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Using the format specified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Recommendation E.164 for telephone numbers, a Canadian number is written as +1NPANXXXXXX, with no spaces, hyphens, or other characters; e.g. +12505550199.
Toll-free numbers are normally specific to each country. Canadian numbers are an exception as they are drawn from the same SMS / 800 pool as other North American Numbering Plan countries; the +800 Universal International Freephone Number is an exception as these work from multiple country codes.
811: Underground public utility location (United States); non-emergency health information and services (Canada) 911: Emergency services (police, fire, ambulance and rescue services) 411 and 611 are commonly used in the United States, but not officially assigned by the Federal Communications Commission.
112 – emergency number across the European Union and on GSM mobile networks across the world; 119 – emergency number in Jamaica and parts of Asia; 122 – emergency number for specific services in several countries; 911 – emergency number in North America and parts of the Pacific; 999 – emergency number in many countries; Explanatory notes
Ten-digit dialing. Ten-digit dialing is a telephone dialing procedure in the countries and territories that are members of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It is the practice of including the area code of a telephone number when dialing to initiate a telephone call. When necessary, the ten-digit number may be prefixed with the trunk ...
Cambodia (001 – Telecom Cambodia, 007 – Royal Telecom International) Colombia (005, 007, 009) Indonesia (001, 007, 008) South Korea (see Telephone numbers in South Korea#International call carrier codes) Taiwan (see Telephone numbers in Taiwan#International dialling) Thailand (see Telephone numbers in Thailand#International dialling) 010 ...
555 (telephone number) The telephone number prefix 555 is a central office code in the North American Numbering Plan, used as the leading part of a group of 10,000 telephone numbers, 555-XXXX, in each numbering plan area (NPA) (area code). It has traditionally been used only for the provision of directory assistance, when dialing NPA-555-1212.
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", although its official name is "directory assistance".
Canada: North 1 011 1 Several NANP codes; see Telephone numbers in Canada. Caribbean Netherlands: Caribbean 599-3, 4, or 7: 00 Cayman Islands: Caribbean 1-345: 011 1 Chile: South 56: 00 Colombia: South 57: 00 0 Trunk followed by 1 or 3 digit carrier code Costa Rica: Central 506: 00 Cuba: Caribbean 53: 00 Curaçao: Caribbean 599-9: 00 Dominica ...
The National Do Not Call List (DNCL) (French: Liste nationale de numéros de télécommunication exclus) is a list administered by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that enables residents of Canada to decide whether or not to receive telemarketing calls.