From: Dave.Leibold@superctl.tor250.org (Dave Leibold) Date: 18 Aug 96 21:08:12 -0500 Subject: Northern Canada Exchange Profile Northern Canada NPA/NXX profile 17 August 1996 David Leibold This is a list of NXX ("exchange" or central office codes) as used in various northern Canadian points. The Northwest Territories and Yukon points (switching to NPA 867) are listed, as well as associated northern British Columbia and Quebec points (i.e. those British Columbia points operated by NorthwesTel, those northern Quebec points operated by Bell Canada). 403/819/867 split (the territories): NPA (area code) 867 has been assigned for use throughout the Northwest Territories and Yukon. This will be in service as of 21 October 1997 and NPAs 403 and 819 will cease to operate into the territories as from 26 April 1998 and 867 (or "TOP" on the phone dial) becomes "mandatory" in the territories. Northwestel has set up a hotline to deal with the area code changes: 1 888 777.1867. A test number (867) 669.5448 will be in effect when the new 867 code is activated. 604/250 split (British Columbia): Northern British Columbia points operated by Northwestel will change area code from 604 to 250 beginning 19 October 1996. NPA 604 can still be used in parallel with 250 until 6 April 1997, at which time NPA 250 becomes "mandatory". Test numbers when 250 comes into effect will be (250) 371.0123 and (250) 371.0124. Contents: * 403 Northwest Territories (western part), Yukon * 819 Northwest Territories (eastern part) * 819 Northern Quebec (Nunavimmiitunut directory area) * 250 (from 604) Northern British Columbia * General Notes ----------------------------------------------------- -- 403 Northwest Territories (western part), Yukon -- ----------------------------------------------------- [These NorthwesTel points will be changing to the 867 NPA] 206 Trout Lake ; NWT; new as of July '96 360 Gjoa Haven ; NWT 370 Lutselk'e ; NWT; formerly Snowdrift 371 Edzo ; NWT; connected as Rae-Edzo 390 Teslin ; Yukon 392 Rae ; NWT; connected as Rae-Edzo 393 Whitehorse ; Yukon; formerly for Pine Point, see [note 2] 394 Fort Resolution ; NWT 396 Holman ; NWT 399 Tagish ; Yukon; also Marsh Lake, see [note 4] 536 Watson Lake ; Yukon 537 Pelly Crossing ; Yukon 561 Taloyoak ; NWT; formerly Spence Bay 573 Wha Ti ; NWT; formerly Lac La Martre 580 Paulatuk ; NWT 581 Wrigley ; NWT 587 Norman Wells ; NWT 588 Tulita ; NWT; formerly Fort Norman 589 Deline ; NWT; formerly Fort Franklin 598 Fort Good Hope ; NWT 602 Nahanni Butte ; NWT; new as of July '96 633 Whitehorse ; Yukon 634 Haines Junction ; Yukon 667 Whitehorse ; Yukon 668 Whitehorse ; Yukon 669 Yellowknife ; NWT 690 Sachs Harbour ; NWT 695 Fort Simpson ; NWT 699 Fort Providence ; NWT 709 Colville Lake ; NWT; see [note 3], new as of July '96 713 Snare Lake ; NWT 769 Pelly Bay ; NWT 770 Fort Liard ; NWT 821 Carcross ; Yukon; see [note 5] 841 Destruction Bay ; Yukon; also Burwash Landing, see [note 6] 851 Swift River ; Yukon 862 Beaver Creek ; Yukon 863 Carmacks ; Yukon 872 Fort Smith ; NWT 873 Yellowknife ; NWT 874 Hay River ; NWT 920 Yellowknife ; NWT 952 Fort McPherson ; NWT 953 Tsiigehtchic ; NWT; formerly Arctic Red River 966 Old Crow ; Yukon 969 Ross River ; Yukon; see [note 7] 977 Tuktoyaktuk ; NWT 978 Aklavik ; NWT 979 Inuvik ; NWT; NXX to be changed, see [note 1] 982 Kugluktuk ; NWT; formerly Coppermine 983 Cambridge Bay ; NWT; also Ikaluktutiak 984 Enterprise ; NWT 993 Dawson ; Yukon 994 Faro ; Yukon 995 Elsa ; Yukon; also Keno, see [note 8] 996 Mayo ; Yukon 997 Rae Lakes ; NWT ** Notes: [note 1] 403-979 Inuvik will need to have an NXX change as NPA 867 is established. This is because it conflicts with 819-979 Iqaluit which will become 867-979. Inuvik's new NXX is unknown at this point. [note 2] Some exchanges that had been listed for NWT have apparently been removed from service. Recent examples are: - 391 Lady Franklin NWT (test pack), now assigned to Red Deer, Alberta - 393 Pine Point NWT, now assigned to Whitehorse, Yukon - 777 Tungsten NWT, now assigned to Calgary, Alberta Some explanations for 391, 393 and 777: 391 was a code only used for calling cards associated with DEW Line personnel. These would be used for billing when placing calls with the Northwestel operator at Fort Nelson. These were replaced with 148-numbered cards in the early 1980s. 391 was retained as a "mark-sense" code for billing/ID purposes until it became obsolete circa 1990-91. 393 Pine Point has vanished. 393 has been assigned to Whitehorse since 1994 initially in service for "switched 56" services, then for Centrex and eventually for conventional lines. 777 Tungsten was decommissioned due to the 1989 shutdown of the tungsten mine in that centre. The exchange then only had two or three telephones in service and was eventually shut down two years after the mine shutdown. [note 3] The 1996 NWT directory has a page for Colville Lake. The catch is, there aren't any Colville Lake numbers to be found on it; just external numbers such as NorthwesTel contacts, RCMP, territorial services etc. 403-709 (to become 867-709) is the designated NXX for this locality. [note 4] 399 Tagish is the main rate centre. Marsh Lake is a remote Nortel DMS-100 type switch off Whitehorse exchange, established December 1989. Marsh Lake telephone numbers are in the 399-4xxx range. Tagish has all other ranges: 399-2xxx, 399-3xxx, 399-9xxx. Calls between Tagish and Marsh Lake are long distance, despite the use of the same NXX. [note 5] One pay phone and one or two business phones in Fraser, BC (approx 55 km from Carcross) are connected to the 821 Carcross exchange. Canada Customs for the Klondike Highway is based in Fraser. [note 6] Burwash Landing is connected to the 841 Destruction Bay exchange, albeit at an extra $4.19/month local service rate representing the connection distance to the central office. The two communities have local calling with each other. [note 7] 969 Ross River used to have a remote number series with Ketza River having the 969-7xxx number range. Long distance applied between Ross River and Ketza River. [note 8] Keno (or Keno Hill, or Keno City) has rural multi-party service off 995 Elsa central office. [note 9] Direct dial access is expected to two other communities in 1997: Jean Marie River and Kakisa. Assignments under NPA 403 may be needed if the introduction of these exchanges is prior to the activation of NPA 867. Umingmaqtok (Baychimo) is another place slated to have a direct dial connection. This is contingent on the installation of commercial power in that community, likely after NPA 867 comes into effect. ---------------------------------------------- -- 819 Northwest Territories (eastern part) -- ---------------------------------------------- [These NorthwesTel points will be changing to the 867 NPA] 252 Resolute Bay ; NWT 253 Little Cornwallis Island ; NWT 266 Sanikiluaq ; NWT 436 Nanisivik ; NWT 439 Arctic Bay ; NWT 462 Repulse Bay ; NWT 473 Pangnirtung ; NWT 645 Rankin Inlet ; NWT 793 Baker Lake ; NWT 857 Arviat ; NWT, formerly Eskimo Point 896 Whale Cove ; NWT 897 Cape Dorset ; NWT 898 Chesterfield Inlet ; NWT 899 Pond Inlet ; NWT 924 Clyde River ; NWT 925 Coral Harbour ; NWT 927 Broughton Island ; NWT 928 Hall Beach ; NWT 934 Igloolik ; NWT 939 Kimmirut ; NWT, formerly Lake Harbour 979 Iqaluit ; NWT, formerly Frobisher Bay 980 Grise Fiord ; NWT ** Notes: [note 10] 980 Grise Fiord was billed by Bell Canada as the world's most northerly exchange some years ago. Whether this accomplishment has been beaten is not known. ---------------------------------------------------------- -- 819 Northern Quebec (Nunavimmiitunut directory area) -- ---------------------------------------------------------- [These Bell Canada northern points are in Quebec and as such will not be changing to the 867 NPA] 254 Inukjuak 255 Salluit 331 Umiujaq 337 Kangiqsualujjuaq ; formerly Port-Nouveau-Quebec 338 Kangiqsujuaq 491 Aupaluk 492 Quaqtaq 496 Akulivik 633 Tasiujaq 922 Ivujivik 929 Poste-de-la-Baleine ; Kuujjuarapik 935 Kangirsuk 988 Puvirnituq ; was listed Povungnituk - Misspelled? Changed? ** Notes: [note 11] Interestingly enough, Bell Canada doesn't use the standard 310.BELL business office number in this region, but instead uses 811 (with the exception of 1-811 used in Kangiqsualujjuaq and Kangiqsujuaq exchanges). ---------------------------------------------- -- 250 (from 604) Northern British Columbia -- ---------------------------------------------- [These points will not be changing to the 867 NPA] 232 Toad River ; also Summit Lake (232-7xxx) 233 Fort Nelson ; new, cellular and Centrex only as of Aug. '96 234 Iskut 235 Telegraph Creek 236 Bearskin Lake 237 Bob Quinn 239 Good Hope Lake ; [note 12] 471 Fort Ware 771 Dease Lake 774 Fort Nelson 772 Wonowon ; also Upper Halfway, see [note 13] 773 Prophet River ; formerly referred to as Minaker 776 Muncho Lake ; also Mould Creek (776-7xxx) 778 Cassiar 779 Lower Post ; see [note 15] ** Notes: [note 12] 239 Good Hope Lake is local to Cassiar 778. This local connecion adds $4.98/month to local rates in Good Hope Lake. [note 13] 772 Upper Halfway (772-50xx), Wonowon (772-3xxx, 772-4xxx) 772 Wonowon is the main centre with numbers in the 772-3xxx and 772-4xxx range. Upper Halfway (772-50xx range) is a "Rural Serving Area", costing customers $41/month extra, but connected to the Wonowon switch with local calling between places. [note 14] Atlin (604-651, soon to be 250-651) is a northern BC Tel exchange, but listed in the Northern BC/Yukon directories for reference. [note 15] 779 Lower Post has locality with Watson Lake, Yukon (403-536) and an extra $2.91/month per line local service rate. ------------------- -- General Notes -- ------------------- Telephone directories for these regions are currently: - Yukon and Northern British Columbia (NorthwesTel) - Northwest Territories (NorthwesTel) - Nunavimmiitunut (Northern Quebec, Bell Canada) Phone book information was used in updating the above NXX listings. Prior to a corporate shuffle in recent times, the phone book areas were split along corporate lines: NorthwesTel areas (western NWT) had directories for Yukon/northern BC (similar to today) and a western NWT directory (their NPA 403 points). Bell Canada had one northern directory which consisted of its eastern NWT and northern Quebec points (their NPA 819 points). The Nunavimmiitunut phone book is small, but is tri-lingual (Inuktitut, French, then English). There were three introductory sections (one per language) and two sets of listings (one with the Inuktitut character set, and the other which was for French and English). NorthwesTel's Northwest Territories phone book had Inuktitut and English sections. The Yukon/Northern BC book is in English only. Phone bill forms are English and French in the Northwestel 403/604 (or soon 867 west/250) regions, and English/Inuktitut in the 819 (soon 867 east) regions. Printed details are in English in these cases. Disconnect notices are in English, French and Inuktitut. No other regional language such as Dogrib or Loucheux is used by Northwestel. Information compiled from various Northwestel, Bell Canada and other telco sources. Thanks to Geoff Capp and Ray Chow for additional info for this document. Fidonet : Dave Leibold 1:259/730@fidonet.org Internet: Dave.Leibold@superctl.tor250.org