Phone prefixes in Lindsay, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

31

Telephone numbers covered

310,000

Carriers

14

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

October 2, 2000

Most recent assignment

January 5, 2026

Lindsay’s share of its area codes

Within area code 705, Lindsay accounts for only 20 of 770 prefixes (2.6%): the code is dominated by Barrie and spread over 203 rate centres. Within area code 249, Lindsay accounts for only 7 of 585 prefixes (1.2%): the code is dominated by Sudbury and spread over 176 rate centres. Within area code 683, Lindsay accounts for only 4 of 80 prefixes (5.0%): the code is dominated by Lindsay and spread over 57 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 6 prefixes, 19.4% of the total, ahead of 13 other carriers. Code by code: in 705, Bell Canada leads with 5 of 20 prefixes ahead of 10 others; in 249, Iristel Inc. leads with 2 of 7 prefixes ahead of 5 others; in 683, Iristel Inc. leads with 2 of 4 prefixes ahead of 2 others. 1 carrier holds prefixes in every one of Lindsay’s 3 area codes, while 9 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

9 of Lindsay’s 31 prefixes (29.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility, TELUS Mobility, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) and Fido Solutions Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Bell Canada, Iristel Inc, Fibernetics Corporation and Videotron Ltd. 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

Lindsay’s dated assignments run from 2000 to 2026. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 7 prefixes went to 6 carriers. 6 prefixes (19%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 6 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Lindsay’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 Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) in 2000. The most recent arrivals are Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) (2026), Cogeco Connexion Inc. (2025) and ISP Telecom Inc. (2019), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Lindsay.

Lindsay’s 31 prefixes provide 310,000 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 Lindsay: the leader, Bell Canada, holds only 19.4% of the prefixes against 13 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: 24.0% 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.

6 undated in the register.

Dialling a Lindsay number

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

The numbering neighbourhood

Lindsay shares area codes 705, 249 and 683 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Barrie, Sudbury, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Huntsville, 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 Lindsay number tells you

A number attached to Lindsay tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Bell Canada. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 14 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 Lindsay: code 705-324 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 705-324-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Lindsay, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Lindsay prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 31 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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