Do you remember when people used to think 587 was a long-distance number? So today I had to double-check that it wasn’t a prank here at the office, but it’s true, come April 2022 Alberta will have another new area code. Soon to be 368.

Do you remember when you didn’t have to dial 403 at all? I do.

I still have the old phone book where 934 was the Strathmore area. We were laughing about it in the office because we all knew that you just had to remember the last four digits in a phone number before. I think that’s a small town thing found in Western Canada.

Imagine my surprise to find out that the old 403 is really in fact old. That area code was created in 1947!

Alberta currently has 403, 587, 780, and 825. The new code will be introduced on April 23, 2022.