Telephone numbers in Canada: Difference between revisions
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| [[British Columbia]] || ''[[Area code 236|236]]'', [[Area code 250|250]], [[Area code 604|604]], ''[[Area code 672|672]]'', ''[[Area code 778|778]]'' |
| [[British Columbia]] || ''[[Area code 236|236]]'', [[Area code 250|250]], [[Area code 604|604]], ''[[Area code 672|672]]'', ''[[Area code 778|778]]'' |
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| [[Manitoba]] || ''[[Area codes 204 and |
| [[Manitoba]] || ''[[Area codes 204, 431, and 584|204]]'', ''[[Area codes 204, 431, and 584|431]]'', ''[[Area codes 204, 431, and 584|584]]'' |
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| [[New Brunswick]] || [[Area code 506|506]] |
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Revision as of 17:58, 7 January 2023
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Continent | North America |
| Access codes | |
| Country code | 1 |
| International access | 011 |
| Long-distance | 1 |
Telephone numbers in Canada follow the fixed-length Bell System format, consisting of the country code 1, followed by a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code (or exchange code) and a four-digit station code. This is represented as 1 NPA NXX XXXX,[1] in which the country code is "1".
Local calls from Canadian landlines must be dialled without the leading 1, which is used as the trunk prefix for domestic long-distance calls. Toll calls from Canada to other North American Numbering Plan countries are dialled in the same format (eleven digits) as domestic calls. Overseas calls to locations outside country code 1 are dialled with the 011 international prefix, followed by the country code and the national significant number.
| Province / Territory | Codes (Overlays in Italic) |
|---|---|
| Alberta | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| British Columbia | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Manitoba | 204, 431, 584 |
| New Brunswick | 506 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 709 |
| Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island | 782, 902 |
| Ontario | 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905 |
| Quebec | 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Saskatchewan | 306, 639 |
| Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut | 867 |
Mobile phones
As the recipient of a mobile call pays airtime, standard mobile phone numbers are not uniquely different from land-line numbers and thus follow the same format and area codes as for land-lines. Numbers may be ported between landline and mobile. The rarely used non-geographic area code 600 is one exception to this pattern (non-portable, and allows caller-pays-airtime satellite telephony); some independent landline exchanges are also non-portable.
Mobile phone providers had supported either CDMA or GSM; both are being supplanted by UMTS. Telus shut down its CDMA in mid-2015; Bell Mobility's CDMA network, the country's last major provider of that type, went dark on January 1, 2017.[2]
Toll-free and premium numbers
Non-geographic toll-free telephone numbers (+1 800, 833,[3] 844, 855, 866, 877, 888) and premium-rate telephone numbers (+1-900) are allocated from the same blocks as the corresponding US numbers. Numbers with exchange code 976 are also expensive premium calls.
Formatting
Telephone numbers are usually written as NPA-NXX-XXXX, for example, 250 555 0199, a fictional number, could be written as (250) 555-0199, 250-555-0199, 250-5550199, or 250/555-0199. The modern format for telephone numbers globally is +1NPAXXXXXXX with no spaces, hyphens or other character. The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups, e.g. 250-555-0199.[4]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/favart/index-fra.html?lang=fra&lettr=indx_autr8SPbfCcS_FFE&page=9N6fM9QmOwCE.html Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bell lays out plan to shutter its CDMA network by January 1st, 2017". MobileSyrup. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ^ "FCC Announces Release of New 833 Toll Free Prefix - ATL Communications". atlc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27.
- ^ Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada (2019-12-06). "To Drop or Not to Drop Parentheses in Telephone Numbers – Favourite Articles – Writing Tools – Resources of the Language Portal of Canada – Languages – Canadian identity and society – Culture, history and sport – Canada.ca". www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-10.