Phone prefixes in Annapolis Royal, NS

In numbers

In-service prefixes

8

Telephone numbers covered

80,000

Carriers

6

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

June 22, 2005

Most recent assignment

September 27, 2022

Annapolis Royal’s share of its area codes

Within area code 902, Annapolis Royal accounts for only 6 of 782 prefixes (0.8%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 174 rate centres. Within area code 782, Annapolis Royal accounts for only 2 of 460 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 142 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Aliant Telecom (NS) holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 25.0% of the total, ahead of 5 other carriers. Code by code: in 902, Aliant Telecom (NS) leads with 2 of 6 prefixes ahead of 4 others; in 782, Iristel Inc. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. 1 carrier holds prefixes in every one of Annapolis Royal’s 2 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

2 of Annapolis Royal’s 8 prefixes (25.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility Aliant and TELUS Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Aliant Telecom (NS), Iristel Inc, Bragg Communications Inc and TELUS Integrated Communications. 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

Annapolis Royal’s dated assignments run from 2005 to 2022. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 2 prefixes (25%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 1 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Annapolis Royal’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Mobility Aliant and Aliant Telecom (NS): these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Aliant Telecom (NS) in 2005. The most recent arrivals are Iristel Inc. (2016), TELUS Integrated Communications (2015) and TELUS Mobility (2012), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Annapolis Royal.

Annapolis Royal has just 8 prefixes (80,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Annapolis Royal: the leader, Aliant Telecom (NS), holds only 25.0% of the prefixes against 5 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Allocation is mature: only 16.7% of the dated prefixes are less than ten years old, most having been handed out in 2005–2009, and 2 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New Annapolis Royal numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

2 undated in the register.

Dialling a Annapolis Royal number

Annapolis Royal is served by 2 overlaid area codes (902 and 782). A 782 number is no more “out of town” than a 902 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Annapolis Royal shares area codes 902 and 782 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Halifax, Charlottetown, Sydney, Truro, Windsor, Amherst, New Glasgow and Kentville. The largest of them, Halifax, holds 220 prefixes in 782 and 902; the smallest on the list, Musquodoboit Harbour, has just 12.

What a Annapolis Royal number tells you

A number attached to Annapolis Royal tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Nova Scotia, most often Aliant Telecom (NS). It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 6 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 Nova Scotia area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Annapolis Royal: code 902-524 is recorded for Aliant Telecom (NS), so every 902-524-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Annapolis Royal prefix

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

Had a call from a Annapolis Royal number?

No clear pattern in reports on these numbers yet. If a call worried you:

1. Call back on a number you trust

   If a caller says they are your bank, the Canada Revenue Agency, a courier or your phone company, hang up and call the organization on the number from its website or your statement, never the number that called you. Caller ID can be faked.

2. Report the fraud

   Report the call or text to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online or at 1-888-495-8501. If you lost money or gave out personal details, tell your bank first, then your local police.

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3. Register on the National Do Not Call List

   Registering a landline or mobile on the National DNCL is free. Registered charities, political parties, newspapers and companies you already do business with may still call.

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4. Forward suspicious texts to 7726

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Allocated prefixes

All 8 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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