The 411 - Dialguide

Emergency

Fire, Police and Ambulance, 911
Marine & Aircraft Distress, 800-567-5111
Earthquake, Flood, 800-663-3456
Poison Control Centre, 604-682-5050

Non-Emergency

Directory Assistance, 411
Police, 604-717-3321
Fire, 604-665-6000
Ambulance, 604-872-5151
Crisis/Distress Centre, 604-872-3311

Hospitals

Children’s Hospital, 604-875-2345, bcchildrens.ca
Lions Gate Hospital, 604-988-3131, nscg.ca
St. Paul’s Hospital, 604-682-2344, providencehealthcare.org
UBC Hospital, 604-822-7121, vanhosp.bc.ca
Vancouver General, 604-875-4111, vanhosp.bc.ca
Women’s Hospital, 604-875-2424, bcwomens.ca

General Information

Business/Consumer/Trade
B.C. Business Service Society, 604-775-5525, smallbusinessbc.ca
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, 604-683-0700, bcchamber.org
B.C. Real Estate Association, 604-683-7702, bcrea.bc.ca
Better Business Bureau, 604-682-2711, bbbvan.org
Custom Border Services, 800-461-9999, cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
Human Resource and Social Development, 800-206-7218, hrsdc.gc.ca
Ministry of Economic Development, 604-775-2100, gov.bc.ca/cse
Real Estate Board of Vancouver, 604-730-3000, rebgv.org
Vancouver Board of Trade, 604-681-2111, boardoftrade.com
Vancouver Public Library, 604-331-3603, vpl.ca

Foreign Exchange Brokers

Custom House, 604-482-6000, customhouse.com
Royal Bank (at Van Int’l Airport), 604-665-8708, rbcroyalbank.com

Travel & Transportation

Weather Information, 604-664-9010, weatheroffice.gc.ca
Vancouver International Airport, 604-207-7077, yvr.ca

Airlines

Air Canada, 888-247-2262, aircanada.com
Air China, 604-685-0921, air-china.co.uk
Air France, 800-667-2747, airfrance.com
American Airlines, 800-433-7300, aa.com
British Airways, 800-247-9297, britishairways.com
Cathay Pacific, 604-606-8888, cathaypacific.com
Continental Airlines, 800-231-0856, continental.com
Delta Airlines, 800-221-1212, delta.com
Horizon Air, 800-547-9308, alaskaair.com
Japan Airlines, 800-525-3663, ar.jal.com
Lufthansa German Airlines, 800-563-5954, lufthansa-ca.com
Northwest KLM Airlines, 800-225-2525, nwa.com
Qantas Airways, 800-227-4500, qantas.com.au
United Airlines, 800-241-6522, united.com
WestJet, 877-929-8646, westjet.com

Regional Air Travel

Harbour Air, 604-274-1277, harbour-air.com
Helijet Airways, 800-665-4354, helijet.com
West Coast Air, 604-606-6800, westcoastair.com

Ferries

Schedule Information, 888-bcferry, bcferries.bc.ca

Train

Rocky Mountaineer Railtours, 604-606-7245, rockymountaineer.com
VIA Rail, 888-842-7245, viarail.ca

Taxis/Limousine Services

Limojet, 604-273-1331, limojetgold.com
Black Top & Checker Cabs, 604-731-1111
Vancouver Taxi, 604-871-1111
Yellow Cab, 604-681-1111, yellowcabvancouver.ca

Bus

Airporter, 604-946-8866, yvrairporter.com
Transit Info, 604-953-3333, translink.bc.ca
Gray Line of Vancouver, 604-879-3363, graylinewest.com/vancouver
Greyhound Lines of Canada, 604-683-8133, greyhound.ca
Pacific Coach Lines, 604-662-8074, pacificcoach.com

Automobile Rental Agencies

Avis, 800-879-2847, avis.com
Budget, 800-268-8900, budget.ca
Enterprise, 800-261-7331, enterpriserentacar.ca
Hertz, 800-654-3131, hertz.ca
National, 800-227-7368, nationalcar.ca
Thrifty, 604-606-1251, thrifty.com

Tourism Services

B.C. Place Stadium, 604-661-7373, bcplacestadium.com
Convention Centre, 604-689-8232, vcec.ca
Tourism British Columbia, 1-800-HELLO BC / 1-800-435-5622, hellobc.com
Tourism Okanagan, 800-567-2275, totabc.com
Tourism Vancouver, 604-683-2000, tourismvancouver.com
Tourism Victoria, 250-953-2033, tourismvictoria.com
Tourism Washington, 800-544-1800, experiencewashington.com
Tourism Whistler, 877-991-9988, tourismwhistler.com

Radio

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Radio One, 690 AM, cbc.ca
University of British Columbia radio, CITR 101.9 FM, citr.ca
Simon Fraser University radio, CJSF, 90.1 FM, cjsf.bc.ca
Chinese Language station, Fairchild 96.1 FM, am1470.com/fm961
Adult Contemporary, Clear FM, 104.9 FM, 1049clearfm.com
Easy Listening, QM/FM 103.5, qmfm.com
Pop, Z95.3FM, z95.com
Talk radio, CKNW 980 AM, cknw.com
New rock, The FOX 99.3 FM, cfox.com
Retro, Jack 96.9 FM, jackfm.com
Urban, The Beat 94.5 FM, thebeat.com

Web Guide

Movie Listings, cinemaclock.com
Guestlife Vancouver, guestlife.com/vancouver
Ticketmaster, ticketmaster.ca
The Tyee Online Newspaper, thetyee.ca
Vancouver Magazine, vancouvermagazine.com
Vancouver transit, translink.bc.ca
Western Living magazine, westernliving.ca