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With up to nine hours between you and a +1 country code, Faxeroo routes your PDF straight to a Canadian fax machine from your keyboard. The first page remains free; anything beyond that is €3.99 incl. VAT.
Canada's numbering mirrors the United States through the North American Numbering Plan: area codes are three digits and subscriber numbers seven, with 0 never at the start. The 514 and 438 codes serve Montreal; 418 and 581 serve Quebec City; 819 serves Outaouais and Estrie. Within Ontario, Toronto uses 416 and 647, while Ottawa uses 613. When a city has several codes, choose the one printed on your correspondent's letterhead.
The fax machine remains central to Canadian healthcare: prescriptions, referral requests, and lab results still circulate between clinics and pharmacies. Brokers — both real estate and insurance — law firms, and certain public counters that accept forms by fax also use it daily.
The country stretches over six time zones, with Newfoundland at one end and the Pacific coast at the other. Leave Paris at 3 p.m. and your fax lands in Montreal at 9 a.m., yet Vancouver sees it at 6 a.m.: the machine logs it, and nobody looks before opening. Choose Canada, enter ten digits — omit the leading 1 and the +1 — then press send.
Location makes no difference: the first page stays free, whereas a PDF of two sheets or more incurs a €3.99 incl. VAT fee regardless of total pages. A PDF delivery receipt at €2.99 incl. VAT confirms the file crossed the Atlantic; that sum is only applied once the fax has actually been sent.
Canada: the number format to enter
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| International dialling code | +1 |
| ISO code | CA |
| Accepted format | Ten digits in total: three for the region, seven for the subscriber, without the leading 1 |
| Line example | 5145551234 |
| Region | North America |
Canada: sample numbers, accepted or rejected
| Number tested | Verdict | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 416 555 0123 | Valid | Toronto |
| 604-555-0199 | Valid | Vancouver |
| (613) 555-0142 | Valid | Ottawa |
| 1 416 555 0123 | Rejected | The leading 1 is not dialled |
| 416 555 012 | Rejected | Missing digits |
| 555 555 0123 | Rejected | Area code doesn't exist here |
Area codes of the main cities
| City or line type | Dialling code |
|---|---|
| Toronto | 416 / 647 / 437 |
| Montreal | 514 / 438 |
| Vancouver | 604 / 778 / 236 |
| Calgary | 403 / 587 / 825 |
| Ottawa | 613 / 343 |
| Halifax | 902 / 782 |
Canada: organisations that still receive faxes
- Here and there, a Service Canada service, a program of the Canada Revenue Agency, or a provincial ministry still prints a fax number on a specific form or letter; use that number, and no other.
- Medical practices, clinics and pharmacies: province by province, fax remains a standard channel for referring a patient to a specialist or for prescriptions sent by the prescriber.
- Each province and court determines what can be filed by fax; however, many court registries have now adopted online filing.
- Signed forms sent by fax: insurers, mortgage brokers and real estate agencies still gladly accept them.
No organisation number is published here: take the one from your latest letter, or from the official website.
The official digital channel
At the federal level: My Business Account and My Account with the CRA — including the "Submit documents" service —, My Service Canada Account, the secure account from IRCC, and Represent a Client for authorized representatives. Each province adds its own portals, including electronic filing with their courts.
Fax still serves as a backup in three situations: the form explicitly requests it; a clinic or pharmacy insists on it; or you must get a signed document to someone within minutes.
Canada: time difference and office hours
| Time zone | Six zones in all: Newfoundland sits at UTC−3:30, the Atlantic provinces at UTC−4, the East at UTC−5, the Central zone at UTC−6, the Mountain region at UTC−7 and the Pacific coast at UTC−8. Summer adds an hour to each, except across most of Saskatchewan. |
|---|---|
| Difference from Paris | Count on 6 hours behind Paris for Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, 9 for Vancouver, 5 for Halifax. For a few weeks each year — in March and late October — the gap narrows by an hour, as the two continents don't switch clocks on the same day. |
| Usual hours | Expect weekday office hours starting at 8:30 or 9 a.m. and ending at 4:30 or 5 in the afternoon, local time. Public holidays vary by province: before any deadline, check the local calendar. |
Canada: questions about sending
- The initial 1 — should I dial it before the area code?
- No: ten digits are enough. That country-wide 1 is added automatically. Instead paste +1 416 555 0123, and the form will strip the +1 itself.
- Fax or cell phone: how to tell for a Canadian number?
- The numbers alone cannot clarify this: landline and mobile numbers frequently use the same area code. Only the "Fax" designation in the header, or on the form filled out by the recipient, provides a definitive answer.
- Does the CRA accept documents by fax?
- Some CRA programs list a fax number on a particular form or letter; however, most filings are now submitted through the "Submit documents" option in My Account. In every situation, the number printed on the documents you received remains the only reliable source.
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- Dial code +33 — Ten digits in total, beginning with 01 through 05 or with 09; numbers beginning with 06 or 07 are mobiles
- Seven countries reachable over any connection, at the same rate for every destination.
- Before faxing abroad, look up the country's dialling code, the usual prefixes and how long numbers should be.
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