Phone prefixes in Aspen Park, BC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

5

Telephone numbers covered

50,000

Carriers

5

Area codes

4

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

January 13, 2009

Most recent assignment

March 25, 2022

Aspen Park’s share of its area codes

Within area code 236, Aspen Park accounts for only 2 of 745 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Vancouver and spread over 269 rate centres. Within area code 250, Aspen Park accounts for only 1 of 781 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Victoria and spread over 268 rate centres. Within area code 672, Aspen Park accounts for only 1 of 321 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Vancouver and spread over 109 rate centres. Within area code 778, Aspen Park accounts for only 1 of 779 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Vancouver and spread over 159 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

ISP Telecom Inc. holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 20.0% of the total, ahead of 4 other carriers. Code by code: in 236, Navigata Communications Limited leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; TELUS is the only holder in 250; ISP Telecom Inc. is the only holder in 672; Shaw Telecom Inc. is the only holder in 778. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Aspen Park’s 4 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Aspen Park’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 5 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them ISP Telecom Inc, Navigata Communications Limited, Shaw Telecom Inc and TELUS. A call showing a Aspen Park number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Aspen Park’s dated assignments run from 2009 to 2022. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (20%) 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.

Aspen Park’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to TELUS: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Shaw Telecom Inc. in 2009. The most recent arrivals are ISP Telecom Inc. (2022), Videotron Ltd. (2018) and Navigata Communications Limited (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Aspen Park.

Aspen Park has just 5 prefixes (50,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Aspen Park: the leader, ISP Telecom Inc., holds only 20.0% of the prefixes against 4 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: 25.0% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2015–2019. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Aspen Park number

Aspen Park is served by 4 overlaid area codes (236, 250, 672 and 778). A 778 number is no more “out of town” than a 236 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Aspen Park shares area codes 236, 250, 672 and 778 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, New Westminster, Abbotsford, Nanaimo, South Kamloops and Prince George. The largest of them, Vancouver, holds 397 prefixes in 236, 672 and 778; the smallest on the list, Campbell River, has just 22.

What a Aspen Park number tells you

A number attached to Aspen Park tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in British Columbia, most often ISP Telecom Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 5 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 Aspen Park: code 672-713 is recorded for ISP Telecom Inc., so every 672-713-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Aspen Park, British Columbia” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Aspen Park prefix

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

Had a call from a Aspen Park 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

   Forward a scam or spam text to 7726 (SPAM on the keypad). It's free, and your carrier uses it to block the sender. Don't tap links or reply.

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Allocated prefixes

All 5 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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