These rates apply if you dial the call yourself. Significantly higher rates apply if a long distance call is operator assisted. All rates include applicable taxes after the GST rebate. In other words, this is the rate that is charged to your FIS accounts.

Notes about charges and the lists of most frequently called countries:

  1. Rates listed show the cost per minute for a customer-dialed call and have been rounded to the nearest cent
  2. Due to rounding of the charge for the call, the average cost per minute of a call may vary. For example, a Canadian call may vary between 6.3 and 8.0 cents per minute for short-duration calls
  3. Long distance calls are billed in six-second increments with a minimum billing period of 30 seconds
  4. Rates listed include all applicable taxes and have been adjusted for the University’s GST rebate
  5. International long distance rates are subject to change without notice, depending on the University’s monthly volume of long distance and on market conditions
  6. Operator-assisted calls are considerably more expensive and are not covered by the University’s long distance

Long Distance Rates

Rates listed here are for direct distance dialling, not operator assisted dialling

Direct Distance Dialling Long Distance To:Regular RateCountry Code
AfganistanPerson to person
Albania2.04355
Algeria0.85213
AmericanSamoa1.50684
Andorra0.60376
Angola2.06244
Anguilla1.221-264
Antarctica (Aus.Terr.)1.300
Antarctica (N.Z.Terr.)0.57672
Antigua1.091-268
Argentina0.7254
Armenia1.81374
Aruba0.72297
Ascension Island1.29247
Australia0.2461
Austria0.3343
Azerbaijan2.00994
Azores0.500
Bahamas0.431-242
Bahrain1.50973
BalearicIslands0.470
Bangladesh1.43880
Barbados0.911-246
Barbuda1.091-268
Belarus0.91375
Belgium0.2132
Belize1.33501
Benin1.64229
Bermuda0.631-441
Bhutan1.24975
Bolivia0.91591
Bosnia & Herzegovina1.49387
Botswana1.37267
Virgin Islands (British)1.760
Brazil0.7255
Brunei0.80673
Bulgaria1.75359
BurkinaFaso1.34226
Burundi1.80257
Cambodia (Kampuchea)2.06855
Cameroon1.17237
Canada0.070
CanaryIslands0.470
CapeVerde1.32238
Carriacou0.990
Cayman Islands0.511-345
Central African Rep.1.68236
Chad2.13235
Chatham Island0.570
Chile0.4656
China (People’s Rep.of)0.7086
Christmas Islands0.24672
CIS (Russia)1.05700
Cocos Islands0.24672
Columbia0.9157
Comoros1.2916 or 269
Congo1.68242
Cook Islands1.83682
Costa Rica0.64506
Ivory Coast2.26225
Croatia0.55385
Cuba2.6253
Cuba (Guantanamo Bay)2.6253
Cyprus (North)1.070
Cyprus (Rep.of)1.46357
Czech Republic1.1042
Democratic Republic of Congo1.680
Denmark0.2545
Diego Garcia1.10246
Djibouti1.97253
Dominica0.991-767
Dominican Republic0.511-809
Easter Island0.4656
East Timor0.850
Ecuador1.45593
Egypt1.1220
El Salvador1.05503
Equatorial Guinea1.68240
Eritrea1.95291
Estonia0.87372
Ethiopia1.83251
Falkland Islands1.10500
Faroe Islands0.66298
Fiji1.45679
Finland0.29358
French Guiana1.17594
French Polynesia1.76689
France0.1433
Gabon1.04241
Gambia1.08220
Georgia2.03995
Germany0.1649
Ghana1.18233
Gibraltar1.20350
Greece0.3830
Greenland1.04299
Grenada0.991-473
Guadeloupe & Dependencies0.72590
Guam0.75671
Guatemala1.10502
Guinea1.16224
Guinea-Bissau2.14245
Guyana2.30592
Haiti1.04509
Honduras0.92504
Hong Kong0.16852
Hungary0.5736
Iceland0.80354
India0.9991
Indonesia1.2262
Iran1.0998
Iraq1.92964
Ireland0.29353
Israel0.33972
Italy0.1839
Jamaica0.881-876
Japan0.3881
Jordan1.08962
Kazakhstan1.057
Kenya1.51254
Kiribati2.09686
Korea (North)2.6285
Korea (South)0.2582
Kuwait1.33965
Kyrgyzstan1.53996
Laos2.24856
Latvia1.96371
Lebanon1.28961
Lesotho1.07266
Liberia0.82231
Libya0.84218
Liechtenstein0.3341
Lithuania1.24370
Luxembourg0.82352
Macau1.28853
Macedonia1.20389
Madagascar2.53261
Madeira0.500
Malawi0.82265
Malaysia0.5160
Maldives1.60960
Mali2.29223
Malta0.59356
Mariana Islands2.181-670
Marshall Islands2.89672/692
Martinique0.74596
Mauritania1.47222
Mauritius1.57230
Mayotte1.29269
Mexico0.5152
Micronesia1.97691
Moldova1.24373
Monaco0.33377
Mongolia2.74976
Montserrat0.991-664
Morocco0.99212
Mozambique2.26258
Myanmar(Burma)3.1295
Namibia1.20264
Nauru2.62674
Nepal1.43977
Netherlands0.2431
Netherlands Antilles0.75599
New Caledonia1.75687
New Zealand0.5764
Nicaragua1.25505
Niger1.21227
Nigeria1.17234
Niue1.83683
Norfolk Island1.30672
Norway0.2647
Oman2.80968
Pakistan1.3092
Palau2.09680
Palestine0.330
Panama0.89507
Papua New Guinea0.80675
Paraguay0.92595
Peru0.7551
Philippines0.6463
Pitcairn IslandsPerson to Person0
Poland0.4548
Portugal0.50351
Puerto Rico0.251-787
Qatar1.17974
Reunion1.32262
Romania1.3440
Russia1.057
Rwanda1.53250
St. Helena1.39290
St.Kitts and Nevis0.961-869
St.Lucia1.011-758
St. Pierre-et-Miquelon0.59508
St. Vincent1.001-784
San Marino0.97378
Sao Tome and Principe1.78239
Saudi Arabia1.51966
Senegal2.33221
Serbia0.850
Seychelles1.62248
Sierra Leone1.64232
Singapore0.5165
Slovakia1.10421
Slovenia1.28386
Solomon Islands2.62677
Somali3.13252
South Africa Rep.0.7227
Spain0.4734
Spanish North Africa0.470
Sri Lanka0.9994
Sudan1.32249
Suriname1.70597
Swaziland1.25268
Sweden0.2246
Switzerland0.2541
Syria1.93963
Taiwan0.25886
Tajikistan1.577
Tanzania1.10255
Thailand0.7866
Togo1.53228
Tokelau3.02690
Tonga1.67676
Trinidad & Tobago0.931-868
Tunisia1.37216
Turkey0.9190
Turkmenistan1.42993
Turks & Caicos Islands1.071-649
Tuvalu1.46688
Uganda1.33256
Ukraine1.47380
United Arab Emirates0.72971
United Kingdom0.1444
United States0.070
Uruguay1.21598
Uzbekistan1.577
Vanuatu1.97678
Vatican City0.1839
Venezuela0.7858
Vietnam1.6484
Virgin Islands (U.S.)0.531-340
Wallis and Futuna5.25681
Western Samoa2.03685
Western SaharaPerson to Person0
Yemen (Rep.Of)1.89967
Yugoslavia0.85381
Zambia1.13260
Zimbabwe0.91263
Inmarsat Rates
Inmarsat Ground to ShipA17.18
B8.00
M8.00
Mini M6.55
Inmarsat Ground to AirAltlantic Ocean West or Pacific Ocean Regions15.56
Altlantic Ocean EAst or Indian Ocean Regions17.31

Iridium Rates
Iridium 88167.89
Iridium 881715.26
  1. Rates listed show the cost per minute for a customer-dialed call and have been rounded to the nearest cent.
  2. Please note that due to rounding of the charge for the call, the average cost per minute of a call may vary.For example, a Canadian call may vary between 6.3 and 8.0 cents per minute for short duration calls.
  3. Long distance calls are billed in six second increments with a minimum billing period of 30 seconds.
  4. Rates listed include all applicable taxes and have been adjusted for the
    University’s GST rebate.
  5. International long distance rates are subject to change without notice
    depending on the University’smonthly volume of long distance and on market conditions.
  6. 6.Operator assisted calls are considerably more expensive and are not covered by the University’s long distance agreement.

Rates listed here are for direct distance dialling, not operator assisted dialling

Country24 Hour Rate
Australia0.24
Brazil0.72
Canada0.07
Chile0.46
China (People’s Republic)0.70
France0.14
Germany0.16
Greece0.38
Hong Kong0.16
India0.99
Israel0.33
Italy0.18
Japan0.38
Mexico0.51
Netherlands (Holland)0.24
South Africa Rep0.72
Spain0.47
Switzerland0.25
United Kingdom0.14
United States0.07