Ten Digit Dialing
Due to demand from the populace in Quebec and Southern Ontario, the Canadian telcos (Telecommunications Alliance) have agreed to add three digits to phone numbers in specific areas of Quebec and Ontario.
Between June 17 and June 24, 10-digit local dialing will begin in area codes 450, 514, and 819 in Quebec, and 519 and 613 in Ontario, and for local calls from 418 and 705 to those areas. Until October, callers who dial only seven digits will hear a recorded announcement advising them to dial 10 digits in future, but the call will go through.
Beginning in October, new area code 438 will be added to Montreal’s 514 area code, and area code 226 will supplement 519 in southwestern Ontario. The new codes will be assigned only to new numbers, once the 514 and 519 area code numbers are exhausted.
Toronto has had 10-digit dialing since 2000, and Vancouver since 2001. Other U.S. cities – including Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston, and Miami – have also adopted the system.
With each new area code, brings 7 million new phone numbers.
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