Phone prefixes in Brantford, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

70

Telephone numbers covered

700,000

Carriers

17

Area codes

4

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

March 15, 2000

Most recent assignment

January 9, 2025

Brantford’s share of its area codes

Within area code 226, Brantford accounts for only 28 of 778 prefixes (3.6%): the code is dominated by London and spread over 166 rate centres. Within area code 519, Brantford accounts for only 27 of 779 prefixes (3.5%): the code is dominated by London and spread over 210 rate centres. Within area code 548, Brantford accounts for only 12 of 502 prefixes (2.4%): the code is dominated by London and spread over 170 rate centres. Within area code 382, Brantford accounts for only 3 of 63 prefixes (4.8%): the code is dominated by Kitchener-Waterloo and spread over 41 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) holds the largest share at 15 prefixes, 21.4% of the total, ahead of 16 other carriers. Code by code: in 226, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) leads with 10 of 28 prefixes ahead of 12 others; in 519, Bell Canada leads with 12 of 27 prefixes ahead of 7 others; in 548, Iristel Inc. leads with 3 of 12 prefixes ahead of 7 others; in 382, Iristel Inc. leads with 2 of 3 prefixes ahead of 1 others. 1 carrier holds prefixes in every one of Brantford’s 4 area codes, while 8 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

29 of Brantford’s 70 prefixes (41.4%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless), Bell Mobility, TELUS Mobility and Fido Solutions Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Bell Canada, Iristel Inc, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) and Fibernetics Corporation. 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

Brantford’s dated assignments run from 2000 to 2025. The busiest period was 2010–2014, when 15 prefixes went to 8 carriers. 16 prefixes (23%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 9 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Brantford’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada, TELUS Mobility and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless): 4 carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bell Canada in 2000. The most recent arrivals are Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (2019), InnSysVoice Corp (2015) and Fido Solutions Inc. (2015), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Brantford.

Brantford’s 70 prefixes provide 700,000 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 Brantford: the leader, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless), holds only 21.4% of the prefixes against 16 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 2010–2014, and 16 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New Brantford numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

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

16 undated in the register.

Dialling a Brantford number

Brantford is served by 4 overlaid area codes (226, 519, 548 and 382). A 382 number is no more “out of town” than a 226 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Brantford shares area codes 226, 519, 548 and 382 with at least 20 other rate centres, including London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Windsor, Guelph, Chatham, Sarnia, Hespeler and Owen Sound. The largest of them, London, holds 218 prefixes in 226, 382, 519 and 548; the smallest on the list, St. Thomas, has just 15.

What a Brantford number tells you

A number attached to Brantford tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless). It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 17 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 Brantford: code 226-208 is recorded for Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless), so every 226-208-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Brantford, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Brantford prefix

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

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Allocated prefixes

All 70 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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