Area codes 204 and 431

The area serviced by area codes 204 and 431 in blue with neighbouring provinces, territories and U.S. states in other colours

Area codes 204 and 431 are the North American telephone area codes for the Canadian province of Manitoba, encompassing the province. 204 is one of the original 86 area codes assigned in 1947 in the contiguous United States and the then-nine-province extent of Canada.

The incumbent local exchange carrier for the 204 and 431 area codes is MTS.

In 2009 the Canadian Numbering Administrator forecast that area code 204 would be exhausted within a few years, despite there only being 1.2 million people in the entire province. While an area code typically holds 7.8 million possible numbers, Canada uses an allocation scheme by which competitive local exchange carriers receive access to blocks of 10,000 numbers--corresponding to a single three-digit prefix--for even the smallest hamlets, rather than implementing number pooling. While most rural rate centres do not need nearly that many numbers to adequately serve their customers, it is not possible to assign a number elsewhere once it was allocated to a rate centre. The situation was exacerbated by the proliferation of cell phones, particularly in Winnipeg.

In July 2010, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved a province-wide overlay with area code 431, for implementation in November 2012.[1] On July 30, 2012, 10-digit dialing became mandatory throughout the province.[2] This decision, rather than a geographical split of the area code, was made because MTS and other carriers in the province wanted to spare their customers, particularly in rural areas, the expense and burden of having to change their numbers.

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Communities included
  • Oakbank (204) 403 443 444 446 506 541 606 816 817 818 819 900 902
  • Oakville (204) 267 964
  • Oak Lake (204) 855
  • Oxford House (431) 231
  • Pierson (204) 634
  • Pilot Mound (204) 208 245 825
  • Pinawa (204) 753
  • Pine Falls (204) 317 367 830
  • Pipestone (204) 854
  • Portage la Prairie (204) 239 240 249 309 400 515 521 595 692 814 850 856 857 870 871 872 892 903, (431)-251 400
  • Reston (204) 577 662 877
  • Rivers (204) 303 328 398 412 710
  • Riverton (204)378, (431) 283
  • Roblin (204) 207 247 465 917 937
  • Roland (204) 343
  • Rossburn (204) 859
  • Russell (204) 773 821 796
  • Sanford (204) 405 418 508 706 736
  • Selkirk (204) 260 406 420 444 481 482 485 492 498 527 549 785 904 909 971 994, (431) 238 484
  • Snowflake (204) 876
  • Souris (204) 413 483 709 741
  • St. Adolphe (204) 883
  • St. Eustache (204) 353
  • St. Francois Xavier (204) 864
  • St-Pierre-Jolys (204) 433
  • Ste. Anne (204) 401 422
  • Ste Rose du Lac (204)496 613, (431) 233
  • Starbuck (204) 735, (431)-301
  • Steinbach (204) 300 320 321 326 346 355 370 371 380 381 392 408 543 846 905 912 972 993 (431)-205 215
  • Stonewall (204) 404 454 461 464 467 490 507 513 906 (431)- 223 302
  • Stony Mountain (204) 344 530
  • Strathclair (204) 365, (431) 282 973
  • Swan Lake (204) 836 974
  • Swan River (204) 236 238 281 518 524 525 539 569 614 733 734, (431) 281
  • Teulon (204) 206 861 886
  • The Pas (204) 617 620 623 627 969 978, (431) 229 239
  • Thompson (204) 307 550 598 670 674 677 679 778 939 970 (431)- 224
  • Treherne (204) 608 693 713 723
  • Vidir (204) 364
  • Virden (204) 491 512 707 718 748 851 908, (431) 645
  • Waskada (204) 673
  • Whitemouth (204) 348
  • Winkler (204) 312 325 331 332 361 362 384 493 502 531 542 (431)- 240
  • Winnipeg (204) 200 201 202 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 235 237 250 251 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 269 272 275 282 283 284 285 287 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 318 330 333 334 336 338 339 360 390 391 396 399 410 414 415 416 417 421 430 451 452 453 470 471 474 475 477 478 479 480 487 488 489 499 500 504 505 509 510 514 515 557 558 560 582 583 586 588 589 590 594 599 612 615 619 631 632 633 654 661 663 666 667 668 669 688 691 694 695 697 698 760 770 771 772 774 775 777 779 780 781 782 783 784 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 813 815 831 832 833 837 869 880 881 885 887 888 889 890 891 894 895 896 897 898 899 910 914 915 918 919 920 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 938 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 962 963 975 977 979 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 992 995 996 997 998 999, (431) 200 206 222 317 334 433 485 777 800 802 845 846 847 848 944 999
  • Winnipeg Beach (204) 389

Calls to the following communities can be direct dialed from Winnipeg as a local call: Dugald, Lockport, Lorette, Oakbank, St. Adolphe, St. Francois Xavier, Sanford, Starbuck, Stonewall, and Stony Mountain.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Telecom Decision CRTC 2010-526: Code relief for area code 204 in Manitoba". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  2. ↑ "10-digit dialing for Manitoba starts Sunday". CBC News. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2014-06-02.


External links

Manitoba area codes: 204, 431
North: 867
West: 306, 639 204/431 East: 807, 819/873
South: 701, 218
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867
Saskatchewan area codes: 306, 639
Ontario area codes: 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905
Quebec area codes: 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819
Minnesota area codes: 218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, 952
North Dakota area codes: 701

Coordinates: 55°4′30″N 97°31′30″W / 55.07500°N 97.52500°W / 55.07500; -97.52500 (Area code 204/431)

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