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I have Fairphone 6, which I imported to Canada thru Clove. It came with standard android rom, but I was able to flash it with e/os. I've had no issues using it in Canada with Telus (even banking apps work fine).
There will be an import or duty fee you will have to pay to bring this into Canada, which I think Clove full explains.
You can get a rough estimate of this using the canadian govt website below: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/dte-acl/est-cal-eng.html
Nice website! I see there is no duty fees on it.
You are pretty much limited to the USA for a fairphone or pinephone, or Europe.
There are alternatives, though. I keep a oneplus 6t for testing because it's supported by almost every Linux and android rom.
I'm suggesting the second option because you will want to try Linux on a phone before you commit to daily driving it.
I would look into one of these. I do not strictly need Linux on my phone, but again following with my avoidance of a cracked convenient store version of a smartphone, Apple being hard included.
Options I would consider buying in Canada:
Judging by your choices here, I would strongly suggest you dig into what these phones can actually do.
The punkt phones, for example, have an extremely cut down set of features and are more like a dumb phone.
Volla phones are not certified for north america, so you will not get volte or half the LTE bands.
There are a lot of nuances to getting off the big brands and changing devices isnt just about leaving google and apple.