Phone prefixes in Abbotsford, BC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

87

Telephone numbers covered

870,000

Carriers

15

Area codes

4

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

March 10, 2000

Most recent assignment

November 7, 2025

Abbotsford’s share of its area codes

Within area code 604, Abbotsford accounts for only 30 of 781 prefixes (3.8%): the code is dominated by Vancouver and spread over 44 rate centres. Within area code 672, Abbotsford accounts for only 22 of 320 prefixes (6.9%): the code is dominated by Vancouver and spread over 108 rate centres. Within area code 778, Abbotsford accounts for only 19 of 779 prefixes (2.4%): the code is dominated by Vancouver and spread over 159 rate centres. Within area code 236, Abbotsford accounts for only 16 of 730 prefixes (2.2%): the code is dominated by Vancouver and spread over 269 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

TELUS holds the largest share at 20 prefixes, 23.0% of the total, ahead of 14 other carriers. Code by code: in 604, TELUS leads with 13 of 30 prefixes ahead of 7 others; in 672, Bell Mobility leads with 8 of 22 prefixes ahead of 7 others; in 778, TELUS leads with 5 of 19 prefixes ahead of 9 others; in 236, Iristel Inc. leads with 6 of 16 prefixes ahead of 7 others. 3 carriers hold prefixes in every one of Abbotsford’s 4 area codes, while 6 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

34 of Abbotsford’s 87 prefixes (39.1%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility, TELUS Mobility, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) and Fido Solutions Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by TELUS, Iristel Inc, Shaw Telecom Inc and Videotron Ltd. This is a sort by name, not a licence lookup, and a mobile prefix may have been ported to another network since.

How the allocation was built up

Abbotsford’s dated assignments run from 2000 to 2025. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 23 prefixes went to 9 carriers. 15 prefixes (17%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 26 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Abbotsford’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to TELUS, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) and TELUS Mobility: 4 carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS in 2000. The most recent arrivals are Fibernetics Corporation (2022), ISP Telecom Inc. (2022) and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) (2017), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Abbotsford.

Abbotsford’s 87 prefixes provide 870,000 numbers, which corresponds to a mid-sized city or a well-established suburb that every major carrier wants a slice of.

No single carrier dominates Abbotsford: the leader, TELUS, holds only 23.0% of the prefixes against 14 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Demand remains steady: 36.1% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2020–2024. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

The register also shows 1 prefix assigned but not yet in service in Abbotsford (TELUS Mobility): numbers that will start showing up on call displays in the coming months.

15 undated in the register.

Dialling a Abbotsford number

Abbotsford is served by 4 overlaid area codes (604, 672, 778 and 236). A 236 number is no more “out of town” than a 604 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Abbotsford shares area codes 604, 672, 778 and 236 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, Richmond, North Vancouver, Aldergrove, Newton and Kelowna. The largest of them, Vancouver, holds 740 prefixes in 236, 604, 672 and 778; the smallest on the list, Port Moody, has just 22.

What a Abbotsford number tells you

A number attached to Abbotsford tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in British Columbia, most often TELUS. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 15 carriers present here or to a VoIP service usable anywhere. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and a British Columbia area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Abbotsford: code 604-504 is recorded for TELUS, so every 604-504-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Abbotsford, British Columbia” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Abbotsford prefix

Each row is an in-service central-office code recorded for Abbotsford, with its original holder and year of assignment.

Allocated prefixes

All 87 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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