Follow this checklist to save major on your Canadian phone plan

You are NOT imagining it — your phone bill is creeping up every month. In fact, cell phone plans in Canada are among the most expensive in the world.

But the good news is there are plenty of ways to trim down your costs without sacrificing your streaming, scrolling, or “just one more episode” binges.

Here’s your easy, no-nonsense checklist for keeping your mobile bills in check.

Ride the Wi-Fi wave

Starting with the obvious here. Skip the data drain and surf those free hotspots whenever you can.

Whether you’re at a coffee shop, campus, or hanging out in your friend’s house, log in and let the Wi-Fi do the heavy lifting. Bonus points for downloading playlists, maps, or shows ahead of time so you can stay entertained offline.

Track your gigabytes like a hawk

Most of us don’t actually know how much data we use — just that it runs out at the worst possible time (like right before your Uber app loads.)

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Check your phone’s built-in tracker to see which apps are hogging your gigabytes. Spoiler: it’s usually our favourites (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, you know the culprits).

Fizz, an affordable Canadian provider, offers a rollover feature, where at the end of the month, your unused mobile data automatically rolls over so you can use it the next month. No waste! 

Kick those add-ons to the curb

Voicemail add-ons? Unlimited international calling you never touch? That free trial you forgot to cancel six months ago? Go through your plan and ditch the stuff that doesn’t matter to you.

It’s like spring cleaning, but for your phone bill!

Share the love (and the data)

Some providers offer discounts when you add more people to your plan, while others offer certain perks. Either way, sharing pays off. 

Fizz, for example, lets you refer your friends or family. When you activate a first Fizz plan, you get to use the referral code of a fellow Fizz member and doing so you each get a referral bonus. Plus, the referral bonus is at $40 right now in Ontario. Score!

Plus, if you’ve got more mobile data than you know what to do with, you can gift some to another member and make their day.

Dodge the surprises

Activation fees, cancellation fees, long-distance fees, roaming fees, breathed-near-a-cell-tower fees. The list seems never-ending.

Make sure you’re with a provider that’s upfront and transparent, so you’re not hit with those “gotcha” charges. And guess what? Fizz is exactly that. They keep it simple with no overage, roaming, activation, or deactivation fees.

Switch to a provider that actually gets it

At the end of the day, the biggest savings come from choosing the right provider. Fizz is 100% online (so no waiting in line at a store), super easy to set up, and you can fully customize your plan to fit your lifestyle.

Plus, it keeps things refreshingly simple with no price hikes or surprise fees, and coverage to 99 per cent of the Canadian population.

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It also offers affordable and flexible plans that don’t mess with your budget. Members can build their own plans, but they can also change their plans whenever they want, from the comfort of their home. You can manage all of this online from your account — easy!

If you’re tired of overpaying, now’s the time to shake things up. Check out Fizz and start saving without giving up the stuff you love.