Phone area codes for Grande Prairie, AB
1 active area code · Mountain Time (MST/MDT, UTC-7/-6) · population 64,141.
Grande Prairie is the largest city in northwestern Alberta and a hub for the Peace Country region.
Area codes serving Grande Prairie
Dialling from and to Grande Prairie
Because Grande Prairie sits inside a single-NPA region, callers may still be able to use 7-digit local dialling, though 10-digit dialling is universally accepted. From outside Canada and the United States, dial your international access prefix, then +1, then the 10-digit number.
Mobile carriers in Grande Prairie 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 Grande Prairie
About Grande Prairie, Alberta
Grande Prairie is located in Alberta, Canada. Grande Prairie is the largest city in northwestern Alberta and a hub for the Peace Country region. The city falls within the Mountain Time (MST/MDT, UTC-7/-6) time zone.
Numbers issued to subscribers in Grande Prairie can come from any of the area codes assigned to the surrounding numbering plan area: 780. With number portability now standard across all Canadian carriers, the area code attached to a Grande Prairie 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, the caller is most likely either based in Grande Prairie 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.