Phone prefixes in Fisher Branch, MB

In numbers

In-service prefixes

3

Telephone numbers covered

30,000

Carriers

3

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

January 8, 2020

Most recent assignment

January 9, 2020

Fisher Branch’s share of its area codes

Within area code 431, Fisher Branch accounts for only 2 of 578 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 146 rate centres. Within area code 204, Fisher Branch accounts for only 1 of 781 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 245 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Fido Solutions Inc. holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 2 other carriers. Code by code: in 431, Fido Solutions Inc. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; MTS Inc. is the only holder in 204. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Fisher Branch’s 2 area codes, while 3 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

2 of Fisher Branch’s 3 prefixes (66.7%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Fido Solutions Inc and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless). That makes this a mostly mobile rate centre, which is typical of recent allocations: new prefixes go overwhelmingly to cellphones. 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

Fisher Branch’s dated assignments run from 2020 to 2020. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 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 2 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Fisher Branch’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to MTS Inc: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Fido Solutions Inc. in 2020. The most recent arrivals are Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) (2020) and Fido Solutions Inc. (2020), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Fisher Branch.

Fisher Branch has just 3 prefixes (30,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Fisher Branch: the leader, Fido Solutions Inc., holds only 33.3% of the prefixes against 2 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: 100.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Fisher Branch is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

Dialling a Fisher Branch number

Fisher Branch is served by 2 overlaid area codes (431 and 204). A 204 number is no more “out of town” than a 431 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Fisher Branch shares area codes 431 and 204 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Steinbach, Oakbank, Stonewall, Dauphin and Selkirk. The largest of them, Winnipeg, holds 393 prefixes in 204 and 431; the smallest on the list, The Pas, has just 10.

What a Fisher Branch number tells you

A number attached to Fisher Branch tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Manitoba, most often Fido Solutions Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: most of Fisher Branch’s prefixes are mobile, and a cellphone keeps its number when its owner moves across the country. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and a Manitoba area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Fisher Branch: code 431-818 is recorded for Fido Solutions Inc., so every 431-818-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Fisher Branch, Manitoba” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Fisher Branch prefix

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

Had a call from a Fisher Branch 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 3 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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