The Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium is the corporation responsible for administering Canada's telecommunication numbering resources. The CNA is regulated by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...
(CRTC).
CNAC is headquartered in
The Glebe
The Glebe is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Ottawa's downtown area in the Capital Ward. According to the Glebe Community Association, the neighbourhood is bounded on the north by the Queensway, on the ...
area of
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
.
The CNAC selects and funds a neutral administrator known as the Canadian Numbering Administrator who performs the actual administrative duties. The CNAC is also responsible for paying the Canadian portion of the
North American Numbering Plan Administration
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...
(NANPA) costs, which are funded by Canadian telecommunication service providers (TSP).
See also
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List of NANP area codes
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) divides the territories of its members into geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (''NPA codes'', or ''area codes''), consisting of three di ...
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Telephone numbers in Canada
Telephone numbers in Canada follow the fixed-length Bell System format, consisting of the country code ''1'', followed by a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code (or exchange code) and a four-digit station code. This is represe ...
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North American Numbering Plan expansion
The expansion of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is the anticipated requirement for providing more telephone numbers to accommodate future needs beyond the pool of ten-digit telephone numbers. Ten-digit telephone numbers have been in use ...
References
External links
CNAC websiteNorth American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA)
{{Area code list
North American Numbering Plan
Telecommunications in Canada