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Area code 506 was expected to face numbering exhaustion in 2020, and was to be overlaid with area code 428, beginning November 21, 2020, with permissive ten-digit dialing to start in May 2020. [1] Later, the projected exhaust date was delayed to April 2023 and the implementation date was postponed to April 23, 2022. [ 2 ]
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]
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.
Area codes 506 and 428; Area codes 514, 438, and 263; Area codes 519, 226, 548, and 382; Area codes 587, 825, and 368; Area code 600; Area code 604; Area codes 613, 343, and 753; Area code 700; Area codes 705, 249, and 683; Area code 709 and 879; Area codes 778, 236, and 672; Area code 780; Area code 807; Area codes 819, 873, and 468; Area code ...
2023: returned to the pool of area codes available for future area code relief; 457: Louisiana (Shreveport–Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, Fisher, Tallulah, and most of northern Louisiana) September 25, 2025 [3] to be overlaid on 318; previously a fictitious area code assigned to identify Naked DSL/Dry Loop and dedicated data lines in ...
The numbering plan area surrounds the city of Toronto (area codes 416/647/437), leading locals to refer to the primarily suburban cities surrounding Toronto as "the 905" or "905 belt". It is bound by the 519/226/548/382 overlay area in the west, 705/249/683 in the north, 613/343/753 in the east, and Western New York State's 716/624 area on the ...
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.
The projected exhaust dates for area codes 403 and 780 were March and October 2009, respectively. In 1997, two area codes, 587 and 825, were reserved by Bellcore for Alberta. [1] The first of the new area codes, 587, entered service on September 19, 2008, as an overlay for the entire province.