@drsiha
Unfortunately Wal-Mart is well known in the community to be difficult to purchase an unactivated SIM card from even when it's only needed for a sim swap and cannot be activated. Although they can be more reasonable in smaller communities with limited options to purchase SIM cards.
I am disappointed in your experience with both TMS and WowMobile as they have had generally good reviews. I am usually very wary of koodo so I am happy to hear your experience purchasing a sim card from them was uneventful.
In western Canada London Drugs is pretty good despite a few less than satisfactory activations of late my numerous interactions with their mobile department for pm products has been very good. Some locations are better than others.....sim cards can be found at select best buy locations, 7/11, Shell, Husky and Mobil stations. Some loblaws, provigo and no frills also carry them in the east.
More commonly they are often found at small businesses that deal with some aspect of technology, computers, device repair etc will sell pm sim cards, vouchers and may also do activations. Independent authorized Apple dealers often sell them, the cellphone repair kiosk at the local mall is another good source.
Online there is pm but their shipping times range from 3 days to 3 weeks. Amazon often has them on sale and with prime shipping is free. It's a bit buyer beware on eBay. Canadian Cell Supplies (CSS) has become a very reliable online source for many members who can't make it to their retail store in North York or their pick up location in Mississauga. They ship via Canada Post usually within 5 business days across the country.(Free w/a discounted activation bundle or $5 or less.)
They can often be found discounted or for free(when using their referral code) on Craigslist, Facebook marketplace, kijiji and other resale sites. While they are not offered openly here on the community many of the "regulars" have extra SIM cards at home who once private messaged will help out someone in their local community having difficulty obtaining a sim card in time to activate with a flash sale promotion.
Using the store locator link at the bottom of community page will show all the retail locations in your community that sell various pm products on a map and list their addresses and contact info.
