telephone
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area code
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in the
North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...
(NANP) for the entire
Canadian
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province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
.
History
The first telephone system was installed in Newfoundland in 1885, but domestic long-distance calls within the
Dominion of Newfoundland
Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was established on 26 September 1907, and confirmed by the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Wes ...
could be placed on a limited basis only in 1921. The first long-distance call from Newfoundland to Canada was made on January 10, 1939, by using a
shortwave radio
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Montréal
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. Shortwave radio also carried calls from St. John's to
London
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,
England
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.
When planning was completed for the original NANP area codes in 1947, Newfoundland had not yet become of part of the Dominion of Canada. No provisions had been made to include Newfoundland in the continental numbering plan, which later became the North American Numbering Plan. The Newfoundland telephone system was entirely manual, and dial telephones came to St. John's only in 1948.
After Newfoundland's Confederation with the Dominion of Canada was enacted in 1949, the first cross-province long-distance call was placed from St. John's to Port aux Basques in 1949.
Newfoundland was added to area code 902, which already covered the three
Maritime provinces
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, and which remains in use throughout
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native En ...
and
Prince Edward Island
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.
New Brunswick
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and Newfoundland were split from area code 902 to area code 506 in 1955. In 1962, Labrador was split off and combined with Newfoundland to form a new numbering plan area, with own area code 709. Canadian direct-distance dial locations gradually increased over the next several years, beginning in 1958 with the country's largest cities,
Toronto
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and Montreal. The area codes served mostly for operator routing purposes until customer dialing of long-distance calls became common in the 1960s.
The incumbent local exchange carrier for area code 709 is
Bell Aliant
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Prior to 2015, Bell Aliant Inc. (formerly Aliant Inc.) was a separate company providing telecom services in the Atlantic provinces and a few othe ...
, which is owned by Bell Canada, which was formed in 1999 as a result of a merger that included NewTel Communications (previously Newfoundland Telephone). There had been as many as nine companies in Newfoundland and Labrador until 1951. NewTel acquired the last independent company in 1988.
Area code 709 is expected to be exhausted by 2027, when Newfoundland and Labrador will receive an overlay area code, and ten-digit dialling will become necessary in the province. Area code 879 was assigned as the second code for the purpose of that overlay, but the relief has been suspended indefinitely. Area code 709 and three other Canadian area codes,
506
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867
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have not been overlaid, still permitting seven-digit dialling.
The central office prefix 988 is used in the province, for the community of Norman's Bay. The
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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has recommended using a three-digit code, most likely 9-8-8, for suicide prevention, after the United States has implemented the same code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Consequently, ten-digit dialling would need to be implemented regardless of the introduction of the overlay.
Service area and central office prefixes
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Arnold's Cove
Arnold's Cove ( 2016 Population 949) is a town on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay.
The name is found in population returns of 1836, and may have been ...
: 463, 556
*
Badger
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Birchy Bay
Birchy Bay is a small community found in Notre Dame Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
History
The name Birchy Bay is derived from the many birch trees which were found on its shores many years ago. Birchy Bay was fi ...
Black Tickle
Black Tickle ( Inuttitut: ''Kikkertet'') is a " remote Aboriginal settlement" and designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Island of Ponds. In the 2021 census Black Tickle had a population of 87. Locations in Labrador south of Blac ...
Branch
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: 338
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Brent's Cove
Brent's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brent's Cove had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of ...
Buchans
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The town is located within the statistical ...
: 672, 719
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Burgeo
Burgeo ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located mainly on Grandy Island, on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland. It is an outport community.
The town is approximately east of Channel-Port aux ...
Cape Broyle
The Town of Cape Broyle (population: 499) is an incorporated community located on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign.
Demographics
I ...
: 432, 756
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Carbonear
Carbonear is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It overlooks the west side of Conception Bay and had a history long tied to fishing and shipbuilding. Since the late 20th century, its economy has changed to emphas ...
: 501, 595, 596, 597, 945, 978
*
Carmanville
Carmanville is a Canadian community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
History
Carmanville, on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland, was first settled by John Day, from Twillingate, and his family. The Day family trapped otter and ...
Chance Cove
Chance Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 213 in the Canada 2021 Census.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chance Cove had a populati ...
Chapel Arm
Chapel Arm is a settlement in Newfoundland, Canada, located at the southeast corner of Trinity Bay, approximately west of St. John's and two km (one and a half miles) from the Trans-Canada Highway.
With the exception of a few families, the ...
Churchill Falls
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Clarke's Head
Clarke's Head, Newfoundland is the first community on the north side of the mouth of the Gander River. A small community, which joined with several other small communities, to form Gander Bay.
History
Clarke's Head is located near Gander in Gander ...
Corner Brook
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Cottrell's Cove
Cottrell's Cove ( ) is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geography
Cottrell's Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision E of Division No. 8.
Demographics
As a designated ...
: 485, 491
*
Cow Head
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The Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum (c. 1941) in Cow Head, Newfoundla ...
Fleur de Lys
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The fleur-de-lis has been used in th ...
Forteau
Forteau is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 377 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
The town is located along Route 510 in Labrador, between L'Anse-au-Clair and L'Anse-au-Loup.
There is ...
French Island French Island can refer to:
*French Island (Victoria), in Australia
*French Island, Wisconsin, in the United States
* French Island No. 1 and French Island No. 2 in the Ohio River in Kentucky
*French Island, an island in Ellis Pond, Oxford County, ...
: 934
*
Freshwater
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: 213, 226, 227, 230, 286, 980
*
Gambo
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Places
* Gambo, Central African Republic, a town in the Central African Republic
* Gambo, Newfoundland and Labrador
Gambo is a town and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is in the nor ...
Grand Bruit
Grand Bruit (; means "great noise" in French) is a designated place and former settlement in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the southwestern coast of the island of Newfoundland. Grand Bruit was resettled in 2010. The ...
Great Harbour Deep
Great Harbour Deep was an incorporated town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, situated on the east coast of the Great Northern Peninsula. Harbour Deep, as it is customarily called, is a logging and fishing community that lies in ...
Greenspond
Greenspond is a community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Greenspond is one of the communities that comprise an area called Bonavista North, in Bonavista Bay, on the northeast coast of the Island of Newfoundland. Thes ...
Hant's Harbour
Hant's Harbour ( NST) is an incorporated town located on the east side of Trinity Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has a population of 318 according to the 2021 Canadian census.
Geogra ...
: 586
*
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: ''Vâli'') is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest popu ...
Harbour Main
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: 229, 231
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Hare Bay Hare Bay may refer to:
* Hare Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town on Newfoundland's Bonavista Peninsula
* Hare Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)
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Hawke's Bay
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Hickman's Harbour
Hickman's Harbour is a village southeast of Clarenville, on Random Island in Trinity Bay. The first Waymaster in 1881 was Joseph Pilley. By 1900, Hickman's Harbour, the site of the best deep-water anchorage on the island, had become the centre of t ...
King's Cove
King's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The post office was established in 1851. Its founder was James Aylward from Keels, who was born in Ireland in county Cork in 1690. His direct descendants still live in ...
La Poile
La Poile is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on La Poile Bay. The community is inaccessible by road and is served by a ferry via a port in Rose Blanche.
The town mainly w ...
La Scie
La Scie (sometimes spelled "LaScie") is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 820 in the Canada 2021 Census, down from 872 in 2016.
History
The name of the town originates from French fisherm ...
Little Bay
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Lourdes
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Ming's Bight
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Mount Carmel
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Natuashish
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Natuashish (Little Sango Pond) was establ ...
Newman's Cove
Newman's Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geography
Newman's Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision G of Division No. 7.
Demographics
As a designated place in ...
Old Perlican
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Pasadena
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Its ...
Pinsent's Arm
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Port Albert
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Port Hope Simpson
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With the completion of the Trans-Labrador Highway that crosses the region, ...
Portugal Cove
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Pouch Cove
Pouch Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The population is 2,063 according to the Canada 2021 Census. It is located on the northeast Avalon Peninsula, 27 kilometres north of St. John's, the province's capital ...
Ramea
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Robert's Arm
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Rose Blanche
Rose Blanche – Harbour le Cou is a small town on Newfoundland's southwest shore, about 45 km at the end of Route 470 from Port aux Basques. This community is located in a barren area on the east side of a small bay. In this bay there ar ...
: 956
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Rushoon
Rushoon is a town located north east of Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. The post office was established there in 1955 and the first postmaster was Ambrose Joseph Miller. It became a Local ...
Sop's Arm
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St. Anthony Saint Anthony, Antony, or Antonius most often refers to Anthony of Padua, also known as Saint Anthony of Lisbon, the patron saint of lost things. This name may also refer to:
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* Anthony of Antioch (266–302), Martyr under Diocletian. Feast ...
Stephenville Crossing
Stephenville Crossing (2021 population: 1,634) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the island of Newfoundland at the easternmost limit of Bay St. George.St. George's: 275, 647
* St. John's (including some suburbs): 221, 237, 260, 273, 314, 315, 325, 327, 330, 341, 351, 352, 364, 368, 383, 415, 551, 552, 553, 570, 576, 579, 631, 682, 685, 687, 689, 690, 691, 693, 697, 699, 700, 701, 702, 705, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 743, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 752, 753, 754, 757, 758, 763, 764, 765, 769, 770, 771, 772, 777, 778, 782, 793, 800, 833, 844, 850, 853, 864, 948, 986, 997, 999
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St. Lawrence
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Torbay
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Twillingate
Twillingate is a town of 2,121 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay, off the north eastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is about north o ...
Wild Cove
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Crow Head is a small town located on the north island of Twillingate in Newfoundland and La ...
Winterton Winterton may refer to:
Places
England
*Winterton, Lincolnshire, a small town in North Lincolnshire, England
*Winterton Hospital in County Durham
*in Norfolk:
**Winterton Dunes, a nature reserve
**Winterton Ness, an area of foreland on the Nort ...
Area codes
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...
Area codes
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...