Area code 867
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Area code 867 is the
The numbering plan area is adjacent to seven provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Quebec) and one
The incumbent local exchange carrier for area code 867 is Northwestel, a subsidiary of BCE. Until 1964, the geographic area served today by 867 had up to five independent telephone companies, as well as Bell Canada.[citation needed]
History
In 1947,
The eastern Northwest Territories were among the last areas of North America without telephone service. When the area code system was created, the region was nominally part of western
Until area code 867 was created, area codes 403 and 819 had been geographically the two largest in the North American Numbering Plan. The area code commenced service on October 21, 1997.[3] Since its creation, all of the former 819 portion of the Northwest Territories, as well as the portion of the former 403 portion covering five exchanges, has become part of Nunavut. The split reduced area code 403 for service of Alberta only.
All existing central office prefixes, with one exception, were retained in the change to area code 867. An assignment conflict between 403-979 at Inuvik and 819-979 at Iqaluit was resolved by changing Inuvik from 403-979 to 867-777. A minor programming error allowed for a few weeks late in 1997 callers in the Inuvik area to dial 403-777 and reach Inuvik when they actually should have routed to Calgary, which appeared on customer's bills, along with the higher rate.
Northwestel's proposal for a new regulatory regime was approved for 2007 to allow resale of local telephone service, but no competitors entered the market to avail themselves of the resale option. In 2011, facilities-based local service competition was approved by the
The sparsely-populated area is unlikely to exhaust telephone numbers in the foreseeable future.
in June 2021, the CRTC recommended implementing the three-digit code 9-8-8 for the nationwide suicide prevention hotline. The CRTC decision followed the decision of the US
Numbering plan area
Area code 867 is the most expensive geographic destination in Canada.[6] Iristel, the major CLEC in the region, bills subscribers in other area codes a 15¢/minute premium to call 867-numbers, and charges a $20/year premium to issue a 867-number in-region instead of assigning the same subscriber any other Canadian area code.[7]
The digits of the area code were reportedly chosen to promote the theme "TOP of the world", as 867 spells TOP on a standard North American keypad.[8] When combined with the NANP international dialing code 1, it spells 1867, which is the year of Canadian Confederation.
The area code serves the largest land area of any area code in the NANP. The territorial extent reaches 3,173 km (1,972 mi) from Cape Dyer on Baffin Island to the Alaska border, and 4,391 km (2,728 mi) from the south end of James Bay to the North Pole. The largest distances between exchanges are 2,200 km (1,400 mi) from Sanikiluaq to Grise Fiord, and 3,365 km (2,091 mi) from Beaver Creek to Pangnirtung. Four different official time zones are observed within the area: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
Exchanges
Area code 867 serves all points in the three Canadian territories, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon
Some exchanges in the territories serve some customers in Fraser and Swan Lake, British Columbia (from Carcross and Swift River, respectively). Fitzgerald, Alberta, is served from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.[9] On a section of the Alaska Highway which crosses the BC-Yukon border six times in 6 mi (9.7 km), two highway lodges and area residents on the Yukon side are served by Watson Lake (867) numbers, not the nearer Lower Post (250) exchange.
- Aklavik, NT: 375, 978
- Arctic Bay, NU: 439
- Arviat, NU: 205, 232, 341, 857
- Baker Lake, NU: 793
- Beaver Creek, YT: 362 862
- Behchokǫ̀, NT: 292, 371, 392, 492, 731
- Cambridge Bay, NU: 391 983
- Cape Dorset, NU: 897
- Carcross, YT: 733, 821
- Carmacks, YT: 385, 863
- Chesterfield Inlet, NU: 898
- Clyde River, NU: 924
- Colville Lake, NT: 709, 722
- Coral Harbour, NU: 925
- Dawson City, YT: 730, 991, 992, 993
- Délı̨nę, NT: 589, 744
- Destruction Bay, YT: 789, 841
- Ekati Diamond Mine, NT: 880
- Elsa, YT: 995
- Enterprise, NT: 984
- Faro, YT: 746 994
- Fort Good Hope, NT: 496, 598
- Fort Liard, NT: 770
- Fort McPherson, NT: 377, 952
- Fort Providence, NT: 373, 699
- Fort Resolution, NT: 376, 394
- Fort Simpson, NT: 695
- Fort Smith, NT: 621, 870, 872
- Gamèti, NT: 365, 997
- Gjoa Haven, NU: 360
- Grise Fiord, NU: 980
- Haines Junction, YT: 323, 634
- Hall Beach, NU: 928
- Hay River, NT: 775, 874, 875, 876
- Igloolik, NU: 201, 324, 934
- Inuvik, NT: 620, 678, 768, 777, 888
- Iqaluit, NU: 202, 222, 223, 794, 877, 974, 975, 979
- Jean Marie River, NT: 491, 809
- Kakisa, NT: 493, 825
- Kimmirut, NU: 939
- Kugaaruk, NU: 769
- Kugluktuk, NU: 982
- Łutselk'e, NT: 370, 785
- Marsh Lake, YT: 660
- Mayo, YT: 383, 996
- Nahanni Butte, NT: 364, 602
- Nanisivik, NU: 436
- Norman Wells, NT: 587
- Old Crow, YT: 325, 966
- Pangnirtung, NU: 473
- Paulatuk, NT: 580, 788
- Pelly Crossing, YT: 537
- Pond Inlet, NU: 899
- Qikiqtarjuaq, NU: 927
- Rankin Inlet, NU: 645
- Naujaat, NU: 462
- Resolute, NU: 252
- Ross River, YT: 747 969
- Sachs Harbour, NT: 690, 786
- Sambaa Kʼe, NT: 206
- Sanikiluaq, NU: 266
- Swift River, YT: 851
- Tagish, YT: 399 748
- Taloyoak, NU: 561
- Teslin, YT: 384, 390
- Tsiigehtchic, NT: 490, 953
- Tuktoyaktuk, NT: 340, 977
- Tulita, NT: 374, 588
- Ulukhaktok, NT: 396, 787
- Watson Lake, YT: 536, 749
- Wekweeti, NT: 713 745
- Whale Cove, NU: 896
- Whatì, NT: 494, 573
- Whitehorse, YT: 322, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 393, 455, 456, 457, 465, 466, 467, 469, 470, 471, 632, 633, 667, 668, 689
- Wrigley, NT: 495, 581
- Yellowknife, NT: 200, 444, 445, 446, 447, 669, 675, 676, 677, 679, 680, 681, 682, 688, 765, 766, 767, 783, 873, 920, 988, 999
- Premium numbers: 976.
See also
- Area code 600, a rarely used non-geographic prefix which includes caller-pays satellite telephony in the high Arctic
- Telephone numbers in Canada
- Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium
Notes
- ^ Behchokǫ̀ has two separate exchange areas, each with its own prefix, but Iristel's 292 prefix is overlaid, with both using independent facilities
References
- ^ Mabbs, Ralph (Winter 1947–1948). "Nation-Wide Operator Toll Dialing—the Coming Way". Bell Telephone Magazine. 26 (4): 181. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Status of Numbering Plan Area (NPA) Codes in World Zone 1" (PDF). Bellcore (NANPA). 1993-01-13. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "NANP–Introduction of New 867 (Yukon & Northwest Territories) Numbering Plan Area (NPA)" (PDF). BellCore (NANPA). 1996-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-191". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (August 31, 2022). "Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2022-234: Introduction of 9-8-8 as the three-digit abbreviated dialing code for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services and Northwestel Inc.'s application for modified implementation of ten-digit local dialing". Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". les.net. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Andrew Robulack. "It's time to ditch 867". Yukon News. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- ^ Bowen, Dana (May–June 2021). "The Call of the North". Up Here. Vol. 37, no. 3. p. 17.
- ^ "Canadian Numbering Plan and Dialling Plan" (PDF). The Canadian Steering Committee on Numbering (CSCN). October 26, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ Canada, Environment and Climate Change. "Nunavut environmental science centres - Canada.ca". Ec.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Force, Government of Canada, National Defence, Royal Canadian Air. "Canadian Forces Station Alert - 8 Wing - Royal Canadian Air Force". Rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "A VISITOR'S GUIDE TO EUREKA" (PDF). Wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Proc, Jerry. "CFS Alert". Jproc.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
- Area code 867 on localcallingguide.com
- Natural Resources Canada, Polar Continental Shelf Project - Eureka Weather Station
- Area Code Map of Canada
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North: Arctic Ocean, Country code +7 in Russia | ||
West: 907 | Area Code 867 | East: +299 in Greenland
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South: 873
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Alaska area codes: 907 | ||
Alberta area codes: 403, 587/825/368, 780 | ||
British Columbia area codes: 236/672/778, 250, 604 | ||
431
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Newfoundland and Labrador area codes: 709 | ||
343/613, 416/437/647, 807
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639
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Quebec area codes: 367/418/581, 263/438/514, 354/450/579, 468/819/873 |