Phone prefixes in Fredericton, NB

In numbers

In-service prefixes

55

Telephone numbers covered

550,000

Carriers

12

Area codes

1

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

June 1, 2001

Most recent assignment

December 12, 2025

Fredericton’s share of its area code

Within area code 506, Fredericton accounts for only 55 of 677 prefixes (8.1%): the code is dominated by Moncton and spread over 88 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Aliant Telecom(NB) holds the largest share at 20 prefixes, 36.4% of the total, ahead of 11 other carriers. Code by code: in 506, Aliant Telecom(NB) leads with 20 of 55 prefixes ahead of 11 others.

Wireless and wireline

20 of Fredericton’s 55 prefixes (36.4%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility Aliant, TELUS Mobility, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) and Fido Solutions Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Aliant Telecom(NB), Iristel Inc, Bragg Communications Inc and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable). 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

Fredericton’s dated assignments run from 2001 to 2025. The busiest period was 2010–2014, when 9 prefixes went to 7 carriers. 20 prefixes (36%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 7 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Fredericton’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom(NB), Bell Mobility Aliant and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless): these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bell Mobility Aliant in 2001. The most recent arrivals are Distributel (2022), Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (2019) and Bragg Communications Inc. (2017), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Fredericton.

Fredericton’s 55 prefixes provide 550,000 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 Fredericton: the leader, Aliant Telecom(NB), holds only 36.4% of the prefixes against 11 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: 20.0% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2010–2014. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

20 undated in the register.

Dialling a Fredericton number

A single area code, 506, covers Fredericton, 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

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

What a Fredericton number tells you

A number attached to Fredericton 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 12 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 Fredericton: code 506-415 is recorded for Aliant Telecom(NB), so every 506-415-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Fredericton, New Brunswick” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.

Every Fredericton prefix

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

What people check and report about Fredericton numbers

Searches typed into this site's lookup form since July 28, 2026, plus the verdicts and moderated reports visitors left. A search usually follows a missed call.

Had a call from a Fredericton number?

No clear pattern in reports on these numbers yet. If a call worried you:

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Allocated prefixes

All 55 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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