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Canadian (and other North American Numbering Plan) 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 French controlled much of what is now Canada in the early 1700s. As a result, their traders had a large fur trading network. After the conquest of New France by the British in 1763, French traders founded the North West Company and continued expanding their fur trade into the Canadian interior.
The National Automotive Parts Association (NAPA, also known as NAPA Auto Parts), is an American retailers' cooperative distributing automotive replacement parts, accessories, and service items throughout North America. Established in 1925, NAPA is a division of Atlanta-based Genuine Parts Company.
As of October 2024, the company owns and operates 56 stores and three distribution centres (Winnipeg, Manitoba; Calgary, Alberta; and Milton, Ontario)., [1] with the most recent location opening in Joliette, QC in October 2024. Since the opening of its first Quebec store in Saint-Jérôme in September 2019, it has had stores in every province. [6]
In 1798 Forsyth, Richardson & Co, Parker, Gerrand & Ogilvy and John Mure of Quebec formed the XY Company. In 1799 MacKenzie left the NWC and went to England. Next year he bought shares in XY and soon became the effective head of the firm. Alexander Henry the younger was an XY winterer. They built a number of posts close to NWC and HBC posts.
The Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ; English: Quebec Automobile Insurance Corporation, lit. ' Society of assuring automobiles of Quebec ') is a Crown corporation responsible for licensing drivers and vehicles in the province of Quebec and providing public auto insurance that insures all drivers, passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists involved in road ...
The Oshawa facility was ranked number 1 facility in overall quality in North and South America by J. D. Power. [citation needed] The Truck Plant was closed to give industry to Mexico, and reopen old Saturn Plants. [citation needed] General Motors of Canada announced a naming rights deal for the General Motors Centre in Oshawa on October 5, 2006.
Ontario and Quebec were the only provinces that received assignments of multiple area codes by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) when the original North American area codes were created in 1947. The eastern part of Quebec received area code 418, while area code 514 was assigned for the western part. Nominally, northwestern ...