Toronto eSIM
In Toronto 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 Toronto
| 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 Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)
- Airport
- YYZ / CYYZ
- Distance
- 20 km from the centre of Toronto
- Also serves
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ)
Getting into Toronto
- UP Express (Union Pearson Express) (YYZ), about 28 minutes
- TTC transit to Pearson (YYZ), about 45 minutes
- Billy Bishop Airport Ferry (Marilyn Bell) (YTZ), about 2 minutes
- TTC 509 Harbourfront streetcar, Union Station to Bathurst Street and Queens Quay West (Billy Bishop ferry terminal) (YTZ)
Underground and on the metro
Toronto subway (TTC) runs 5 lines. It opened in 1954. The operator states mobile coverage in parts of the network only.
Worth knowing about Toronto
- The TTC states that 5G cellular service is available in select areas of the subway system not throughout it so expect your connection to drop between some stations underground.
- Two very different airport rides: UP Express runs Pearson to Union Station in 28 minutes with only three intermediate stops (Weston, Mount Dennis, Bloor), while the TTC covers downtown to Pearson in about 45 minutes for a single ordinary TTC fare.
- Billy Bishop is on an island: the only ways in are a 90-second ferry across the 121-metre Western Gap (free for pedestrians, $15 return for a vehicle, every 15 minutes from 05:15 to 00:07) or a pedestrian tunnel.
- The Billy Bishop pedestrian tunnel is 853 feet long and runs 100 feet beneath Lake Ontario's Western Channel; six elevators and four moving walkways get you from the mainland pavilion to check-in in under six minutes. Expect no signal for that stretch unless you are already connected.
- Billy Bishop operates 05:00 to 23:00 daily, so a late-evening arrival into Toronto will be at Pearson, not downtown.
- The quickest TTC bus to Pearson is the 900 Airport Express from Kipling station at the west end of Line 2. It makes only a few stops, reaches the terminals in about 20 to 25 minutes, and runs from roughly 5:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday to Saturday.
- Pearson has overnight buses too. The 300A Bloor-Danforth runs from about 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. and takes around an hour from Yonge and Bloor, and the 334A Eglinton links Kennedy station with the airport in about 75 minutes.
- TTC buses stop at Terminal 1 ground level and Terminal 3 arrivals level. Both stops are inside the Toronto fare zone, so one TTC fare covers the ride, but Mississauga Transit fares are not accepted there.
- UP Express trains leave Pearson from 5:27 a.m. on weekdays and 6:24 a.m. at weekends, with the last train at 12:54 a.m. The station is in Terminal 1, next to the Terminal Link train to Terminal 3.
- You can ride UP Express by tapping a contactless credit or debit card, a phone or watch wallet, or a PRESTO card. Tap off at the end too, or you are charged the maximum fare from the station where you started.
- Signal in the subway tunnels is being added section by section. Every station and the downtown tunnels had coverage by late 2023, and the TTC's December 2025 projection was 88 per cent of tunnels by the end of 2026 and the whole system by mid-2027.
- Rogers owns the subway's cellular network, and after a 2023 deal Bell and Telus customers use it as well. Line 4 Sheppard is the stretch where tunnel work had not yet started at the end of 2025.
- Line 5 Eglinton opened to riders on 8 February 2026, and the TTC now also lists Line 6 Finch West as open, so the rail map runs to Lines 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.
- Toronto hotels and short-term rentals add a 6 per cent Municipal Accommodation Tax. The rate dropped back to 6 per cent for stays starting 1 August 2026, when a temporary 8.5 per cent rate ended.
- To reach Billy Bishop by TTC, take the 509 Harbourfront streetcar west from Union Station, or the 511 Bathurst streetcar south from Bathurst station, then walk south on Bathurst Street to the ferry terminal building.