Virgin Plus Coverage Map

Virgin Plus, formerly known as Virgin Mobile, is a flanker brand operating on the nationwide Bell network, which covers over 99% of Canadian households. Virgin offers affordable 5G and 4G LTE plans, cheap phone deals, and Member Benefits, including discounts on food, fashion, entertainment, and more.

In this guide, we’ll break down the Virgin Plus coverage map so you can understand the carrier’s network reliability, how to check if their coverage is available near you, and compare their service to competitors like Bell, Koodo Mobile, and Public Mobile.

Virgin Plus network coverage

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Virgin Plus uses Bell’s towers to reach over 99% of Canadians, with strong coverage throughout most provinces, especially in metropolitan areas. Virgin’s total network coverage map only includes 36% of the country’s landmass, though that small number is the second largest in Canada behind Telus. That’s mostly due to the country’s particular geography: Bell, along with Telus and Rogers, provides minimal coverage to the northern wilderness because so many of the country’s residents live in the lower half of the map.

Before purchasing a Virgin Plus plan, you’ll want to check to see if their coverage area includes your household. You can do that with our coverage check or zoom in on your neighborhood with our interactive map below.

Virgin Plus 5G coverage

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Virgin Plus has 5G coverage that’s powered by Bell’s large 5G network, which reaches over 70% of Canadians. Virgin’s 5G is especially strong in the country’s cities and their larger metropolitan areas, with places like Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal featuring wide bands of coverage.

Most of Virgin’s 5G plans are promotional, though, which means they’re often only available for a limited time or are restricted to certain areas. If you catch them at the right time, though, you can use a Virgin Plus plan to score Bell 5G for under $60/month. Check out the most popular Virgin Plus 5G plans right now below.

Compare Virgin Plus coverage: Bell, Koodo Mobile, and Public Mobile

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The Virgin Plus coverage map is extensive, but it’s not your only option. Below, we break down how Virgin’s coverage compares with its major competitors in Bell, Koodo, and Public.

Virgin Plus vs. Bell coverage map

Virgin Plus operates on the Bell nationwide network, which means Bell’s coverage map is nearly identical to Virgin’s. There is, however, a distinct difference in how each of those brands uses that network and, in turn, the kind of coverage its respective customers receive.

Bell is the premium brand, offering the best service on the network with the fastest speeds possible. In addition to 5G coverage, Bell also offers 5G+ coverage in select metropolitan areas, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City. As the name implies, 5G+ is faster than 5G, operating at a higher frequency and with lower latency. Translation? That means you get faster service, even in crowded areas like sports stadiums, crowded city blocks, and music venues.

Virgin Plus, on the other hand, is the affordable brand. It doesn’t offer 5G+, and its 5G plans are limited in their full-speed data amounts. This doesn’t mean Virgin Plus is a bad carrier, it just means that Bell sees no reason to turn its flanker brand into a competitor; instead, Virgin Plus appeals to a different kind of consumer. This is typical of flanker brands, which are often used by their parent companies as constantly evolving dealmakers trying to attract younger and more budget-savvy customers to their networks.

If you’re interested in premium 5G coverage, Bell is a better bet. You can find our guide to the best Bell plans or check out the carrier’s most popular plans below.

Virgin Plus vs. Koodo Mobile coverage map

Koodo Mobile is a Telus flanker, with coverage that reaches 99% of Canadians and covers 37% of the country. That extra 1% of the map is mostly in the rural stretches of the north, with more coverage in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut than Virgin Plus.

Koodo also has access to Telus’ 5G network, which covers 70% of the population, though the flanker rarely offers 5G plans. This is once again a matter of branding: Koodo has become Telus’ affordable and prepaid carrier and, to their credit, it’s a niche where they’ve thrived. Koodo has some of the best prepaid plans and cheap phone deals in Canada, allowing customers to pick up state-of-the-art smartphones for seriously reduced rates.

If you’re looking for reliable 5G coverage, we recommend going with Virgin Plus. If you’re looking for a cheap phone plan, we suggest checking out Koodo. You can find some of their most popular plans below.

Virgin Plus vs. Public Mobile coverage map

Public Mobile is another Telus flanker, so its coverage map is identical Koodo: its reach extends to 99% of Canadians and it provides 5G coverage to 70% of them. In many ways, Public is to Telus what Virgin is to Bell—it’s an affordable 4G LTE and 5G carrier that appeals to younger customers who aren’t interested in the high prices of its parent company.

Public Mobile’s coverage area is slightly larger than Virgin’s, covering 37% of the map to Virgin’s 36%. The biggest difference between the carriers is not related to coverage so much as it is about what you can do with it: Virgin Plus offers some excellent cheap deals on phones, while Public doesn’t offer the ability to pair plans with phones at all.

That being said, if you’re looking to BYOD to a new plan with great 5G coverage, then Public Mobile is the better choice. You can find some of their most popular plans below.

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