Phone prefixes in Borden

In numbers

In-service prefixes

9

Telephone numbers covered

90,000

Carriers

6

Area codes

4

Provinces and territories

2

First assignment

March 4, 2004

Most recent assignment

November 14, 2022

Provinces and territories

This name is used for separate rate centres in 2 provinces. The prefixes below share a name in the CNAC register but belong to different communities.

• Saskatchewan — 5 prefixes
• Prince Edward Island — 4 prefixes

Borden’s share of its area codes

Within area code 639, Borden accounts for only 4 of 776 prefixes (0.5%): the code is dominated by Regina and spread over 202 rate centres. Within area code 902, Borden accounts for only 3 of 782 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 175 rate centres. Within area code 306, Borden accounts for only 1 of 777 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Saskatoon and spread over 228 rate centres. Within area code 782, Borden accounts for only 1 of 456 prefixes (0.2%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 142 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Distributel holds the largest share at 3 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 5 other carriers. Code by code: in 639, Distributel leads with 2 of 4 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 902, Aliant Telecom (PEI) leads with 2 of 3 prefixes ahead of 1 others; SaskTel is the only holder in 306; Distributel is the only holder in 782. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Borden’s 4 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Borden’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 9 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Distributel, Aliant Telecom (PEI), Bragg Communications Inc and Fibernetics Corporation. A call showing a Borden number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Borden’s dated assignments run from 2004 to 2022. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 3 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 3 prefixes (33%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 3 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Borden’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom (PEI) and SaskTel: these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bragg Communications Inc. in 2004. The most recent arrivals are ISP Telecom Inc. (2022), Fibernetics Corporation (2022) and Distributel (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Borden.

Borden has just 9 prefixes (90,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Borden: the leader, Distributel, holds only 33.3% 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.

Growth is recent: 50.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Borden is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

3 undated in the register.

Dialling a Borden number

Borden is served by 4 overlaid area codes (639, 902, 306 and 782). A 782 number is no more “out of town” than a 639 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Borden shares area codes 639, 902, 306 and 782 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Halifax, Regina, Saskatoon, Charlottetown, Moose Jaw, Sydney, Truro and Prince Albert. The largest of them, Halifax, holds 220 prefixes in 782 and 902; the smallest on the list, Liverpool, has just 16.

What a Borden number tells you

A number attached to Borden tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Saskatchewan, most often Distributel. 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 Saskatchewan area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Borden: code 639-341 is recorded for Distributel, so every 639-341-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Borden, Saskatchewan” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Borden prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 9 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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