<p>Yes, I am Canadian and I have used both these services:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cavirtex.com" rel="nofollow">www.cavirtex.com</a></p>

<p>They can be added as Online Bill Payee at RBC, BMO, Scotia, or TD Bank (takes 1 to 2 days)</p>

<p>and/or </p>

<p><a href="http://www.canadianbitcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.canadianbitcoins.com</a></p>

<p>I never left my seat and Bitcoins were deposited with the hour!</p>

<p>They use TD Canada Trust, and you can add them as a Payee by calling your EasyLine banking, then make an Instant payment to them.</p>

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2012-10-24T06:57:26.390Z
Hello Joel and welcome to the StackExchange. You can post relevant links in the answer without having to write "www dot". However, please refrain from self-promotion that is not relevant to the question. This is frowned upon in the community.
ThePiachu
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2012-10-24T02:31:05.137Z
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Joel Frenette
<p>Using a prepaid card is the hard way.</p>

<p>Your better option is to use an exchange.  </p>

<p>Does your bank have online Bill Payment?  If so, you might be able to send funds to <a href="http://cavirtex.com/" rel="nofollow">CA VirtEx</a> using that method.</p>

<p>You can instead deposit cash at Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal or ScotiaBank, and it will be credited to your account at CA VirtEx.</p>

<p>Another Canadian exchange, <a href="http://www.canadianbitcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">Canadian Bitcoins</a>, accepts cash via XpressPost, (or in-person at their office in Ottowa).</p>

<p>There might be other methods that work for you as well:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_bitcoins" rel="nofollow">http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_bitcoins</a></li>
</ul>

<p>There's quite a variety of methods:</p>

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2013-04-08T03:32:43.763Z
I believe that as of April 2013 CAVirtEx no longer accepts payments via cash deposits at banks. See https://www.cavirtex.com/news
dchapes
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2012-08-24T02:44:49.663Z
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Stephen Gornick
<p>I live in Canada, I don't have a credit card. I want to buy a prepaid one and but some bitcoins. How can I do this? Or is there a way to use my debit card? Or even go to my bank and do it.</p>

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2013-09-13T15:59:29.940Z
Related question: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/91/how-do-you-obtain-bitcoins
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How do I buy bitcoins using a prepaid credit card? [Canada]
Tanisha
# How do I buy bitcoins using a prepaid credit card? [Canada]

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-08-24)

I live in Canada, I don't have a credit card. I want to buy a prepaid one and but some bitcoins. How can I do this? Or is there a way to use my debit card? Or even go to my bank and do it.

**Tags:** exchanges, debitcard, canada

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related question: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/91/how-do-you-obtain-bitcoins  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-10-24. Score: 2

Yes, I am Canadian and I have used both these services:

[www.cavirtex.com](http://www.cavirtex.com)

They can be added as Online Bill Payee at RBC, BMO, Scotia, or TD Bank (takes 1 to 2 days)

and/or

[www.canadianbitcoins.com](http://www.canadianbitcoins.com)

I never left my seat and Bitcoins were deposited with the hour!

They use TD Canada Trust, and you can add them as a Payee by calling your EasyLine banking, then make an Instant payment to them.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Hello Joel and welcome to the StackExchange. You can post relevant links in the answer without having to write "www dot". However, please refrain from self-promotion that is not relevant to the question. This is frowned upon in the community.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2012-08-24. Score: 1

Using a prepaid card is the hard way.

Your better option is to use an exchange.

Does your bank have online Bill Payment? If so, you might be able to send funds to [CA VirtEx](http://cavirtex.com/) using that method.

You can instead deposit cash at Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal or ScotiaBank, and it will be credited to your account at CA VirtEx.

Another Canadian exchange, [Canadian Bitcoins](http://www.canadianbitcoins.com/), accepts cash via XpressPost, (or in-person at their office in Ottowa).

There might be other methods that work for you as well:

* <http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_bitcoins>

There's quite a variety of methods:

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: I believe that as of April 2013 CAVirtEx no longer accepts payments via cash deposits at banks. See https://www.cavirtex.com/news  

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