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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]
Worldwide distribution of country calling codes. Regions are coloured by first digit. Telephone country codes, originally termed International Codes by the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (C.C.I.T.T.) in 1960, [1] but also sometimes referred to as "country dial-in codes", or historically "international subscriber dialing" (ISD) codes in the U.K., are telephone ...
No area codes have been split in Canada since 1999. Area code 438 was considered for overlaying 450 as well, but a later decision determined instead that 579 would be the overlay code. [4] In February 2017, area code 263 was reserved as the third area code in the region, and was placed in service on October 22, 2022. [5]
this was the first part of North America to have its code changed three times: from 213 to 714 1951: to 619 in 1982, and to 760 in 1997; was to have originally split off the portion of 760 serving San Diego County to a new 442 area code in late 2008/early 2009; that plan was cancelled; 2009: overlaid by 442; 761
An area code provides about 7.8 million telephone numbers, but Canada uses an allocation scheme that allots all ten thousand numbers of a central office prefix to competitive local exchange carriers even for the smallest hamlets. Canada does not implement number pooling. Therefore, once a number is allocated to a rate centre, it cannot be ...
Users can now switch carriers and keep their cell phone numbers, including prefix. An additional digit has been added to the code of every carrier. Making a single code per carrier, after each carrier had to have multiple codes. And making the NSN 10 digits after it was 9.
US FL 12 1950-01-01 1 34 3401 Georgia United States (Includes territories and possessions) United States Independent State in the World Washington, DC US GA 13 1950-01-01 1 35 3501 Maryland United States (Includes territories and possessions) United States Independent State in the World Washington, DC US MD 24 1950-01-01 1 36 3601 North Carolina
Area code 519 was the initial code of the numbering plan area (NPA). It was created in 1953 from the western portion of area code 416 and the southwestern portion of 613. The numbering plan area is mostly bounded by area code 905, except for Simcoe County which is bordered by 705. Area code 226 was added to the numbering plan area in 2006, and ...