Phone prefixes in North Battleford, SK

In numbers

In-service prefixes

22

Telephone numbers covered

220,000

Carriers

9

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

July 20, 2005

Most recent assignment

June 16, 2025

North Battleford’s share of its area codes

Within area code 306, North Battleford accounts for only 15 of 777 prefixes (1.9%): the code is dominated by Saskatoon and spread over 228 rate centres. Within area code 639, North Battleford accounts for only 7 of 776 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Regina and spread over 202 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

SaskTel holds the largest share at 8 prefixes, 36.4% of the total, ahead of 8 other carriers. Code by code: in 306, SaskTel leads with 6 of 15 prefixes ahead of 5 others; in 639, SaskTel leads with 2 of 7 prefixes ahead of 4 others. 2 carriers hold prefixes in every one of North Battleford’s 2 area codes, while 7 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

11 of North Battleford’s 22 prefixes (50.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: SaskTel Mobility, TELUS Mobility, Bell Mobility, Fido Solutions Inc and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless). Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by SaskTel, Access Communications Co-operative Limited, Bell West Inc and TELUS Integrated Communications. 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

North Battleford’s dated assignments run from 2005 to 2025. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 6 prefixes went to 5 carriers. 6 prefixes (27%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 3 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

North Battleford’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to SaskTel and SaskTel Mobility: these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS Mobility in 2005. The most recent arrivals are TELUS Integrated Communications (2017), Bell West Inc. (2016) and Bell Mobility (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in North Battleford.

North Battleford has only 22 prefixes, or 220,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates North Battleford: the leader, SaskTel, holds only 36.4% of the prefixes against 8 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 18.8% of the dated prefixes are less than ten years old, most having been handed out in 2005–2009, and 6 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New North Battleford numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

6 undated in the register.

Dialling a North Battleford number

North Battleford is served by 2 overlaid area codes (306 and 639). A 639 number is no more “out of town” than a 306 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

North Battleford shares area codes 306 and 639 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Yorkton, Swift Current, Moosomin and Outlook. The largest of them, Regina, holds 157 prefixes in 306 and 639; the smallest on the list, Watrous, has just 12.

What a North Battleford number tells you

A number attached to North Battleford tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Saskatchewan, most often SaskTel. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 9 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 Saskatchewan area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for North Battleford: code 306-386 is recorded for SaskTel, so every 306-386-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “North Battleford, Saskatchewan” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every North Battleford prefix

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

Had a call from a North Battleford 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 22 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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