Phone prefixes in Newburgh, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

3

Telephone numbers covered

30,000

Carriers

3

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

April 6, 2018

Most recent assignment

January 13, 2022

Newburgh’s share of its area codes

Within area code 343, Newburgh accounts for only 2 of 641 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 116 rate centres. Within area code 613, Newburgh accounts for only 1 of 772 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 132 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 2 other carriers. Code by code: in 343, Distributel leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; Bell Canada is the only holder in 613. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Newburgh’s 2 area codes, while 3 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Newburgh’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 3 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Bell Canada, Distributel and Fibernetics Corporation. A call showing a Newburgh number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Newburgh’s dated assignments run from 2018 to 2022. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 1 prefixes went to 1 carrier. 1 prefixes (33%) 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.

Newburgh’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Distributel in 2018. The most recent arrivals are Fibernetics Corporation (2022) and Distributel (2018), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Newburgh.

Newburgh has just 3 prefixes (30,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Newburgh: the leader, Bell Canada, holds only 33.3% of the prefixes against 2 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Growth is recent: 50.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2015–2019. Newburgh is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Newburgh number

Newburgh is served by 2 overlaid area codes (343 and 613). A 613 number is no more “out of town” than a 343 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Newburgh shares area codes 343 and 613 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Ottawa-Hull, Kingston, Belleville, Cornwall, Kanata-Stittsville, Brockville, Smiths Falls and Bancroft. The largest of them, Ottawa-Hull, holds 425 prefixes in 343 and 613; the smallest on the list, Brighton, has just 10.

What a Newburgh number tells you

A number attached to Newburgh 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 3 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 Newburgh: code 613-378 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 613-378-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Newburgh, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Newburgh prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 3 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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