Phone prefixes in Gagetown, NB

In numbers

In-service prefixes

2

Telephone numbers covered

20,000

Carriers

2

Area codes

1

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

September 21, 2022

Most recent assignment

September 21, 2022

Gagetown’s share of its area code

Within area code 506, Gagetown accounts for only 2 of 677 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Moncton and spread over 88 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Aliant Telecom(NB) holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 50.0% of the total, ahead of 1 other carrier. Code by code: in 506, Aliant Telecom(NB) leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others.

Wireless and wireline

None of Gagetown’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 2 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Aliant Telecom(NB) and Distributel. A call showing a Gagetown number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Gagetown’s dated assignments run from 2022 to 2022. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 1 prefixes went to 1 carrier. 1 prefixes (50%) 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.

Gagetown’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom(NB): this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Distributel in 2022. The most recent arrivals are Distributel (2022), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Gagetown.

Gagetown has just 2 prefixes (20,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

Aliant Telecom(NB) leads with 50.0% of the prefixes, but 1 competitors have set up in Gagetown: a market where the incumbent keeps the edge without exclusivity.

Growth is recent: 100.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Gagetown is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

Dialling a Gagetown number

A single area code, 506, covers Gagetown, 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

Gagetown 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.

What a Gagetown number tells you

A number attached to Gagetown 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 2 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 Gagetown: code 506-488 is recorded for Aliant Telecom(NB), so every 506-488-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Gagetown, New Brunswick” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.

Every Gagetown prefix

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

Had a call from a Gagetown 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 2 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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