Montreal eSIM
In Montreal you connect to Rogers or Bell, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 58 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Rogers and Bell
- Real speed in Canada
- 58 Mbps median, 13 Mbps for the slowest tenth1,642 travellers across Canada, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Montreal
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $8.89 | $8.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $4.96 | $14.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $3.98 | $19.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.99 | $29.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $2.29 | $45.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.58 | $78.89 |
How Canada compares across North America
- Speed rank
- 2 of 10 destinations we sell in North America
- Regional median
- 33 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 22 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Rogers, Bell
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- United States, 64 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Mexico, 44 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 4: Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Banff
- tenth percentile
- 13 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 1642 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL)
- Airport
- YUL / CYUL
- Distance
- 15 km from the centre of Montreal
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalFree Wi-Fi is offered airport-wide. Aeroports de Montreal states that a logon to the YUL Wi-Fi network is made by accepting the terms with your email address and provides up to 60 minutes of free browsing per session; you can reconnect for another session.
- SIM on arrival
- SIM counters or vending in the terminalPublic (landside) arrivals level, between doors 27 and 28: ChatR and Rogers/Fido kiosks sell SIM cards.
Getting into Montreal
- STM 747 YUL Aeroport Montreal-Trudeau / Centre-Ville shuttle (express run to Lionel-Groulx metro) (YUL), about 35 minutes
- STM 747 long route, YUL to Gare d'autocars de Montreal / Berri-UQAM (11 stops) (YUL), about 60 minutes
Underground and on the metro
Montreal Metro runs 4 lines. It opened in 1966. The operator states mobile coverage throughout the tunnels.
Worth knowing about Montreal
- The 747 airport shuttle runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and its $11.25 fare doubles as a 24-hour pass for the bus, metro, exo trains and the REM in zone A.
- The REM light-rail branch to the airport is not yet carrying passengers: REM reported starting dynamic testing on the YUL-Aeroport-Montreal-Trudeau branch in August 2026, so the 747 bus remains the only public-transport link from the terminal.
- Mobile coverage runs the entire metro, not just the platforms: 4G LTE deployment was completed across all 68 stations and 71 km of tunnels, so a data connection holds while moving between stations.
- Airport Wi-Fi is session-capped: a logon gives up to 60 minutes of free browsing and requires you to authenticate with an email address, after which you reconnect for a fresh session.
- SIM kiosks at YUL are landside, on the public arrivals level between doors 27 and 28 (ChatR and Rogers/Fido) - not reachable once you have gone back through security.