Phone prefixes in Fords Mills, NB

Fords Mills, NB is a rate centre in the Canadian numbering plan. CNAC records 1 in-service prefixes there, held by 1 carriers and spread across 1 area code (506). With 1 prefixes, Fords Mills is a small rate centre within New Brunswick: 77th of 86, holding 0.1% of the province’s prefixes, and 2509th of 2,920 rate centres across Canada.

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Where Fords Mills is

Province or territory
New Brunswick
Census division
Kent
Local time
— Atlantic Time (AT), UTC−4; UTC−3 in daylight saving time
Nearest rate centres
Richibucto (26 km), Bouctouche (27 km), St. Louis-de-Kent (29 km), Saint-Antoine (30 km), Cocagne (37 km)

Divisions and places: Statistics Canada and NRCan. Straight-line distances.

In numbers

In-service prefixes
1
Telephone numbers covered
10,000
Carriers
1
Area codes
1
Provinces and territories
1

Fords Mills’s share of its area code

Within area code 506, Fords Mills accounts for only 1 of 677 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Moncton and spread over 88 rate centres.

Area codesPrefixes herePrefixes in codeShareRangeLargest rate centre
50616770.1 %506-785 – 506-785Moncton

Who holds these numbers

Aliant Telecom(NB) holds every prefix here. Code by code: Aliant Telecom(NB) is the only holder in 506.

Wireless and wireline

None of Fords Mills’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 1 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Aliant Telecom(NB). A call showing a Fords Mills number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

The register dates none of Fords Mills’s assignments: all 1 prefixes predate CNAC’s record-keeping, the signature of an old, settled network where nothing has been added in decades.

Aliant Telecom(NB) is the only carrier ever recorded for Fords Mills: no competitor has obtained a prefix here. A single-carrier rate centre is typical of small communities where only the incumbent ever built a network.

Fords Mills has just 1 prefix (10,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

The local market is an allocation monopoly: Aliant Telecom(NB) holds every prefix, and no competitor has ever requested a code for Fords Mills.

Dialling a Fords Mills number

A single area code, 506, covers Fords Mills, and it is not overlaid with any other code on this territory: one of the few parts of Canada where seven-digit local dialling may still work. From abroad, dial +1 506 and the seven-digit number.

The numbering neighbourhood

Fords Mills shares area code 506 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Miramichi, Bathurst, Edmundston, Campbellton and Tracadie. The largest of them, Moncton, holds 79 prefixes in 506; the smallest on the list, Petitcodiac, has just 9.

Rate centreProvinceShared codesPrefixesCarriers
MonctonNB5067911
Saint JohnNB5067712
FrederictonNB5065512
MiramichiNB5062812
BathurstNB5062711
EdmundstonNB5062311
CampbelltonNB506169
TracadieNB506157
WoodstockNB506159
FlorencevilleNB506148
Grand FallsNB506149
SussexNB5061411
RichibuctoNB5061210
ShediacNB506129
CaraquetNB506118
DoaktownNB506117
ShippaganNB506118
St. StephenNB506119
BouctoucheNB50697
PetitcodiacNB50696

What a Fords Mills number tells you

A number attached to Fords Mills tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in New Brunswick, most often Aliant Telecom(NB). It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 1 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 New Brunswick area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Fords Mills: code 506-785 is recorded for Aliant Telecom(NB), so every 506-785-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Fords Mills, New Brunswick” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.

Every Fords Mills prefix

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

PrefixCarrierAssigned
506-785Aliant Telecom(NB)undated

Had a call from a Fords Mills 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.

  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.

  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.

Frequently asked

What is the area code for Fords Mills?

Fords Mills falls under area code 506, in New Brunswick. All 1 of the rate centre’s in-service prefixes sit in it.

Is a call from Fords Mills a cellphone or a landline?

More likely a landline or a VoIP service: mobility brands hold only 0.0% of Fords Mills’s prefixes.

Which carrier is behind a Fords Mills number?

In the register, Aliant Telecom(NB) holds the most prefixes in Fords Mills (1 of 1), ahead of 0 other carriers. Code 506-785, for instance, belongs to Aliant Telecom(NB).

Is this Fords Mills number a scam?

The register cannot say: it records who a prefix was issued to, not who is calling. Search the full number above to see the reports filed against it.

What time zone is Fords Mills in?

Fords Mills is on Atlantic Time (AT, UTC−4), with daylight saving time (UTC−3) from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

Allocated prefixes

All 1 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

Fords Mills, NB

506-785

Elsewhere in New Brunswick

Rate centreProvincePrefixesCarriers
SackvilleNB106
St. GeorgeNB107
DalhousieNB85
Harvey StationNB75

Allocation source: Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC), the registry that records which carrier a central-office code was originally issued to. An allocation says who was issued the prefix, not who serves the number today: numbers can be ported between carriers, and caller ID can be spoofed outright.