Phone prefixes in Green Lake, SK

In numbers

In-service prefixes

2

Telephone numbers covered

20,000

Carriers

2

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

May 8, 2018

Most recent assignment

May 8, 2018

Green Lake’s share of its area codes

Within area code 306, Green Lake accounts for only 1 of 777 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Saskatoon and spread over 228 rate centres. Within area code 639, Green Lake accounts for only 1 of 776 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Regina and spread over 202 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

SaskTel holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 50.0% of the total, ahead of 1 other carrier. Code by code: SaskTel is the only holder in 306; SaskTel Mobility is the only holder in 639. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Green Lake’s 2 area codes, while 2 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

1 of Green Lake’s 2 prefixes (50.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: SaskTel Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by SaskTel. 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

Green Lake’s dated assignments run from 2018 to 2018. The busiest period was 2015–2019, 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. No prefix has been added since 2020: demand for numbers in Green Lake is flat.

Green Lake’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to SaskTel: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to SaskTel Mobility in 2018. The most recent arrivals are SaskTel Mobility (2018), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Green Lake.

Green Lake 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.

SaskTel leads with 50.0% of the prefixes, but 1 competitors have set up in Green Lake: a market where the incumbent keeps the edge without exclusivity.

Allocation is mature: only 0.0% of the dated prefixes are less than ten years old, most having been handed out in 2015–2019, and 1 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New Green Lake numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

Dialling a Green Lake number

Green Lake is served by 2 overlaid area codes (306 and 639). A 639 number is no more “out of town” than a 306 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Green Lake shares area codes 306 and 639 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, North Battleford, Yorkton, Swift Current and Moosomin. The largest of them, Regina, holds 157 prefixes in 306 and 639; the smallest on the list, Rosthern, has just 12.

What a Green Lake number tells you

A number attached to Green Lake tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Saskatchewan, most often SaskTel. 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 Saskatchewan area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Green Lake: code 306-832 is recorded for SaskTel, so every 306-832-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Green Lake, Saskatchewan” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Green Lake prefix

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

Had a call from a Green Lake 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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