Montreal eSIM
In Montreal you connect to Rogers or Bell, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 58 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Rogers and Bell
- Typical speed in Canada
- 58 Mbps typical, 13 Mbps at busy times
- 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
- Regional typical speed
- 33 Mbps
- 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
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.
- The city runs its own free network, MTLWiFi, at more than 275 sites including libraries, parks, some borough offices, tourist sites and commercial streets. Join the network named MTLWiFi with no password; it runs around the clock at up to 30 Mbps per user.
- MTLWiFi is open and unencrypted. The city blocks traffic between devices and runs a firewall, but what you send is not encrypted, so leave banking and other sensitive logins for mobile data.
- Taxis from YUL to downtown Montreal charge a fixed fare: $49.45 from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. and $56.70 overnight. Other destinations are metered, starting at $4.10 plus $2.05 per kilometre and $0.77 per minute in the daytime, with a $21.65 minimum.
- For UberX at YUL, walk through door 28 on the arrivals level to the Leigh-Capreol drop-off area, get a PIN in the app and queue for the next car. Uber Black picks up at door 25, and from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. the app guides you instead.
- At the airport, the free network to choose is named ".YUL Wi-Fi", with a leading dot. Sign-in takes an email address.
- The REM automated light metro now serves 23 stations on its branches to Brossard, Deux-Montagnes and Anse-à-l'Orme.
- Metered taxi rates from YUL rise between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.: the meter starts at $4.70 and adds $2.35 per kilometre and $0.89 per minute, with a minimum fare of $24.75.