day for Mexico and Canada and 15 GB a month of international high-speed data, and Verizon's pages don't say which one runs first in Canada. If you'll use a lot of data there, ask Verizon before you go.

Your phone has to be ready too. Verizon's roaming terms require a 4G or 5G World device, and its country list shows 5G, 4G, 3G and 2G service in Canada. The Trip Planner on Verizon's site checks whether your phone will work for the trip.

TravelPass costs $6 a day in Canada on other plans

If your plan doesn't include Canada, TravelPass is the usual fix. It costs $6 a day per line in Canada, plus taxes and fees, against $12 in Verizon's other TravelPass countries. You get unlimited talk, text and data, with 5 GB of high-speed data per session and 3G speeds after that.

Each fee buys a 24-hour session. It starts the first time you make or answer a call, send a text or use data in Canada. Background data counts, so a weather app refreshing or an email sync can start the clock. Verizon texts you two hours into each session to say when it ends.

Hit the 5 GB and Verizon texts an offer of 2 GB more for $5 in Canada; reply SPEED to take it. To add TravelPass, text TRAVEL to 4004 or choose Add new plan on your international page in My Verizon. It stays on your line between trips and costs nothing while you're in the US. Prepaid lines on a compatible plan and phone have it already.

What a Canada trip costs on each Verizon option

Prices are per line, before taxes and fees. Each day is one 24-hour TravelPass session.

Verizon calls the monthly plan ideal for trips of 9 days or longer. That fits its $12 rate, not Canada's $6. Sixteen days of TravelPass cost $96 and 17 cost $102, so in Canada the monthly plan only saves money from the 17th day you use your phone. It also includes just 250 minutes of calls, then $0.25 a minute, and it ends after 30 days unless you set it to renew.

Skip both and you pay as you go: $0.99 a minute for calls in Canada, $0.50 for each text you send, $0.05 for each one you receive and $2.05 per MB of data. At that rate, 100 MB costs $205. Verizon sends alerts as your international travel data charges reach $250, $500 and $1,000, and it blocks international travel data once unbilled data charges hit $500. Its roaming terms call these courtesy alerts that it can't guarantee, so treat them as a warning, not a cap.

To see how these fees stack up against AT&T and T-Mobile, read our guide to how US carriers charge for data roaming.

Two limits apply in Canada: 2 GB a day and the 50% rule

Included Canada data isn't unlimited at full speed. Verizon's roaming terms say that on any plan with Mexico and Canada allowances, data drops to 3G speeds after 2 GB a day. Its plan information puts those speeds at up to 1 Mbps, and Verizon may send compressed versions of the videos and files you stream or download.

To see whether 2 GB a day covers your maps, photos and video calls, estimate your daily data use before you go.

The second limit catches long stays. If more than 50% of your talk, text or data use in a 60-day period happens in Canada or Mexico, Verizon may remove or limit your service in those countries. The same rule covers TravelPass, so a whole summer at a lake cottage in Ontario can push you past it.

Border towns and cruise ships bill Canada differently

You can roam in Canada without crossing the border. Near it, your phone picks the strongest signal, and that can be a Canadian tower while you're still in the US. Verizon's terms say you're then billed at Canada's rates, and Verizon texts you those rates when it happens. On a plan that includes Canada, that costs no daily fee.

On a TravelPass line, it can start a $6 session. Verizon's prepaid FAQ says a prepaid customer in a US town on the Canadian border could be charged for TravelPass this way. It suggests removing Prepaid TravelPass or switching to a prepaid plan that includes Canada. The same FAQ warns that without Prepaid TravelPass your phone can't be used while roaming, so turn it back on before a trip into Canada.

Cruises that call at Canadian ports switch rules at sea. Once the ship is 12 miles or more from land, Verizon's Cruise Daily Pass covers your phone on select cruise lines for $20 a day per line, with 0.5 GB of high-speed data and then 3G speeds. You add it yourself, for example by texting CRUISE to 4004 or by replying to the welcome text Verizon sends when you board. Without the pass, calls on the ship cost $1.99 a minute, and pay as you go data isn't offered at sea. Back in port on a Canadian network, Canada's rates apply again, so a plan that includes Canada covers you on shore.

How to get your Verizon phone ready for Canada

1. Check your plan. In My Verizon, find Mexico & Canada talk, text & data in your plan details. If it's there, you don't need to add anything.
2. Add TravelPass if it isn't. Text TRAVEL to 4004, or use the Trip Planner or your international plans page in My Verizon. New to Verizon? Its other travel plans, the $100 monthly plan among them, need a feature called International Services Enabled. It can be added once an account has been active for 34 days and is in good standing, and customers of under 90 days face a manual credit review first.
3. Turn on data roaming. Verizon says roaming must be on for your phone to connect abroad, and TravelPass needs cellular data or data roaming on. On an iPhone, open Settings, tap Cellular, then Cellular Data Options, and turn on Data Roaming. Apple's data roaming steps cover phones with two lines too. On Android, Verizon's Device Troubleshooting Assistant lists the steps for your model.
4. Know how calls are billed. To call the US, press and hold 0 until + appears, then dial 1 and the 10-digit number. With TravelPass, calls within Canada and back to the US are included, and a call to a third country costs what it would from the US. Wi-Fi calling back to the US costs nothing extra.
5. Watch your usage. In the My Verizon app, tap Mobile, then Usage, then Detailed International plan usage. Charges from a trip can take up to 60 days to show up on your bill. If a charge looks wrong, Verizon's international support line is +1-908-559-4899 from abroad and (800) 711-8300 from the US.

When a travel eSIM makes sense for a Canada trip

If your plan includes Canada and 2 GB of high-speed data a day covers you, you don't need anything else. A travel eSIM earns its place in two cases: your plan would charge $6 a day for TravelPass, or you want more full-speed data than the daily allowance gives. Our look at how a travel eSIM compares with roaming walks through the trade-offs.

You'll need an unlocked, eSIM-ready phone. Verizon unlocks postpaid phones automatically once they're bought at full retail price or the financing is paid off. Prepaid phones stay locked until 365 days of paid, active service. On an iPhone, Apple's guide to using eSIM while traveling has the check: Settings, then General, then About, where No SIM Restrictions next to Carrier Lock means it's unlocked.

We read our plan catalogue on November 4, 2026. In it, every HelloRoam Canada plan ran on Rogers Wireless 5G and carried data only, so your Verizon line keeps your number for calls and texts. Networks can change, so check the plan page before you buy.

For a trip that also takes in Mexico, our North America eSIM plans cover the US, Canada and Mexico on one eSIM.

On an iPhone, turn on Data Roaming for the travel eSIM line and choose it for cellular data, and keep your Verizon line on for calls and texts. Leave Allow Cellular Data Switching off, since Apple's Dual SIM guide says it lets the iPhone use cellular data from both lines. If your Verizon line pays for TravelPass in Canada, data, a call you make or answer, or a text you send on it starts a $6 day.

A note on bias: HelloRoam sells travel eSIMs. For a Verizon customer on an Unlimited or Simplicity plan, or on a 15 GB, Unlimited or Unlimited Plus prepaid plan, Canada is already covered, and the plan you have is the simpler choice. Our conflict-of-interest rules explain how we handle that.