Phone prefixes in Cannington, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

5

Telephone numbers covered

50,000

Carriers

5

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

August 8, 2007

Most recent assignment

November 23, 2021

Cannington’s share of its area codes

Within area code 705, Cannington accounts for only 3 of 770 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Barrie and spread over 203 rate centres. Within area code 249, Cannington accounts for only 2 of 585 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Sudbury and spread over 176 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 20.0% of the total, ahead of 4 other carriers. Code by code: in 705, Bell Canada leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 249, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Cannington’s 2 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Cannington’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 5 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Bell Canada, Bragg Communications Inc, Fibernetics Corporation and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable). A call showing a Cannington number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Cannington’s dated assignments run from 2007 to 2021. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 1 prefixes went to 1 carrier. 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.

Cannington’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Fibernetics Corporation in 2007. The most recent arrivals are Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) (2021), TELUS Integrated Communications (2017) and Bragg Communications Inc. (2011), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Cannington.

Cannington 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 Cannington: the leader, Bell Canada, 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 2005–2009. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Cannington number

Cannington is served by 2 overlaid area codes (705 and 249). A 249 number is no more “out of town” than a 705 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Cannington shares area codes 705 and 249 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Barrie, Sudbury, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Huntsville, Collingwood and Lindsay. The largest of them, Barrie, holds 92 prefixes in 249 and 705; the smallest on the list, Kirkland Lake, has just 12.

What a Cannington number tells you

A number attached to Cannington 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 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 an Ontario area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Cannington: code 705-432 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 705-432-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Cannington, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Cannington prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

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

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