How to validate phone number formats for a specific country or region?

Different countries or regions use different phone number formats. To help you to validate phone number formats used in a specific country or region, FYIcenter.com has designed this online tool. All you need to do is to end a phone number of a specific country/region in the form below, and click the "Validate" button. The validation result will be presented back to you.

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Country/Region:	Canada
Phone #

Validation result by FYIcenter.com:

Specified Phone Number: Valid ✔

"416 247-7678" matches the format of "AAA SSS-SSSS"

Most phone numbers in Canada are written in the following formats:

   Prefix: long distance or international
   --------------------------------------
   |   Carrier or area code 
   |   --------------------
   |   |   Subscriber number
   |   |   -----------------
   v   v   v
       AAA SSS-SSSS     - Local format
  +1   AAA SSS-SSSS     - International format

Most telephone numbers in Canada have 10 digits and are written in the format of "AAA SSS-SSSS". Here are some examples: 416 247-7678; 604 207-7077.

When dialing locally inside Canada, dial the phone number directly as "AAA SSS-SSSS". Long distance prefix is not needed.

When dialing from outside of Canada, the international dial-in prefix "+1" is required. So the format becomes "+1 AAA SSS-SSSS".

When dialing from Canada to other countries, the international dail-out prefix "+" or "011" required.

To validate phone number formats for other countries or regions, see our Generic Phone Number Format Validator.

To see phone number examples in Canada, try our Test Phone Number Generator.

 

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