Canadians who have bank accounts or credit cards in the US might need US phone number for 2-factor authentication (2FA) verification. US Phone Number also comes in handy for occasional travels to the US.

Here is the list of US Phone Plans that have low monthly fee and Wifi calling that Canadians can easily get:

Plan	Cost	Note
Tello	$5/month	Unlimited Text + 1GB Data per month, or 500 minutes of Talk + 1GB Data per month SIM or eSIM can be purchased online. Plan can be activated anywhere. – Wifi calling can be used anywhere. – International Roaming addon is not available Remember to sign up with my referral code P3B7KS16 and we both get $10.
Ultra Mobile Paygo	$3/month	100 minutes of Talk, 100 texts and 100MB Data per month SIM card needs to be purchased from eBay or T-Mobile Store. SIM card needs to be activated in the US. – Wifi calling needs to be enabled in the US first, then you can use Wifi calling in Canada. – International Roaming addon is available – eSIM is not available
Red Pocket eBay Plan	$30/year	200 minutes Talk, 1000 Text, 200MB per month SIM card needs to be purchased from eBay. SIM card needs to be activated in the US. – Wifi calling needs to be enabled in the US first, then you can use Wifi calling in Canada. – International Roaming addon is available – eSIM is not available.

If you are looking for free US phone number, you will have to use VoIP services. Please keep in mind that banks usually block VoIP phone number from receiving 2FA verification code.

Plan	Cost	Note
Textnow	$0/month	You need to purchase $4.99 Textnow SIM card in order to use Unlimited minutes of Talk and Text in US. There is no data included (although previously, Textnow had promotion of free 250MB Data per month for some users). You can pick you own US/Canada Phone Number. – Data addon is available – Roaming is Canada and Mexico is available, but only if you purchase data addon.