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The North American Numbering Plan ( NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the telephone country code 1. Some North American countries, most notably Mexico, do not participate with the NANP.
1-800-O-CANADA. 967-1111. Choke exchange. GOOG-411. Original North American area codes. Vertical service code. Categories: North American Numbering Plan. Telephone numbers by country. Telecommunications in Canada. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
When the first telephone service was introduced in Canada in 1878, no one had to remember telephone numbers. When a customer placed a telephone call, they simply asked an operator for the name of the person they wanted to reach.
Telephone numbers in Canada follow the fixed-length Bell System format, consisting of the country code 1, followed by a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code (or exchange code) and a four-digit station code. This is represented as 1 NPA NXX XXXX, in which the country code is "1".
Dec 3, 2012 · Telephones. The invention of the telegraph (1837) by Samuel Morse and the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell were milestones in the quest to communicate over great distances with reliability, accuracy and speed.
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 Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [4] .
In Canada. The Translation Bureau recommends inserting a non-breaking hyphen after the area code and between groups of digits within a telephone number: 819-555-5555. This recommendation applies to all telephone numbers in Canada, including: cellphone, pager, facsimile and teletype (TTY) numbers.
