Phone area codes for Yellowknife, NT
1 active area code · Mountain/Pacific/Eastern Time (varies by community) · population 20,340.
Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and the only city in the territory. It sits on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake.
Area codes serving Yellowknife
Dialling from and to Yellowknife
Because Yellowknife 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 Yellowknife 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 Yellowknife
About Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Yellowknife is located in Northwest Territories, Canada. Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and the only city in the territory. It sits on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake. The city falls within the Mountain/Pacific/Eastern Time (varies by community) time zone.
Numbers issued to subscribers in Yellowknife can come from any of the area codes assigned to the surrounding numbering plan area: 867. With number portability now standard across all Canadian carriers, the area code attached to a Yellowknife 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 867, the caller is most likely either based in Yellowknife 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.