You can smell gas
The routing is your gas utility's 24 hour emergency line or 911. In British Columbia, for example, FortisBC's line is 1-800-663-9911: go outside first, then call.
- Go outside before you call.
Who to call first
The official emergency routes for this country, every number read from the official page it belongs to, verified 2026-07-17. Nothing here is behind a click, and the contractor comes after everyone is safe.
Any emergency
911
Call 9-1-1. Emergency response is run provincially and municipally, and 9-1-1 is the number everywhere.
After the emergency: the repair
Once everyone is safe and the official service has the emergency, the repair is the next job. That is where checking a contractor's register, rating and record matters, and not one second before. Browse contractors with public evidence, check a business by name, or see where a rating really sits before anyone starts the permanent fix.
Common questions
You can smell gas: who do I call?
The routing is your gas utility's 24 hour emergency line or 911. In British Columbia, for example, FortisBC's line is 1-800-663-9911: go outside first, then call. Go outside before you call.
What is the emergency number here?
Call 9-1-1. Emergency response is run provincially and municipally, and 9-1-1 is the number everywhere.
Every number above was read from the cited official page on the date shown. Numbers and routings can change and some are regional examples of a local routing rule, so the official page is always the final word. In immediate danger, the general emergency number comes first.
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