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add the relevant area code to all numbers dialed within Vancouver. Victoria, Vancouver
Island, and the rest of British Columbia use mostly
250,
with the area code
778
added in
2007 and
236
added in 2013. Dial these prefixes for all long-distance calls.
Like every country in the world except the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar, Canada
is on the metric system, though many people talk about distance in miles and supermarket
prices are advertised by ounces and pounds. Electrical voltage is 120 volts, the same as in
the United States.
