SMS · North AmericaSMS pricing in Canada
SMS to Canada costs from $0.017 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Rogers, Bell Canada, Telus); sender IDs are registered with the CRTC in 3–6 weeks (short codes, after txt.ca approval).
Across 3 direct operators · regulator CRTC
How much does SMS to Canada cost?
SMS to Canada costs from $0.017 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and CRTC-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Rogers Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0181 per SMS | — |
Bell Canada Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0181 per SMS | — |
Telus Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0170 per SMS | — |
- Common short codes are assigned by the Canadian Telecommunications Association (txt.ca) and take 3–6 weeks to provision after approval.
- Long-code requirements are set by the carriers; BroadNet confirms them during onboarding.
- CASL opt-in required.
- Long messages (>160 GSM-7 chars) split into segments — billed per segment.
- Concatenation, Unicode and Latin all priced identically per segment.
- Delivery receipts (DLRs) included — no per-DLR fee.
SMS in Canada: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Canada coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Rogers, Bell Canada, Telus |
| Sender-ID lead time | 3–6 weeks (short codes, after txt.ca approval) |
| Typical OTP latency | 2.3 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 37M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +1 · 302 |
| Time to launch | Live in 16–35 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | USD · CAD |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.012 – 0.025 |
SMS to Canada: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Canada, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Canada?
How do I get test access for Canada?
Tiers upgrade automatically — the moment you cross the line.
Your effective rate is recalculated every billing cycle from the volume you sent that month. No paperwork, no renegotiation. Discounts apply automatically.
List rate. No commitment, no minimums.
Auto-applies on traffic above 100K/mo.
Includes monthly route review + Slack channel.
Direct operator pricing, signed SLAs, optional private cloud.
| Tier | Monthly volume | Discount | Effective rate (USD per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | $ 0.0170 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0150 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0126 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0102 |
More on Canada
Above 1M / month, pricing becomes a conversation.
Per-country rate cards negotiated against your traffic mix, dedicated SMPP binds, named account management, signed delivery SLAs and optional on-premise or private-cloud deployment. Most quotes come back within two business days.
- Custom per-country rate cards
- Dedicated SMPP binds (capacity agreed per bind, up to 30,000 SMS/s per node)
- Named account manager + on-call engineer
- Signed delivery SLA — 99.99% uptime
- On-prem or private-cloud deployment
- Quarterly route review and benchmark
Launch SMS in Canada on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 16–35 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time). Billed in AED, SAR, USD, EUR or GBP.
$ curl -X POST https://api.broadnet.me/sms/sendSms -H "Authorization: Bearer $BROADNET_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"senderId":"BroadNet","destinationNumber":"447700900123","message":"Hello from BroadNet","messageType":"TEXT"}'