Canadian Provinces & Territories
All 13 Canadian provinces and territories, with active area codes, populations, time zones, and capitals. Canada uses the +1 country code under the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), administered by the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA).
About Canadian area codes
Canada shares the +1 country code with the United States and 20+ Caribbean territories under the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). Within Canada, numbering is administered by the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA), which works with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to assign new area codes as demand requires.
Canadian area code assignments follow the same rules as the US: each area code is a 3-digit NPA prefix, with the middle digit always 0–8 and the first digit always 2–9. Canadian phone numbers follow the standard 10-digit NANP format: (NPA) NXX-XXXX. Most Canadian provinces now require 10-digit local dialing because of overlay codes.
The most populous provinces have the most area codes: Ontario (16 codes), Quebec (12 codes), and British Columbia (6 codes). The three territories — Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut — share a single area code (867), which covers an enormous geographic area larger than India.
Canadian area code list by province
- Alberta (AB): 368, 403, 587, 780, 825
- British Columbia (BC): 236, 250, 257, 604, 672, 778
- Manitoba (MB): 204, 431, 584
- New Brunswick (NB): 428, 506
- Newfoundland and Labrador (NL): 709, 879
- Northwest Territories (NT): 867
- Nova Scotia (NS): 782, 902
- Nunavut (NU): 867
- Ontario (ON): 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 753, 807, 905
- Prince Edward Island (PE): 782, 902
- Quebec (QC): 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 468, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873
- Saskatchewan (SK): 306, 474, 639
- Yukon (YT): 867