Phone prefixes in Lake Louise, AB

In numbers

In-service prefixes

5

Telephone numbers covered

50,000

Carriers

5

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

March 2, 2006

Most recent assignment

April 25, 2018

Lake Louise’s share of its area codes

Within area code 587, Lake Louise accounts for only 3 of 779 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Calgary and spread over 137 rate centres. Within area code 403, Lake Louise accounts for only 2 of 781 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Calgary and spread over 142 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Distributel holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 20.0% of the total, ahead of 4 other carriers. Code by code: in 587, Distributel leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 403, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Lake Louise’s 2 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

1 of Lake Louise’s 5 prefixes (20.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless). Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Distributel, Fibernetics Corporation, IXICA Communications Inc and TELUS. 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

Lake Louise’s dated assignments run from 2006 to 2018. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (20%) 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 Lake Louise is flat.

Lake Louise’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to TELUS: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) in 2006. The most recent arrivals are IXICA Communications Inc. (2018), Distributel (2016) and Fibernetics Corporation (2009), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Lake Louise.

Lake Louise has just 5 prefixes (50,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Lake Louise: the leader, Distributel, holds only 20.0% of the prefixes against 4 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Allocation is mature: only 0.0% of the dated prefixes are less than ten years old, most having been handed out in 2005–2009, and 1 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New Lake Louise numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Lake Louise number

Lake Louise is served by 2 overlaid area codes (587 and 403). A 403 number is no more “out of town” than a 587 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Lake Louise shares area codes 587 and 403 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray, Banff and High River. The largest of them, Calgary, holds 565 prefixes in 403 and 587; the smallest on the list, Crowsnest Pass, has just 10.

What a Lake Louise number tells you

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

Reading a register entry for Lake Louise: code 587-546 is recorded for Distributel, so every 587-546-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Lake Louise, Alberta” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Lake Louise prefix

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

Had a call from a Lake Louise 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 5 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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