Roaming charges in Canada

[bk21]

If my account is registered in one province in canada, will I get charged roaming for travelling to another province in canada?

[xl]

Roaming.... generally no.

It will be long distance if call or receive calls from home.

I hear you might get roaming if you get close to the Territories.

[Pamely]

Actually what you get charge is LD. but you can request to get Nationwide 20 for the lenght of your trip and at the end will cost you $0.66 per day. 🙂 hope this would help you.

Note: sms and data are already nationwide. 

[Silver_Arrow]

If you make calls and do not have nation wide calling yes that is roaming. But feel free to use all the texting and data as you would at home as that is nation wide.

[NFtoBC]

@ Silver_Arrow. Are you confusing Roaming with Long Distance? Roaming occurs when you connect through a partner network, which can occur in some areas near the US border. Long Distance costs occur when you call a number outside your local calling area, or when you receive a call when you are outside your local calling area. You can incur both Roaming charges and Long Distance charges when travelling. For instance, if I travel to Calgary and call home (or someone at home calls me) I incur a Long Distance cost. If I travel to Seattle, or Whitehorse, and book a restaurant reservation downtown, I incur a roaming charge; if I call home to chat with the kids, I incur both a Roaming charge and a Long Distance charge.

[corsini]

I am a bit confused. I live in Calgary and plan to go to. Montreal. If I call my sister in Montreal while I am there, is it considered a local call ie no charges? If I then call my husband in Calgary, I would pay long distance charges? If I went to Vermont I would incur roaming and long distance? Is this correct? 

[Nighthawk]

Vermont would be roaming. Most carriers in Canada will charge something if you are outside your home calling area but still in Canada. You can get that easily removed by calling Telus and asking. I was an hour from home and my friend called. I got charged for receiving the call. Called Telus when I found out and got them to change it so I don't pay anything and only use up my minutes if during the day.

[NFtoBC]

@corsini
Roaming in Vermont includes long distance back to Canada. Otherwise your description is right on!

[Dark_Knight · Accepted solution]

@corsini If you have a Calgary # and go to Montreal, you can call local Montreal #s without incurring LD charges, but if you receive a call from anywhere, you will be charged LD. If you call back to Calgary, you will also be charged LD. 

If it's a short trip, and your plan doesn't include unlimited nationwide calling, TELUS offers some decent LD plans that you can add for the duration of your trip (which usually only costs a few $) http://www.telus.com/en/bc/mobility/plans/long-distance.jsp?&eVar35=http://www.telus.com/en/mobility...

When you travel outside of Canada, you would incur roaming charges. 

I know that some of the smaller carriers (WIND) charge for roaming when you leave one of their zones. That is because they are using another carriers towers. 

Hope that clears things up. 🙂