Canadian carriers’ Black Friday deals haven’t been great so far, but if you’re in the market for a low-cost mobile plan with a decent data bucket, you might want to start looking at prepaid options.
Rogers-owned prepaid brand Chatr Mobile has brought back the $29/25GB Black Friday plan it offered in 2024. And it’s not the only provider offering a $29/25GB prepaid plan — Bell’s Lucky Mobile has one, and so does Telus-owned Koodo.
Chatr’s plan includes 20GB of 4G data and a 5GB data bonus for customers who sign up for automatic payments, as well as unlimited Canada-wide calling. For texting, customers get unlimited incoming and 2,000 outgoing messages to Canada, U.S., and international numbers.
That texting change is the biggest difference between this Black Friday deal and last year’s promotion. Chatr stopped including unlimited texting with its plans earlier this year, part of a larger trend of Rogers-owned wireless providers stripping common features out of plans to increase profits — we saw something similar when Fido turned hotspot access into a paid add-on.
But if you can look past the texting changes, then this Chatr plan isn’t half bad. If texting is important to you, I’d suggest looking at the others.
Lucky Mobile’s plan is remarkably similar to Chatr, offering 20GB of 4G data and a 5GB data bonus for customers using autopay. Unlike Chatr, Lucky’s plan includes unlimited Canada-wide and international texting and unlimited Canada-wide calling.
Koodo’s prepaid plan likewise offers 20GB of 4G data and 5GB of bonus data for autopay, and unlimited Canada-wide calling and unlimited international texting. There isn’t much of a difference between Koodo and Lucky plans, so the best decision depends on whether Telus or Bell has better service in your area.
Ultimately, the $29/25GB plan is one of the better offers I’ve seen this Black Friday. It can be hard to find decent plans under the $30/mo mark in Canada, so when a deal like this comes along, it’s usually worth taking. Unfortunately, it’s not clear how long these offers will stick around — none of the providers list an end date for this plan. However, they all list December 1 as the end date for other Black Friday plans, so I’d guess the $29/25GB option will go away on December 1 as well.
With that in mind, it might make sense to wait until Black Friday to see if anything better comes along. If not, the $29/25GB plan will work for most people just fine.
If you’re looking for more tech deals, check out our roundup of all ongoing Black Friday coverage.
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