Phone Plan and Using Your Phone

Here are some options for calling home when you are in Canada.

Before you fly out, speak to your network provider and see if you need to activate any plan on your phone plan to use it in North America. Often phone providers will have special packages for when you travel to various regions of the world. 

• Having a Canadian Sim will allow you to easily contact your camp on your days off and stay in touch with loved ones back home and offer peace of mind in case of an emergency. PhoneBox offers both physical SIM cards and eSIMs, so you can choose what works best for you. They have a variety of affordable short-term plans with unlimited international calling - perfect for camp! Keep in mind that due to remote camp locations, cell service and data access aren't always guaranteed. Also, some camps have rules and policies in place about phones, so please check with your camp.
• You might choose to only use your phone when you have WiFi, speak to your camp and see where is the best WiFi signal at camp to make calls and ensure you have WiFi calling enabled on your device. Remember wifi signals might not be the best if your camp is more remote and tucked out of the way. 
• Toronto Pearson Airport now has booths set up in the arrivals hall where you can purchase SIM cards from several major phone service providers.
• You can also consider using an e-SIM if your phone allows it. If you have an iPhone, read this article to find out whether your phone model will accept e-SIMS. If you have an Android, you can read this article. 

We also recommend downloading WhatsApp if you have not already done so. It is the most common messaging app that we will use to message you once you arrive in Canada.