Phone area codes for Fort McMurray, AB
2 active area codes · Mountain Time (MST/MDT, UTC-7/-6) · population 68,002.
Fort McMurray is the urban service area at the heart of the Athabasca oil sands operations in northern Alberta.
Area codes serving Fort McMurray
Dialling from and to Fort McMurray
Because Fort McMurray sits inside an overlay region with 2 overlapping area codes, callers must always dial 10 digits — even for calls between two phones on the same street. From outside Canada and the United States, dial your international access prefix, then +1, then the 10-digit number.
Mobile carriers in Fort McMurray typically issue numbers from whichever overlay code is currently being released by the NANP relief plan. As a result, two members of the same household frequently carry numbers from two different area codes — for example a long-time resident with an original-assignment number and a newer subscriber with an overlay number.
Major carriers serving Fort McMurray
About Fort McMurray, Alberta
Fort McMurray is located in Alberta, Canada. Fort McMurray is the urban service area at the heart of the Athabasca oil sands operations in northern Alberta. The city falls within the Mountain Time (MST/MDT, UTC-7/-6) time zone.
Numbers issued to subscribers in Fort McMurray can come from any of the area codes assigned to the surrounding numbering plan area: 780, 587. With number portability now standard across all Canadian carriers, the area code attached to a Fort McMurray number tells you only where that number was first issued — not who currently carries it or where the device is physically located.
If you are trying to identify a recent call from 780 or 587, the caller is most likely either based in Fort McMurray or another community within the same NPA, has previously held a number issued in this area, or — in the case of telemarketing and scam calls — is spoofing a local prefix to increase the chance you pick up.