Phone prefixes in Kapuskasing, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

12

Telephone numbers covered

120,000

Carriers

8

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

April 14, 2003

Most recent assignment

March 16, 2026

Kapuskasing’s share of its area codes

Within area code 705, Kapuskasing accounts for only 8 of 770 prefixes (1.0%): the code is dominated by Barrie and spread over 203 rate centres. Within area code 249, Kapuskasing accounts for only 4 of 585 prefixes (0.7%): the code is dominated by Sudbury and spread over 176 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bragg Communications Inc. holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 16.7% of the total, ahead of 7 other carriers. Code by code: in 705, Northern Telephone Ltd. leads with 2 of 8 prefixes ahead of 5 others; in 249, Bragg Communications Inc. leads with 1 of 4 prefixes ahead of 3 others. 2 carriers hold prefixes in every one of Kapuskasing’s 2 area codes, while 6 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

6 of Kapuskasing’s 12 prefixes (50.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless), TELUS Mobility, Bell Mobility and Fido Solutions Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Bragg Communications Inc, Northern Telephone Ltd, ExaTEL Inc 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

Kapuskasing’s dated assignments run from 2003 to 2026. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 3 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 2 prefixes (17%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 2 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Kapuskasing’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Northern Telephone Ltd: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS Mobility in 2003. The most recent arrivals are TELUS Integrated Communications (2023), Fido Solutions Inc. (2013) and Bragg Communications Inc. (2012), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Kapuskasing.

Kapuskasing has only 12 prefixes, or 120,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates Kapuskasing: the leader, Bragg Communications Inc., holds only 16.7% of the prefixes against 7 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 2005–2009. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

2 undated in the register.

Dialling a Kapuskasing number

Kapuskasing is served by 2 overlaid area codes (705 and 249). A 249 number is no more “out of town” than a 705 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Kapuskasing shares area codes 705 and 249 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Barrie, Sudbury, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Huntsville, Collingwood and Lindsay. The largest of them, Barrie, holds 92 prefixes in 249 and 705; the smallest on the list, New Liskeard, has just 11.

What a Kapuskasing number tells you

A number attached to Kapuskasing tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Bragg Communications Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 8 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 Kapuskasing: code 705-371 is recorded for Bragg Communications Inc., so every 705-371-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Kapuskasing, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Kapuskasing prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 12 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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