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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. See also. Canada portal; Telephone numbers in the Americas; References
- North American Numbering Plan
Format. NXX NXX-XXXX. Access codes. Country code. 1....
- Telephone Numbers in The Americas
Canada: North 1 011 1 Several NANP codes; see Telephone...
- Telephone number
The format and allocation of local telephone numbers are...
- North American Numbering Plan
This is a list of North American telephone area codes in effect for the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). The area to which an area code is officially assigned is known as a Numbering Plan Area (NPA). An area code is part of a telephone number in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.
8-1-1 is an N-1-1 telephone number in Canada and the United States. In Canada, the number is used for non-urgent health services. In the United States, 8-1-1 provides a uniform national phone number to access local utility location services.
Another historic step in the history of the telephone was made in the early 1960s, when all-number calling (ANC) appeared as a new, uniform telephone numbering system in Canada and in United States. ANC numbers consist of seven figures and no letters.
