Canada
The current use of exchange prefixes for each area code is listed by CNAC; if an exchange changes from "plant test" to reclaimed or active, any former test numbers with the associated prefix are invalidated. Commonly-used test numbers for major carriers include:
- 555-0311 Rogers (403 Alberta, 519 613 Ontario)
- 958-2580 Bell Canada (519 613 705 905 Ontario)
- 958-6111 Telus landline (403 780 Alberta, 250 BC)
- 959-4444 Manitoba Telephone System (204 MB) (959 is used as 958 is a regular Winnipeg exchange, not a test prefix)
Additional codes may be in use locally in some areas:
- 306: 115 Saskatchewan
- 403: 555-0311 Alberta (GroupTel - may work in other parts of Canada - untested)
- 403: 705-0311 Alberta (Allstream - may work in other parts of Canada - untested)
- 416: 477-0034 Toronto, Ontario (Fibernetics - verified August 1, 2012)
- 416: 477-0035 Toronto, Ontario (Fibernetics - verified August 1, 2012)
- 416: 981-0001 Toronto, Ontario (verified July 1, 2010)
- 416: 958-ANAC (958-2622) Toronto
- 604: 1116 British Columbia
- 604: 1211 British Columbia
- 709: 958-9999 Newfoundland and Labrador (verified June 19, 2006)
- 819: 959-1135 Most of Outaouais region
- 867: 873-0000 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (verified October 9, 2012)
- 905: 310-3789 Mississauga, Ontario (Now no longer includes loop line or ringback.)
In Bell Canada territory, +1-areacode-320 was a former test number; in all known instances, these numbers were moved to the 958-xxxx range and 320-xxxx reclaimed for use as a standard exchange. The use of N11 prefixes (such as 3-1-1) for test numbers is also deprecated as in many communities 3-1-1 now reaches city hall or municipal services while 2-1-1 is local community information.
Some lists also mention 1-555-1313 as ANAC (506 New Brunswick). The purpose of +1-areacode-555-1313, a pay-per-use "name that number" reverse lookup information service introduced in the mid-1990s, differs from ANAC. ANAC announces the caller's own number; the reverse lookup gives the directory name for a listed telephone number input by the user.
Read more about this topic: Automatic Number Announcement Circuit, ANAC Numbers
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