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Learn about the format, prefixes, and area codes of Canadian telephone numbers, as well as the history and regulation of the North American Numbering Plan. The country code for Canada is 1, which is used for international access and trunk prefix.
Area code 236 is one of the four overlay codes for the Canadian province of British Columbia, along with 604, 250, and 778. It covers most of the province except for the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, and was introduced in 2013 to relieve number exhaustion.
Area code 604 is a telephone area code in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, serving Vancouver and nearby regions. It is one of the original nine North American area codes assigned in 1947 and has undergone several overlay and split changes since then.
Learn about the history and usage of telephone exchange names or central office names, which were assigned to switching systems in different localities. Find out how they were dialed, displayed, and replaced by numeric systems in various countries.
Area code 250 covers most of British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver Island and the Interior region. It was created in 1996 as a split of area code 604 and has since added several overlays to cope with number exhaustion.
Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is the province's second-largest city by population and a member of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area.
Learn about the history, format and usage of Canadian postal codes, which are six-character alphanumeric strings that form part of postal addresses. Find out how to look up, validate and write postal codes for different provinces and territories.
Learn about the history, assignment, and operation of toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan, which have the area code prefixes 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888. Find out how to call or get a toll-free number in the U.S. or Canada, and what are the special cases and restrictions.