Phone prefixes in Harvey Station, NB

In numbers

In-service prefixes

7

Telephone numbers covered

70,000

Carriers

5

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

February 20, 2009

Most recent assignment

June 20, 2023

Harvey Station’s share of its area codes

Within area code 506, Harvey Station accounts for only 6 of 677 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Moncton and spread over 88 rate centres. Within area code 428, Harvey Station accounts for only 1 of 21 prefixes (4.8%): the code is dominated by Bathurst and spread over 15 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Iristel Inc. holds the largest share at 3 prefixes, 42.9% of the total, ahead of 4 other carriers. Code by code: in 506, Iristel Inc. leads with 2 of 6 prefixes ahead of 4 others; Iristel Inc. is the only holder in 428. 1 carrier holds prefixes in every one of Harvey Station’s 2 area codes, while 4 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

1 of Harvey Station’s 7 prefixes (14.3%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility Aliant. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Iristel Inc, Aliant Telecom(NB), Distributel 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

Harvey Station’s dated assignments run from 2009 to 2023. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 3 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (14%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 3 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Harvey Station’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 Bell Mobility Aliant in 2009. The most recent arrivals are Distributel (2022), Iristel Inc. (2016) and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) (2009), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Harvey Station.

Harvey Station has just 7 prefixes (70,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

Iristel Inc. leads with 42.9% of the prefixes, but 4 competitors have set up in Harvey Station: a market where the incumbent keeps the edge without exclusivity.

Growth is recent: 50.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Harvey Station is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Harvey Station number

Harvey Station is served by 2 overlaid area codes (506 and 428). A 428 number is no more “out of town” than a 506 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Harvey Station shares area codes 506 and 428 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Miramichi, Bathurst, Edmundston, Campbellton and Woodstock. The largest of them, Moncton, holds 81 prefixes in 428 and 506; the smallest on the list, Petitcodiac, has just 10.

What a Harvey Station number tells you

A number attached to Harvey Station tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in New Brunswick, most often Iristel Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 5 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 Harvey Station: code 506-526 is recorded for Iristel Inc., so every 506-526-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Harvey Station, New Brunswick” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Harvey Station prefix

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

Had a call from a Harvey Station 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 7 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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