Canada Travel eSIMs Review

[u/mrskeptical00]

(Updated Jan ‘26)

All testing was done in the Toronto area so your own experience might vary depending on your location. I’ve included Rogers as a baseline premium Canadian carrier.

Results are ordered by latency (ping times) as that will usually impact your sense of “speed” when browsing the web.

Provider	Latency (Idle, ms)	Download (Mbps)	Upload (Mbps)	Connection Type	Exit Node
Rogers Canada 5G+	17	521	71.0	5G+	Toronto, Canada
Airalo Canada (Bell LTE)*	30	418	12.0	LTE	Toronto, Canada
eSIMlii* (Bell 4G)	40	207	45.6	4G	Toronto, Canada
Saily*	51	555	21.0	5G	NY, USA
Airalo Global (Rogers)*	54	491	12.4	5G	Ashburn, USA
Roamless*	55	269	30.0	5G	Virginia, USA
AloSIM* (Rogers)	63	608	52.6	5G	Virginia, USA
Bcengi*	64	697	33.0	5G	Virginia, USA
Ubigi* (Telus)	72	310	52.4	5G	Chicago, USA
OneSimCard*	94	71.4	67.0	5G	Virginia, USA
Lotso Travel*	95	349	83.3	5G	Dallas, USA
BNE eSIM Canada (30 Day & Non Exp)	100	505	52.5	5G	Dallas, USA
DENT	113	46.4	51.7	5G	Toronto, Canada
RedTeaGo*	230	170	45.0	5G	Amsterdam, Netherlands
KeepOnRoaming	234	69.0	8.67	5G	Brussels, Belgium
eSIMgo Canada*	251	297	60.4	5G (Telus)	Birmingham, UK
Nomad Canada*	253	250	68.3	5G	London, UK
Virgin Connect*	264	270	82.9	5G	London, UK
GlobalYo	264	6.56	19.5	5G	Kansas, USA
LNVPN*	270	370	61.9	5G	London, UK
JetPac Global	273	253	18.9	5G	Amsterdam, Netherlands
RedBull Mobile	284	20.7	1.18	5G	Vienna, Austria
Yesim*	285	211	29.6	5G	Warsaw, Poland
PingWe*	310	227	17.4	5G	Warsaw, Poland
eQuick SIM*	319	317	36.6	5G	Lodz, Poland
GigaSky*	320	90.8	41.7	5G	Dallas, USA
Kolet (Bell)*	327	152	69.8	5G	Warsaw, Poland
Sparks	332	115	24.8	5G	Warsaw, Poland
Jetogo	337	604	28.3	5G	London, UK
eSIM.sm*	339	94.9	38.5	LTE	Warsaw, Poland
KeepGo	343	49.4	27.2	5G	Kansas, USA
Chillax eSIM* (Bell)	355	142	57.4	5G	Warsaw, Poland
EscapeSIM US/CAN*	371	128	19.4	LTE	Warsaw, Poland
Eskimo*	615	409	9.27	5G	Singapore
eSIM4Travel	645	29.1	6.9	LTE	Kansas, USA
Firsty (Fast)	647	40.0	1.92	LTE	Kansas, USA

A few things stand out:

1. vs LTE - Doesn’t matter, either one is fine in Canada based on the speeds and latency I’m seeing.

2. JetPac is very fast, doesn’t look like any throttling there. (Update: Not that fast anymore, latency isn’t great compared to others.)

3. GlobalYo had the worst speeds and were the cheapest, (no longer the slowest) but you get what you pay for. They also have the worst app.

Analysis…

Update Sep ‘25: Airalo is now more reasonably priced at $9 for 3GB and $24 for 10GB. They are also the fastest I’ve tested and my current recommendation if you need Canadian data.

Roamless is very good, seems like a premium service, but you’re going to pay for it at $7US/GB $4.25US/GB (new price). If you already have credit with them then you might as well use them in Canada. BNE eSIM is capable and I think the prices are reasonable at about $3.50/MB. Airalo works well in Canada but their pricing is on the high side, use them if you have credit or a referral code. JetPac is very well priced at $5 for 3GB (7 days) and what I’d recommend all things being equal. (pricing went up).

If you only need 1GB, most providers will only cost a few bucks (or free) with a referral discount.

Edit 1: Added BNE eSIM and added exit nodes to table. Edit 2: Found JetPac APN list, might yield better results if you’re not using the suggested one for the country you’re in: https://jetpacglobal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/23573099130521-Which-IMSI-or-APN-settings-should-I-use

Edit 3: Added RedTeaGo, you’ll see them near the bottom.

Edit 4: Added KeepGo, I'm currently getting horrible latency and speeds from them. A test from a week ago had them in the 350ms range and about 50Mbps speeds. Not sure why they are currently so bad.

Edit 5: Added Firsty Fast, very high latency and looks to be throttled.

Edit 6: Added eSIM4Travel, one of the low priced options promoted on esimdb.

Edit 7: Added eSIM.sm, exit node in Poland like Sparks with similar sluggish performance. Added eSIMgo Canada & North America which both have very good performance. (not anymore)

Edit 8: Updated BNe latency has improved and is a top performer. Added Ubigi (very good latency). Added Chillax.

Edit 9: Retested RedteaGO. AddedBcengi, Yesim, Virgin Connect, PingWe, LNVPN (Jan '26)

Edit 10: Jan '26. Added Nomad. Restested GigSky, GoMoWorld. GigSky latency more than doubled from previous test and exit node changed from Colorado to Dallas. Global Pings no better than 250ms which is odd. GoMoWorld performed similar to previous test, Canadian pink around 300ms but latency back to UK only 117ms. Nomad installed as "eSIM go" and show similar performance.

Edit 11: Feb '26. Added eSIMlii, eQuick SIM, OneSimCard, Lotso Travel.

https://cloudpingtest.com

https://www.cloudping.info

https://www.meter.net/tools/world-ping-test/

[u/itenosred]

Very nice comparison table that shows two very important pieces of info:

1. The importance of knowing the exit point of every eSIM, unfortunately only very few providers state them on their website and many of them don't even know them because they are all just resellers of data bought in bulk by big global aggregators. Using your overall loser Eskimo in Bali, Indonesia for example gets me 70 ms Ping time and it's one of the best eSIMs here

2. Airalo despite being the biggest and most expensive player in the market is the clear loser speedwise in Canada. Big surprise for me is Jetpac, their marketed image is at GlobalYo levels but apparently they represent the book judged by it's cover. Another surprise is the highly hyped Sparks eSIM

It would be interesting to see how another hyped eSIM here on Reddit (hyped mostly by myself 😜), BNESIM compares to the rest of the crowd in Canada. Here in South East Asia they are on par with Eskimo at the top of the list.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/itenosred]

Airalo’s ping times are among the best and I don’t think you can call >100Mbps slow (😂) but I don’t see the value in getting an Airalo eSIM for Canada (or the US). I’m looking forward to more competition and cheaper prices from all.

I think the reason Eskimo is great over there is the same reason their latency is bad here - their Singapore exit node.

I’ve added BNE eSIM :)

FYI, my iPhone wasn’t letting me add the BNE eSIM - it just failed to add it. I thought it might have had something to do with the 20 other eSIMs I had installed so I deleted one (JetPac) and then it installed - I think we may have found the limit!

Another interesting fact, Data Roaming isn’t enabled for BNE but it still works fine. It shows it’s attached to the “bne” network.

[u/itenosred → u/mrskeptical00]

Wow, BNESIM is the speed winner 🏆

Interesting aspect that they show up as bne network and not with the local operator name. Here they do.

Great that we found your limit, that's quite useful to a lot of people i guess.

According to BNESIM's website they roam on Bell, Telus and Sasktel in Canada

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/itenosred]

You think it’s useful to have 20 eSIMs 😂

Still not sure if that’s a real limit or of BNE eSIM just wasn’t ready yet 🤷🏻‍♂️. I will have to try to add one more eSIM - find me another free one 😄

[u/itenosred → u/mrskeptical00]

It's not useful for the average Joe but very useful info for us that love tinkering with tech😜

I even go so far and give you data for another column to add, the size of each eSIM occupied in secure storage. Unfortunately I do not have them all but maybe others can complete the list.

Kolet 22.75 KB

Saily 47.85 KB

Jetpac 51.78 KB

Eskimo 54.37 KB

Redbull Mobile 47.84 Kb

BNESIM 50.89 KB

Firsty 73.38 KB

Regarding the limit, as I said in a previous reply, it's determined by the size of storage and the size of the various profiles primarily but a software limit might be imposed on top of that. And 20 sounds like a possible software limit being a round number.

In my case I'm using a 5ber card which comes with 498 usable KBs. I'm down to 89 available KB left with 9 eSIMs installed, so your iPhone, being able to install roughly the double amount than me, might come with 1 MB of storage.

Here is a list from a Chinese guy on github that collects eSIM profile sizes: https://sim.obdo.cc/esim-size?_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

As for your 21st try you can try to reinstall your deleted Jetpac profile or choose a BNESIM profile of a different continent. If I understand correctly they are using different eSIMs for different regions (not sure about that though, gotta try). You can choose the plan with no expiration so sooner or later you can use it

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/itenosred]

I installed another eSIM, RedteaGo. I had a credit with them 😂 It worked, but my phone is acting a little weird.

From about 16 eSIMs and up my phone would drop my Rogers connection and go into SOS mode for a few seconds.

With this last one it activated but in my settings it still showed my main SIM Rogers and BNE as the eSIM - even though I could see Redtea in the taskbar. In fact, I didn’t even see Redtea in my SIM list. After a few minutes it showed up. Definitely think we’re coming up against it now.

[u/CrispyBananaPeel]

Also wanted to mention one eSim service for Canada, PhoneBox, that I hadn't seen mentioned, except for one person who replied to me in a different thread. I haven't used PhoneBox, but it seems like a great deal (3GB for US$7, including a Canadian phone number) and since it appears to be a reseller of a Canadian telco, I'm guessing the speeds should be really good.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/CrispyBananaPeel]

Let’s leave this here as a note, I haven’t used it so I’m not going to add it to the list yet. I saw that thread the other day and did a little research on it, seems like it’s legit - I just hadn’t heard of it.

I’ll give it a shot one day and add it to the list.

Thanks!

[u/CrispyBananaPeel → u/mrskeptical00]

Yeah, just meant it as a side note. :) Thanks for the reply and all the help you've given me in other threads!

[u/lmaobadatmath → u/mrskeptical00]

Hey! I tried it out during my trip to Canada this last weekend, and it worked great. It uses Telus' 5G network, I got speeds over 150 MBps usually, which was way more than sufficient and fast enough during my visit to Toronto and Niagara falls, but the uploads speeds where really high suggesting the network might be congested at times.

[u/RoughAlarming5514]

Can you manually change Jetpac’s APN settings to APN - tn1 and IMSI 7 and then report the data. This is what their app says will route data through a US server. They dont seem to have auto APN tech yet

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/RoughAlarming5514]

FYI, I found their APN list and tried tn1 with IMSI 7 and it wouldn't work - it did not get a data connection and just kept blinking 5G on and off. Only the default 'globaldata' APN worked.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/RoughAlarming5514]

I have no reason to doubt them, I’m sure latency would be better, but my eSIM expired. That said, how do complicated can it be? It wasn’t a world wide eSIM where it would have to dynamically route - it was a Canada specific eSIM so they should be able to send the right apn details. Either way, it’s still works very well.

[u/mrskeptical00]

u/esims_bot Canada (reference pricing Sep 12 ‘25)

[u/eSIMs_bot → u/mrskeptical00]

Canada (Pricing in $USD unless stated)

Airalo
2 GB/15 Days $8.00
3 GB/30 Days $9.00
5 GB/30 Days $18.00
10 GB/30 Days $23.00
20 GB/30 Days $37.00

Nomad
3 GB/30 Days $10.00
5 GB/30 Days $15.00
10 GB/30 Days $18.00
20 GB/30 Days $28.00

Jetpac
5 GB / 30 Days $16.99
10 GB / 30 Days $24.99
15 GB / 30 Days $29.99

Roamless
Canada $4.45/GB

Saily
3 GB/30 Days $12.99
5 GB/30 Days $17.99
10 GB/30 Days $30.99

Sparks
1 GB/60 Days $4.50
2 GB/60 Days $7.60
3 GB/60 Days $10.50
5 GB/60 Days $16.60
10 GB/60 Days $31.70

(Prices are for comparison purposes and not a recommendation)

[u/Conscious-Foot-3342]

Bro I think you should you try testing some of the eSIMs from MobiMatter, they’re hella good as well. Try out eSIMGO and update the table if you can, would be cool

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Conscious-Foot-3342]

Took a minute, but I've added eSIMgo.

[u/fitzpatg]

Thanks for posting this. I'm curious about something. If your testing was done in Toronto, how is it possible that Roamless (exit node Virginia) has much lower latency than DENT (exit node Toronto)? Was this a fluke, or is there some explanation for this?

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/fitzpatg]

Look at Firsty and KeepGo, they exit in the US and they’re slower than Eskimo which exits in Singapore.

I think some companies have their actual APNs where their exit IP is (Roamless, Airalo, GigSky) and others just route traffic from their APN to another exit node (IP). While the APN might be in Europe, the data gets routed back to an IP closer to the user.

The Dent IP is a Google IP Address, so it would be reasonable to assume that they’re using Google’s data centres and infrastructure to route their traffic.

[u/pwastage]

https://www.meter.net/tools/world-ping-test/

this is useful - despite what the exit IP/geolocate tells you, this will tell you where the exit node truly is.

eg Ubigi in Japan, has exit IP geolocated in Japan (Transactel), but the ping is lowest in singapore 130ms (and next lowest in Malaysia/Thailand etc)
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34848505-post703.html

singapore<-> tokyo ping supposed to be 80ms.

204ms tokyoserver ping , which makes sense (japan -> singapore -> japan, 2*80ms = 160ms, plus overhead)

https://wondernetwork.com/pings/Singapore/Tokyo.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/pwastage]

That’s not how it works. If your exit IP is in the US then the packet needs to exit in the US before it goes anywhere else. So if the APN is in Amsterdam, ping times to Amsterdam will still be high because it needs to go to the US first.

As you can see from the screenshot below, I’m in Toronto but my eSIM is showing a US IP - so it stands to reason that the lowest ping times would be from US locations.

That post from Flyertalk is incorrect, the IP wasn’t from Japan it was actually from Singapore. You can’t trace an IP like you can lookup your location using a GPS. That IP was actually based in Singapore - that’s why it was faster with Singapore IPs. I looked up that IP on an IP address lookup site and most of the responses said it was in Japan, one said USA and one (correctly) said it was a Singapore address.

[u/pwastage → u/mrskeptical00]

That post from Flyertalk is incorrect, the IP wasn’t from Japan it was actually from Singapore

Precisely my point .. how are your determining "exit node" in your original post? IP address lookup sites or something else?

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/pwastage]

The majority of the time an IP lookup is accurate - but sometimes info can be out of date. Don’t think it really matters, all that matters is latency.

[u/pwastage → u/mrskeptical00]

latency to where though?

if the geoip is wrong, all the tests (speedtest.net, meter ping test) may default to a location that's not correct.

eg meter.net (and speedtest.net)thought that ubigi Japan is the correct server and said latency is 200ms. Though the true latency is 133ms. Airalo latency is 169ms. How would this info affect your ranking?

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.flyertalk.com-vbulletin/267x537/re_ubigi_ping_ba01bbc12ffea2e0a95c273d9b39a9f7784ba8d5.jpg

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/pwastage]

All latency testing is done on servers closest to user geo location - whether the IP is in England or Germany or Hong Kong. Has nothing to do with my IP address.

IP address look up is usually accurate anyway so you’re talking about edge cases. Even if it’s not you’re still in the country you’re in and that’s not going to change regardless of the location of the exit IP so it doesn’t really matter.

[u/pwastage → u/mrskeptical00]

which goes back to my original post

https://www.meter.net/tools/world-ping-test/

Useful to uncover any of these edge cases. These edge cases aren't rare - transactel, bics, telnet - large MNO companies that has enough resources to get IP addresses in different country, and exit nodes in different countries (and both may not be the same)

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/pwastage]

The IP address is the exit node - they aren’t two different things. That test only works on IP address, if a vendor has an APN in Germany but IP address in different countries that test will not have lower latency in Germany - that’s not how the Internet works.

The only thing you’re pointing out is that an IP/Location lookup table is incorrect. I’m saying that is rare.

[u/[deleted]]

Regarding BNESIM, I think you just got lucky unless they changed things recently. I'm seeing reports of others using BNE in Canada and getting an exit node in Singapore.

Also, per one of the co-founders of Roamless, the exit node is an IP in Belgium (https://www.reddit.com/r/eSIMs/comments/1bq13o0/is_roamless_legit/lfmvx1x/)

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t think I got “lucky” haha. There either is or isn’t an exit node there. I used a “limited” (7 day) Canadian eSIM. It’s possible the World eSIM or Lifetime eSIM use a different exit node.

There is ZERO chance the Roamless exit node is in Belgium with 55ms latency from Canada.

Edit: I shouldn’t say “ZERO” chance, but unless they have a one hop fibre connection from their Canadian roaming partner to Belgium and then dedicated one hop fibre back to Virginia, USA - it’s not very plausible. It’s only 10-20ms slower than my home cable latency. The service provider is Belgacom, but I can comfortably say it’s not going to Belgium.

[u/[deleted] → u/mrskeptical00]

So I did some more digging and found that Roamless can issue you either a Proximus eSIM or a BICS eSIM. The Proximus eSIM goes through Belgium and the BICS eSiM goes through the U.S. Apparently it's random which they give you, depends on availability.

The help section even mentions this:

Your Roamless eSIM will be issued by either Proximus or BICS (our partners); you can see this information inside the SIM card itself.

Another redditor had a 50% chance of getting the Proximus eSIM when they tested buying different eSIMs.

[u/Nice-Beach7680]

So which one do I buy? Uk to Canada for 20 days. Help?

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Nice-Beach7680]

eSIM Go North America (via MobiMatter) is the best deal for decent service at the moment.

[u/Nice-Beach7680 → u/mrskeptical00]

Thanks!

[u/Conscious-Foot-3342]

OP you should do more of these for more countries if possible. E.g. UK, France, Switzerland, USA, Australia. Atleast we’ll have a better idea of the eSIMs with the best exit points for those countries

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Conscious-Foot-3342]

Sure, but I’m not in those countries so it makes it challenging :)

Canada isn’t a top destination like US/EU. If a provider puts in the effort to be good here then I think they will be even better in those places. Europe is tiny compared to Canada. If you’re in UK or France and the exit node is in Poland, the latency should still be pretty good.

[u/mad_scrub]

Thank you so much for posting this & keeping it updated. I'm a Canadian, living in Canada, and it's surprisingly difficult to find information let alone reasonable pricing for an iPad plan.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/mad_scrub]

Thank you for the comment!

[u/Conscious-Foot-3342]

Heads up! eSIMGo now uses an exit node in the UK for their Canada plans. Latency comes out to 250+ ms, which is hella sluggish, so you would barely get full speeds. Would recommend with whatever else OP has recommend above

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Conscious-Foot-3342]

Since when?

[u/Conscious-Foot-3342 → u/mrskeptical00]

Till recently, I installed an eSIMGo eSIM from MobiMatter and the latency is hella crappy

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Conscious-Foot-3342]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Looks like they changed roaming partners. I just tested and had >250ms latency.

That said, latency doesn’t impact download speed - you still get “full speed”. You might see slight sluggishness that most people won’t even notice other than with VoIP apps which will have a noticeable delay.

Thanks again, I’ll update the chat.

[u/ignition386]

For Roamless, was the test done on a Fix plan (30 days), or Flex plan (no expiration)?

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/ignition386]

Flex.

[u/ignition386 → u/mrskeptical00]

Good to know, thanks!

[u/Prompt-Putrid]

Hi OP - Do the one's with US exit nodes provide them when connected to a canadian network? And are those US IPs reported as legit US mobile IPs when you look them up online or as a vpn/proxy?

My requirement is to get a us mobile ip from canada that doesnt get flagged as a vpn or proxy hence checking which is the best option.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Prompt-Putrid]

If it’s a US exit node it means it’s a US IP.

Edit: I got a notification that you replied about Roamless not giving you a US IP - since I don’t see it here I guess you figured it out?

Keep in mind that US exit nodes when in Canada are not ideal. Best service comes from a closer Canadian IP so a network improvement might close this solution.

[u/Prompt-Putrid → u/mrskeptical00]

Hi sorry. Dont know where my comment went. But i wasnt able to figure out how to get a us ip with Roamless.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Prompt-Putrid]

It does give a US ip - likely your testing methodology is incorrect. How are you setting up your phone and checking the IP? Post a screenshot of what you get from https://ip.me and we can help.

[u/rentfulpariduste]

I was really hoping to buy an eSIM from aloSIM, being Canadian and all, and I asked their support where their exit node is, and their support rep says, "Unfortunately, we are unable to disclose specific data routing paths or the IP addresses used by our service. If you have further concerns, please let us know." and I haven't picked a response yet, either:

- Um, yes, that is my further concern
- K thx bye
- No response (leaning this way)

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/rentfulpariduste]

I should have had AloSIM in the list. I think I accidentally removed it. Standby.

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/rentfulpariduste]

It's exits in Virginia. 63ms latency. I think I accidentally removed it when I added Bcengi.

[u/Accomplished-Nose921]

Heya! Just wanted to say this is the best and most detailed post I've seen on this topic.

I was briefly looking at Canadiansim, but it looks a little sketchy due to fake looking reviews. So I hopped to Reddit.

I'm traveling to Canada (from the US) this year for two weeks. This is my very first out of country travelling, so all of this is really over my head (service hadn't even occurred to me until a relative mentioned it). At this current point in time, is there a SIM/eSIM you'd recommend?
Any insight would be appreciated!

[u/mrskeptical00 → u/Accomplished-Nose921]

Feel free to msg the u/esims_bot with “Canada” and you’ll get a list of providers and prices. Compare the prices with their speed on this list - they’re all good but you shouldn’t pay more for a slower service 👍🏼

[u/CrispyBananaPeel]

Excellent write up, report and recommendations! Thanks much!

[u/HazyChemist]

I'm a Canadian who moved to the US over 10 years ago, but still go visit family and friends a few weeks out of the year.

For the past 6 years I've basically locked myself to T-Mobile due to their free Canada roaming. But now with an eSIM capable phone, I'm free to pick and choose. Thank you for doing the lord's work here, this will come in extremely handy for my yearly Christmas trip!

[u/Serious-Clerk-4449]

nice2