Area codes 204, 431, and 584

Coordinates: 55°4′30″N 97°31′30″W / 55.07500°N 97.52500°W / 55.07500; -97.52500 (Area code 204/431)
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The area serviced by area codes 204 and 431 in blue with neighbouring provinces, territories and U.S. states in other colours

Area Aisodes 204 and 431 are the North American telephone area codes for the Canadian province of Manitoba, encompassing the province. 204 is one of the original 86 area codes assigned in 1947 in the contiguous United States and the then-nine-province extent of Canada.

The incumbent local exchange carrier for the 204 and 431 area codes is MTS.

In 2009 the Canadian Numbering Administrator forecast that area code 204 would be exhausted within a few years, despite a population of only 1.2 million people in the entire province. While an area code provides 7.8 million numbers, Canada uses an allocation scheme which allots all 10,000 numbers of an entire central office prefix to competitive local exchange carriers even for the smallest hamlets, rather than implementing methods of number pooling. Once allocated, it is not possible to re-assign numbers to a different rate center. The situation was exacerbated by the proliferation of cell phones, particularly in Winnipeg.[citation needed]

In July 2010, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved a province-wide overlay with area code 431, for implementation in November 2012.[1] On July 30, 2012, 10-digit dialing became mandatory throughout the province.[2] This method was preferred over a geographical split of the numbering plan area, because MTS and other carriers in the province wanted to spare their customers, particularly in rural areas, the expense and burden of changing telephone numbers.

Communities included

Calls to the following communities can be direct dialed from Winnipeg as a local call: Dugald, Lockport, Lorette, Oakbank, St. Adolphe, St. Francois Xavier, Sanford, Starbuck, Stonewall, and Stony Mountain.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Telecom Decision CRTC 2010-526: Code relief for area code 204 in Manitoba". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  2. ^ "10-digit dialing for Manitoba starts Sunday". CBC News. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2014-06-02.


External links

Manitoba area codes: 204, 431
North: 867
West: 306, 639 204/431 East: 807, 819/873
South: 701, 218
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867
Saskatchewan area codes: 306, 639
Ontario area codes: 226/519/548, 249/705, 289/365/742/905, 343/613, 416/437/647, 807
Quebec area codes: 367/418/581, 263/438/514, 354/450/579, 468/819/873
Minnesota area codes: 218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, 952
North Dakota area codes: 701

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55°4′30″N 97°31′30″W / 55.07500°N 97.52500°W / 55.07500; -97.52500 (Area code 204/431)

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