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99:, while area code 604 was restricted to serve Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Intended as a long-term solution, the proliferation of telephone service in the area required additional central office code relief within only four years. While telephone numbers tended to be used up fairly quickly in the immediate Vancouver area due to its rapid growth, the number allocation problem was particularly severe in the Lower Mainland, which is home to most of the province's landlines and cell phones. Area code 778 was created on November 3, 2001, as a concentrated overlay for the two largest
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834:"Telecom Decision CRTC 2011-451"
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779:Telecom Decision 2007–38
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1001:Area Code Map of Canada
679:List of NANP area codes
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738:February 1,
558:(778) – 263
556:South Delta
430:Ocean Falls
394:Maple Ridge
271:Fort Nelson
249:(778) – 264
211:Cobble Hill
187:Cache Creek
1253:Categories
1235:54°N 124°W
1175:Washington
865:crtc.gc.ca
606:Vanderhoof
598:White Rock
580:Cloverdale
481:Port Moody
475:Port Hardy
463:Port Alice
295:Gold River
205:Chilliwack
169:Boston Bar
163:Aldergrove
157:Abbotsford
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358:Kimberley
328:Invermere
235:Cranbrook
229:Courtenay
199:Castlegar
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905:CBC News
880:cite web
812:CTV News
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673:See also
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654:Westwold
642:Victoria
568:Squamish
562:Sparwood
544:Smithers
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388:Lillooet
370:Kitwanga
340:Kamloops
107:and the
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95:and the
1168:208/986
1153:Nunavut
1126:Alberta
1113:208/986
764:May 25,
713:May 18,
592:Whalley
538:Sechelt
532:Saanich
511:Quesnel
406:Nanaimo
382:Langley
364:Kitimat
352:Kelowna
316:Houston
310:Holberg
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586:Newton
574:Surrey
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376:Ladner
283:Ganges
259:Fernie
253:Duncan
1226:124°W
1164:Idaho
1145:Yukon
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