Phone prefixes in Maitland

In numbers

In-service prefixes

7

Telephone numbers covered

70,000

Carriers

6

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

2

First assignment

February 14, 2008

Most recent assignment

July 22, 2021

Provinces and territories

This name is used for separate rate centres in 2 provinces. The prefixes below share a name in the CNAC register but belong to different communities.

• Nova Scotia — 4 prefixes
• Ontario — 3 prefixes

Maitland’s share of its area codes

Within area code 613, Maitland accounts for only 3 of 772 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 132 rate centres. Within area code 782, Maitland accounts for only 3 of 456 prefixes (0.7%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 142 rate centres. Within area code 902, Maitland accounts for only 1 of 782 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 175 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Fibernetics Corporation holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 28.6% of the total, ahead of 5 other carriers. Code by code: in 613, Fibernetics Corporation leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 782, Fibernetics Corporation leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; Aliant Telecom (NS) is the only holder in 902. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Maitland’s 3 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Maitland’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 7 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Fibernetics Corporation, Aliant Telecom (NS), Bell Canada and Bragg Communications Inc. A call showing a Maitland number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Maitland’s dated assignments run from 2008 to 2021. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 2 prefixes (29%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 1 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Maitland’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom (NS) and Bell Canada: these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS Integrated Communications in 2008. The most recent arrivals are Distributel (2018), Bragg Communications Inc. (2016) and Fibernetics Corporation (2008), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Maitland.

Maitland 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.

No single carrier dominates Maitland: the leader, Fibernetics Corporation, holds only 28.6% of the prefixes against 5 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 Maitland number

Maitland is served by 3 overlaid area codes (613, 782 and 902). A 902 number is no more “out of town” than a 613 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Maitland shares area codes 613, 782 and 902 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Ottawa-Hull, Halifax, Kingston, Charlottetown, Sydney, Belleville, Truro and Amherst. The largest of them, Ottawa-Hull, holds 321 prefixes in 613; the smallest on the list, Pembroke, has just 16.

What a Maitland number tells you

A number attached to Maitland tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Nova Scotia, most often Fibernetics Corporation. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 6 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 Nova Scotia area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Maitland: code 613-664 is recorded for Fibernetics Corporation, so every 613-664-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Maitland, Nova Scotia” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Maitland prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 7 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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