Phone prefixes in Huntsville, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

33

Telephone numbers covered

330,000

Carriers

15

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

October 27, 1999

Most recent assignment

September 3, 2025

Huntsville’s share of its area codes

Within area code 249, Huntsville accounts for only 17 of 586 prefixes (2.9%): the code is dominated by Sudbury and spread over 176 rate centres. Within area code 705, Huntsville accounts for only 14 of 770 prefixes (1.8%): the code is dominated by Barrie and spread over 203 rate centres. Within area code 683, Huntsville accounts for only 2 of 80 prefixes (2.5%): the code is dominated by Lindsay and spread over 57 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) holds the largest share at 7 prefixes, 21.2% of the total, ahead of 14 other carriers. Code by code: in 249, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) leads with 6 of 17 prefixes ahead of 8 others; in 705, Bell Canada leads with 3 of 14 prefixes ahead of 8 others; in 683, IXICA Communications Inc. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Huntsville’s 3 area codes, while 10 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

12 of Huntsville’s 33 prefixes (36.4%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless), Bell Mobility, TELUS Mobility and Fido Solutions Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Iristel Inc, Bell Canada, Fibernetics Corporation and TELUS Integrated Communications. 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

Huntsville’s dated assignments run from 1999 to 2025. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 9 prefixes went to 5 carriers. 4 prefixes (12%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 8 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Huntsville’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada and TELUS Mobility: these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bell Mobility in 1999. The most recent arrivals are IXICA Communications Inc. (2025), Cogeco Connexion Inc. (2025) and Videotron Ltd. (2023), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Huntsville.

Huntsville’s 33 prefixes provide 330,000 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 Huntsville: the leader, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless), holds only 21.2% of the prefixes against 14 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: 27.6% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2015–2019. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

4 undated in the register.

Dialling a Huntsville number

Huntsville is served by 3 overlaid area codes (249, 705 and 683). A 683 number is no more “out of town” than a 249 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Huntsville shares area codes 249, 705 and 683 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Barrie, Sudbury, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Lindsay, Collingwood and Orillia. The largest of them, Barrie, holds 95 prefixes in 249, 683 and 705; the smallest on the list, Kirkland Lake, has just 12.

What a Huntsville number tells you

A number attached to Huntsville tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless). It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 15 carriers present here or to a VoIP service usable anywhere. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and an Ontario area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Huntsville: code 249-338 is recorded for Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless), so every 249-338-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Huntsville, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Huntsville prefix

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

Had a call from a Huntsville 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 33 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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