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411 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 411 – and the related 113 number – were free to call in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the service is commonly known as "information", [ 1 ] although its official name is "directory assistance".
In 2002, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Ontario Teachers' Merchant Bank acquired control of Yellow Pages Group, with Bell Canada retaining 10% ownership. [3] In August 2003, YPG had its initial public offering which raised over $1 billion, and established YPG as an income fund on the Toronto Stock Exchange (YLO.UN).
Ontario and Quebec were the only provinces to be assigned multiple area codes at the inception of the continent-wide telephone numbering plan. Area code 416 has been split twice. The first came in 1953, when the western portion of 416 (including Kitchener) was combined with the southern portion of area code 613 to form area code 519 .
Mail to a Toronto address in zone 5 would be addressed in this format: [6] 37 Bloor Street West Toronto 5, Ontario As of 1943, Toronto was divided into 14 zones, numbered from 1 to 15, except that 7 and 11 were unused, and there was a 2B zone. [7] Postal zones were implemented in Montreal in 1944. [8]
In 1988, the first .ca Canadian web address, upei.ca, was assigned by John Demco of the University of British Columbia (UBC) to the University of Prince Edward Island. The one millionth .ca address, krauslaw.ca was assigned in 2008 by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority , formed in 1998, to Brent Kraus of Calgary for the promotion of ...
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Ontario: ON: Ont. Ont. O. was not uncommon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for either Ontario or Ohio. An assumption of intranational context was often the only disambiguating factor in that era. Prince Edward Island: PE: P.E.I. Î.-P.-É. Î.-P.-É. is short for Île du Prince-Édouard. Quebec: QC: Que. Qc
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