Phone prefixes in North Augusta, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

3

Telephone numbers covered

30,000

Carriers

3

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

September 17, 2008

Most recent assignment

November 21, 2022

North Augusta’s share of its area codes

Within area code 613, North Augusta accounts for only 2 of 772 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 132 rate centres. Within area code 343, North Augusta accounts for only 1 of 641 prefixes (0.2%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 116 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 613, Bell Canada leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; TELUS Integrated Communications is the only holder in 343. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of North Augusta’s 2 area codes, while 3 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

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

How the allocation was built up

North Augusta’s dated assignments run from 2008 to 2022. The busiest period was 2005–2009, 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.

North Augusta’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 Fibernetics Corporation in 2008. The most recent arrivals are TELUS Integrated Communications (2022) and Fibernetics Corporation (2008), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in North Augusta.

North Augusta 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 North Augusta: 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 2005–2009. North Augusta is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a North Augusta number

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

The numbering neighbourhood

North Augusta shares area codes 613 and 343 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 North Augusta number tells you

A number attached to North Augusta 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 North Augusta: code 613-926 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 613-926-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “North Augusta, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every North Augusta prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

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

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