Area code 250 covers most of British Columbia outside the Vancouver metro area, including cities such as Victoria, Kelowna, Kamloops, and Prince George. It was created in 1996 from a split of the original 604 area code. To accommodate growth, overlays 778, 236, and 672 were added, with ten-digit dialing now required across the region. The 250 area encompasses coastal towns, interior mountain communities, and the province’s capital, Victoria. It is widely used across residential, business, and tourism sectors and remains a defining code for non-Vancouver British Columbia.