Starlink for RVs and time on the road in Canada

Roam for the road. Residential for a registered address.

Starlink’s Canada plans page describes Roam as best for RVs, nomads, campers, and working on the go. It lists in-motion use, “works anywhere in 150+ countries and territories,” pause anytime with Standby Mode, and a 30-day trial. The same page says to read the FAQ for limitations on international travel, coastal coverage, and in-motion use. “150+ countries” is Starlink’s feature line. It is not a claim that every Canadian campsite, ferry, or logging road has service.

Residential is described as best for households. The Help Center says Residential plans are for a fixed, land-based location, do not support roaming, and do not support in-motion use. Service is intended for the registered service address in the account. A Residential plan ordered for a house will not become an RV plan because the dish is portable hardware. Starlink’s own wording is that a Roam plan is required to use the service at a different address or while travelling.

Monthly prices listed on 9 October 2026, in Canadian dollars, treated here as before-tax service prices:

• Roam 100GB: $75/mo
• Roam 300GB: $110/mo
• Roam Unlimited: $200/mo
• Residential, if the dish is actually staying at one home: $75, $115, or $150 per month depending on the plan, and only where that plan is offered

The Residential details, including the 100 Mbps and 200 Mbps caps, are on the pricing page and the rural guide.

In-motion notes, from Starlink’s Help Center

Use this section as a pointer, then confirm the rule on your plan before you drive. Coastal and international limits are easy to miss, and this site does not restate every maritime exception.

Starlink lists in-motion use as a Roam feature. In a Help Center article on app alerts, Starlink says in-motion use is only supported for Roam or Mobile services, and it lists these ceilings: Residential is stationary use only at fixed, registered addresses, and Roam is up to 100 mph (160 km/h). If the dish is moving faster than the plan allows, the same article says to slow down. For Residential, it says to return to the registered service address.

That 160 km/h figure is Starlink’s published plan limit in that article, not a speed this guide measured and not a promise of a solid link on the Trans-Canada. Trees, rock cuts, and a dish that cannot see the sky still matter when you are parked. The setup guide says obstructions cause interruptions. A site that worked in an open rest stop can struggle under a dense canopy.

The Canada plans page points readers to an FAQ for limits on international travel, coastal coverage, and in-motion use. Read that FAQ if the route includes a ferry, a coastline, or a crossing out of the country. This page does not invent ocean or coastal prices.

Picking among the Roam data plans

Starlink says customers on Roam 100GB and Roam 300GB receive an allotment of high-speed data, then unlimited low-speed data. Roam Unlimited is listed at $200/mo. The low-speed step-down is described for the 100GB and 300GB plans, not in that same sentence for Unlimited. Confirm the fair-use terms on the official page before you assume Unlimited means uncapped video for a month.

This guide will not convert that into “hours of streaming.” A work-from-the-park week and a weekend of maps and mail are different, and Starlink does not publish a cottage-or-RV usage table this page can cite. If you already know you burn through phone hotspots, the 100GB allotment is the one to read most carefully. If several people on the trip work and watch video, compare 300GB at $110/mo with Unlimited at $200/mo inside checkout, where the current terms sit next to the price.

Standby Mode is listed with Roam as “pause anytime.” Starlink says it allows emergency messaging and easy reactivation in dead zones for a small monthly fee. The public plans page reviewed on 9 October 2026 did not show that fee in dollars. Do not budget a number you have not seen in your own account. It is also the wrong tool to leave on by accident during a driving day: treat Standby as a pause option to confirm in the account, not as in-motion service.

Starlink’s Help Center page on travelling with Roam groups the United States, Canada, and some territories as one region, and says other Roam plans are for use within the registered home country or that grouped region. It points to Roam Unlimited, a Priority plan, or localizing the account for time outside that region. Snowbird routes should read that article rather than assume every Roam plan covers a long stay abroad. Travel registration rules are in the same article.

What “check your address” means for an RV

An RV still orders through an account. Starlink asks you to get started and view plans for an area. The plan family has to match the use: Roam if the dish will be at different places or in motion, Residential only if this kit is for one registered land address and will stay there. Ordering Residential because the monthly price looks familiar, then mounting it on a fifth-wheel, is the mismatch the Help Center describes.

Hardware cost and mount hardware vary by what checkout offers. This site does not list kit prices. A roof mount, if you need one, is part of that hardware conversation on Starlink’s shop and checkout, not a price here. The referral offer is separate: CA$140 in cash or Starlink service credit when you sign up through Marc Stevens’ link. Terms apply. It is not a hardware MSRP.

Check your address on Starlink’s official Canada site for current pricing, hardware offers, and availability. Park availability is not the same as the mailing address on your account. Read the plan you are buying.