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Telephone numbers in Canada follow the fixed-length format of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) of a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code (or exchange code), and a four-digit station or line code. This is represented as NPA NXX XXXX. [1]
Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes. The rules for numbering NPAs do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position. [1] Area codes with two identical trailing digits are easily recognizable codes (ERC). NPAs with 9 in the second position are reserved for future format expansion.
0–9. Area codes 204, 431, and 584; Area code 250; Area codes 306, 639, and 474; Area codes 418, 581, and 367; Area code 403; Area codes 416, 647, and 437
Area code 226 was added to the numbering plan area in 2006, and 548 was added in 2015. In 2023, the overlay was expanded again with the addition of area code 382. The primary incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) in the overlay complex is Bell Canada , with numerous other small independent companies that covered vast tracts of rural Ontario.
Area codes 778, 236, and 672 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of British Columbia.They form an overlay complex with area code 604, which serves only a small southwestern section, the Lower Mainland, of the province (including Vancouver), and area code 250, which serves the rest of the province.
A new overlay area code, 437, started operation on March 25, 2013. [6] [7] That effectively allocates 24 million numbers to a city of 2.5 million people. Area code 942 is scheduled for addition to the 416/647/437 overlay on April 26, 2025. [8] Area code 387 has been reserved for Toronto's future use.
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Despite Quebec City's rapid growth, by the turn of the millennium, area code 418 was the last of Quebec and Ontario's original four area codes not to have been split. By 2006, however, area code 418 was on the brink of exhaustion because of Canada's system of number allocation.