10-digit local dialing coming to New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has launched processes to add new area codes in British Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador to meet the growing demand for new numbers.
On Tuesday, the Commission announced the establishment of a CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee (CISC) ad hoc relief planning committee to examine options and make recommendations for providing numbering relief to the regions currently served by:
– 236, 250, 604 and 778 in British Columbia;
– 418 and 581 in Quebec;
– 506 in New Brunswick; and
– 709 in Newfoundland and Labrador
Those interested in participating in these processes can contact the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA). The CNA administers the distribution of phone numbers in Canada on behalf of the CRTC.
As a result, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador will transition from 7-digit local dialing to 10-digit local dialing in the next few years. Presently, those two provinces, as well as northwest Ontario, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, still have 7-digit local dialing.
