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Together with the United States, Canada uses the North American Numbering Plan: a three-digit area code, a seven-digit subscriber number, no leading zero. Montreal is served by 514 and 438, Quebec City by 418 and 581, the Outaouais and Estrie regions by 819; in Ontario, Toronto is covered by 416 and 647, and Ottawa by 613. Several codes coexist within the same city: simply copy the one printed on your correspondent's stationery.
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.
Six time zones separate Newfoundland from the Pacific. A fax sent from Paris at 3 p.m. reaches Montreal at 9 a.m., but Vancouver at 6 a.m.: the machine records it, and no one reads it until opening time. Select Canada, type the ten digits, leaving out the leading 1 and the +1, and send.
Distance costs nothing: the first page stays free, and sending two sheets or more carries a flat €3.99 incl. VAT, no matter how long the PDF runs. PDF delivery receipts, at €2.99 incl. VAT, certify a file submission across the Atlantic and are billed only once delivery actually happens.
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 CRA program — the Canada Revenue Agency — a Service Canada service, 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 remains the fallback when a form names it, when a clinic or pharmacy asks for it, or when you need a signed document in front of someone within minutes.
Canada: time difference and office hours
| Time zone | Daylight saving time adds sixty minutes everywhere except in most of Saskatchewan; six time zones separate Newfoundland (UTC−3:30) from the Pacific (UTC−8): Atlantic (UTC−4), then Eastern (UTC−5), Central (UTC−6) and Mountain (UTC−7). |
|---|---|
| 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 | Offices are generally open on weekdays, between 8:30 or 9 a.m. and 4:30 or 5 p.m. 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 digits won't tell you: landlines and cell phones share area codes. Only the "Fax" label in the header or on the recipient's form settles the question.
- Does the CRA accept documents by fax?
- Some CRA programs display a fax number on a specific form or letter; most submissions now go through the "Submit documents" tool within My Account. In any case, only the number shown on the correspondence you received is authoritative.
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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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