Editing Payphone (section)

===Canada===
[[File:BellPayPhone3.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bell Canada]] payphone]]

Most payphones in Canada are owned and operated by large telecom providers such as [[Bell Canada|Bell]], [[Telus Communications]], and [[SaskTel]]. In the last 20 years, customer-owned coin-operated telephones (COCOT) have also appeared in the market, but their numbers are smaller due to the emergence of mobile phones.

The cost of most local payphone calls is 50 cents [[Canadian dollar|CAD]], having increased from 25 cents since 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hopper|first1=Tristin|title=What the #!%*? Bell Canada looks to raise payphone rates 100%, again|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/what-the-bell-canada-looks-to-raise-payphone-rates-100-again|access-date=5 May 2015|work=National Post|date=3 April 2012}}</ref> Payphones in [[Alberta]] were 35 cents for a time, but in most jurisdictions the price simply doubled. Newer phones allow users to use calling cards and credit cards. For coin-paid long distance, COCOTs are less expensive for short calls (typically [[Canadian dollar|$]]1 for three minutes) than [[incumbent local exchange carrier|incumbent providers]] (whose rates start near $5 for the first minute).

Dialing 0 for the [[Switchboard operator|operator]] and [[9-1-1|911 calls]] are still free.

The [[Toronto Transit Commission]] deploys payphones on all subway platforms as a safety precaution; a blue "Crisis Link" button on 141 payphones connects directly with Distress Centres of Canada as a free [[suicide prevention]] measure.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ttc/2011/06/16/womans_mental_illness_inspires_ttcs_suicide_prevention_program.html | title=Woman's mental illness inspires TTC's suicide prevention program | newspaper=Toronto Star | date=16 June 2011 | first=Tess | last=Kalinowski | access-date=31 July 2016 }}</ref>

As of 2013, there were about 70,000 payphones across the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/03/08/phone-booths-are-down-in-edmonton-but-not-completely-out|title=Phone booths are down in Edmonton but not completely out|newspaper=[[Edmonton Sun]]|access-date=23 December 2014|date=8 March 2014}}</ref>

In 2013, the CRTC issued a temporary [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on the removal of payphones in small communities.<ref name=gm15/>

In September 2015, the [[CRTC]] remarked that "32 percent of Canadians used a payphone at least once in the past year," and that they are used "as a last resort in times of inconvenience and emergency."<ref name=gm15>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadians-arent-ready-to-cut-cords-with-payphones-just-yet/article23221439/ rob: "Canadians aren’t ready to cut cords with payphones just yet"], 26 February 2015</ref>