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Area Codes

Saskatchewan getting new 474 area code

May 14, 2019 | 10:24 AM

Some Saskatchewan residents will soon be getting new phone numbers.

After 10 months of deliberations, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a plan to add the 474 area code to some Saskatchewan numbers.

In a recent media release, the CRTC said that “relief for area codes 306 and 639 in Saskatchewan is to be provided by implementing a distributed overlay of new area code 474,” with the new area code coming into effect Oct. 2, 2021.