Main City Codes (Prefixes):
Alberta (Northern) 780, Alberta (Southern) 403, British Columbia (Except Vancouver) 250, British Columbia (Vancouver area) 604, Fort William 807, London 519, Manitoba 204, New Brunswick 506, Newfoundland 709, Northwest Territories 867, Nunavut 867, Nova Scotia 902, Ontario (London) 519, Ontario (North Bay) 705, Ontario (Ottawa) 613, Ontario (Thunder Bay) 807, Ontario (Toronto Metro) 416, Ontario (Toronto Vicinity) 905, Prince Edward Island 902, Québec (Montréal Island) 514, Québec (Montréal north & south shore) 450, Québec (Québec City) 418, Québec (Sherbrooke) 819, Saskatchewan 306, Vancouver 604, Yukon Territory 867
Proper 780 778 289, Services 600
Communications: Canada
- Telephones - main lines in use:
- 20,802,900 (1999)
- Telephones - mobile cellular:
- 8,751,300 (1997)
- Telephone system:
- general assessment: excellent service provided by modern technology
- domestic: domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations
- international: 5 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) and 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
- Internet country code:
- .ca
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- 760 (2000 est.)
- Internet users:
- 16.84 million (2002)
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