In Canada, wireline/competitive local exchange carriers must provide portability

. As of March 14, 2007, wireless carriers must provide portability in most of Ca

nada.[17]
Numbers are only portable within a LIR (local interconnection region), regions d
efined by the ILEC and approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommuni
cations Commission (CRTC), each of which cover a number of exchanges. Each LIR h
as a Point of Interconnection (POI) exchange through which calls are routed, and
if a number is ported out to a different LIR then calls to that destination wil
l be rejected by the POI switch.
Not all exchanges support LNP, typically there needs to exist competition within
an exchange before an ILEC will enable portability, and then only by request. M
ost small local independent telephone company exchanges are exempted from compet
ition and local number portability requirements. Numbers in the rarely used nongeographic area code 600 are not portable.

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Local Number Portability enables you to keep the same phone number when you chan
ge service providers within the same local service area.
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http://crtc.gc.ca/cisc/eng/portable.htm
Telephone Exchanges with Number Portability by Province
You will find the exact name of your exchange by going to the CO code status web
page. Choose your area code (e.g. 819) and then go down the list to the first t
hree digits of your phone number (e.g. 819, 663). Close the link.
Then select your province from the list of exchanges that have been forborne fro
m the regulation of local services. Check if the name of your exchange is there.
If so, it confirms that your exchange is no longer regulated by the CRTC.
Provinces
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northwest Territory
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon Territory (YT)
The Canadian Local Number Portability Consortium (CLNPC) is wholly owned by more
than 60 local exchange and wireless carriers in Canada.
Local Number Portability (LNP) permits landline and wireless subscribers to ret
ain their telephone number(s) when they change service providers and is a critic
al requirement of true market competition in the telecommunications industry. ?
Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC)
LEC: Local Exchange Carrier. The company, often a part of a Regional Bell Operat
ing
Company (RBOC),that provides local telephone service. LECs also include independ
ent
local telephone companies and competitors of both the Bell Companies and indepen
dent
telephone companies.
https://www.npac.com/number-portability/how-lnp-works
The Canadian Local Number Portability Consortium (CLNPC) is wholly owned by more
than 60 local exchange and wireless carriers in Canada. A critical requirement
of true market competition in the telecommunications industry, Local Number Port
ability (LNP) provides the ability for landline and wireless subscribers to reta
in their telephone number(s) when they change service providers. The CLNPC is re
sponsible for building consensus and managing the varying interests of its share
holders, including, providing expert business and technical support, exploring o
pportunities to optimize the value of LNP, negotiating and managing contractual
arrangements with vendors, and providing guidance on emerging telecom routing te
chnologies. The CLNPC also provides a gateway for non-shareholders to apply for
access to Canadian number portability data