Phone prefixes in Belleville, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

55

Telephone numbers covered

550,000

Carriers

18

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

October 27, 1999

Most recent assignment

April 24, 2026

Belleville’s share of its area codes

Within area code 613, Belleville accounts for only 32 of 772 prefixes (4.1%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 132 rate centres. Within area code 343, Belleville accounts for only 19 of 641 prefixes (3.0%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 116 rate centres. Within area code 753, Belleville accounts for only 4 of 106 prefixes (3.8%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 62 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 11 prefixes, 20.0% of the total, ahead of 17 other carriers. Code by code: in 613, Bell Canada leads with 10 of 32 prefixes ahead of 9 others; in 343, Iristel Inc. leads with 4 of 19 prefixes ahead of 13 others; in 753, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) leads with 1 of 4 prefixes ahead of 3 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Belleville’s 3 area codes, while 8 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

20 of Belleville’s 55 prefixes (36.4%) 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 Bell Canada, Iristel Inc, Fibernetics Corporation 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

Belleville’s dated assignments run from 1999 to 2026. The busiest period was 2010–2014, when 10 prefixes went to 7 carriers. 11 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 10 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Belleville’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada, TELUS Mobility and Bell Mobility: these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS Mobility in 1999. The most recent arrivals are IXICA Communications Inc. (2025), Cogeco Connexion Inc. (2025) and Distributel (2022), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Belleville.

Belleville’s 55 prefixes provide 550,000 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 Belleville: the leader, Bell Canada, holds only 20.0% of the prefixes against 17 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: 22.7% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2010–2014. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

11 undated in the register.

Dialling a Belleville number

Belleville is served by 3 overlaid area codes (613, 343 and 753). A 753 number is no more “out of town” than a 613 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Belleville shares area codes 613, 343 and 753 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Ottawa-Hull, Kingston, Cornwall, Kanata-Stittsville, Brockville, Smiths Falls, Bancroft and Carleton Place. The largest of them, Ottawa-Hull, holds 442 prefixes in 343, 613 and 753; the smallest on the list, Merrickville, has just 11.

What a Belleville number tells you

A number attached to Belleville tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Bell Canada. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 18 carriers present here or to a VoIP service usable anywhere. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and an Ontario area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Belleville: code 613-391 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 613-391-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Belleville, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Belleville prefix

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

Had a call from a Belleville 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 55 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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