U.S. Cell Phone Plans That Include Canadian Calling

[CanadianMom 45]

We'll be doing P.O.E probably on Jan.2nd, but knowing that cell phone carriers tend to have good deals for the holidays we were looking to see if it was worth signing up for one now. I was just wondering what carrier people used that had reasonable pricing for making calls/texts to Canada?

I'm finding that it is not very well advertised on many of the big carrier's websites.

[Ralph and Meghan 19]

i'm using ATT myself prepaid 45 for smartphone's.They have a 5 dollar plan for 250 minutes to landlines. I think the have a 55 dollar plan that includes mexico and canada.

[Hypnos 6,576]

If you want the best value you could get a $100 Motorola E on Republic Wireless (https://www.republicwireless.com) and then pay $10 / month for unlimited calls within the US, and including Canada.

This is actually what I did this week.

Edited December 21, 2014 by Hypnos

[NikLR 13,220]

You can get prepaid phones that do $60/ month unlimted calling nationwide, unlimited data, and unlimited calling to Canada. http://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home

I just added $10/month to get 1000 minutes to call Canada because without it, my bill was $30-$40 higher. I'm with verizon. (already could text there for free)

Sprint has a $15/ month addon to get unlimited calling and texting to Canada but charges you for both otherwise.

ATT says if you pay $5/ month the call only costs you .01 cent per minute instead of .39 cents.

I personally think the pay as you go (prepaid etc..) is the cheapest BUT they tend to have the worst service.

[Pheebs1201 269]

When I am in the US I use Red Pocket Mobile which includes some international minutes and texts in the package... not sure how useful this will be to you but might be worth checking it out

[nab-400 16]

Use mycricket.com I used them for three years you can call free to Canada and Mexico.also i visited Montreal Canada and surpriselly service worked there

[Karebear 13]

My husband has Sprint. He uses Skype to call. There are many apps now that you can get that have a Canadian # where you can call and text. Search for some of those

[Flames9_RN 358]

Another thing to keep in mind is cell service in that area..some providers are better than others. A few websites out there that can assist on that!!

[VeeNDee 44]

We set up a Google Voice number for calling Canada and have our phone set up so that whenever we dial Canada it switches to Google Voice automatically and it's free. The quality isn't as good though as I think it's through data but it works for us. I mostly just use it to text for free.

[Texas22 50]

We have Verizon. We have the Canada ` Mexico plan for an add-on of $15.00 a month. It says 1000 mins a month, but actually when you are calling from USA to Canada (or Mexico) - it is unlimited. When you are in Canada (or Mexico) it is 1000 minutes per month free. So it works for us. I never have to worry about the charges for calls whether I am in the States or home visiting in Canada.

Verizon has good service too. Hope this helps.

[Rob L 3,811]

The best deal by far is T-Mobile. If you are in Canada there is no roaming , free texting and no roaming for Data. if you add Stateside talk for 10 or 15 $ you can cut your long distance to Canada to zero for every phone on the family plan ( up to 10 devices)

Edited December 21, 2014 by Rob L

[NikLR 13,220]

We have Verizon. We have the Canada ` Mexico plan for an add-on of $15.00 a month. It says 1000 mins a month, but actually when you are calling from USA to Canada (or Mexico) - it is unlimited. When you are in Canada (or Mexico) it is 1000 minutes per month free. So it works for us. I never have to worry about the charges for calls whether I am in the States or home visiting in Canada.

Verizon has good service too. Hope this helps.

good to know as I just got this plan. I was paying way too much per month for calls to and from Canada!

I'm also about to take off 20% because I work for target... then I'm going to call them and see if i can stack my husband's veteran status on top of that.

[Rob L 3,811]

good to know as I just got this plan. I was paying way too much per month for calls to and from Canada!

I'm also about to take off 20% because I work for target... then I'm going to call them and see if i can stack my husband's veteran status on top of that.

But if you actually visit Canada you need to have an affordable roaming plan...Tmo gets me data text and voice for free

[NikLR 13,220]

But if you actually visit Canada you need to have an affordable roaming plan...Tmo gets me data text and voice for free

In Canada I use relatives phones for calling, or wifi only. I turn airplane mode on from arrival to deoarture, which allows for wifi use but no data or calling.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

We forked out the money for a Cdn phone and only activate it when we need it.

Like you our US phones are on wifi only so we leave them at my parents

In Canada I use relatives phones for calling, or wifi only. I turn airplane mode on from arrival to deoarture, which allows for wifi use but no data or calling.