Talk:Canada/@comment-32750096-20181102150430/@comment-24682153-20181111203054

Hi Timmy. It's all in the article what you wanted to know. The major phone companies are mostly not present in Canadian airports. You need to go downtown, to a shopping mall or to a gas station. There are some foreign exchange booths in airports that also sell SIM cards and sometimes 7-Eleven convenience stores that sell their own brands.

As in Indonesia prices are quite inflated for SIM cards at the airport sold though agencies. So it's recommended to go to a branded store of the providers. They are more geared to contract customers, but all sell prepaid SIM cards too (or know where you'll get them). So I've had no problem finding local SIM cards in Canada. But be prepared to pay the highest prices for data on the American continent, about 10 or more times as much as in Indonesia.

There are no legal requirements to buy a local SIM card. Like in the US they are anonymous and not registered. But you may face problems topping up with a foreign credit/debit card. Local shops still sell vouchers instead. Your father may be right about WIFI rental agencies. This is not so common. Many users own their device and only few rent a hotspot. They are not rented by the major providers. You can try small phone stores or online agencies. Personally, I'd prefer to use the mobile hotspot capability of my own phone. Because of different frequencies in North America, better bring along a device that can use these Canadian 3G/4G bands indicated in the article.