Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Canada from abroad:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Canada, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 1 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a call from Canada you will need to dial canada-exit-code (eg: canada-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The current date and time in Ottawa, Canada can be found at Time in Ottawa.

Canada’s standard time is away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Canada utilises Daylight Time Saving in most locations.

Telephone area codes in Canada are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Canada.

These phone area codes are necessary only when calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is a must when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Canada generally indicate geographical areas within Canada which are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Canada is usually preceded in the dial string by the Canadian country code or the international access code for Canada ("1").

Phone Area codes in Canada are often quoted including the country access code for Canada.