Phone prefixes in Pine Dock, MB
Pine Dock, MB is a rate centre in the Canadian numbering plan. CNAC records 1 in-service prefixes there, held by 1 carriers and spread across 1 area code (204). With 1 prefixes, Pine Dock is a small rate centre within Manitoba: 161st of 245, holding 0.1% of the province’s prefixes, and 2510th of 2,921 rate centres across Canada.
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In numbers
- In-service prefixes
- 1
- Telephone numbers covered
- 10,000
- Carriers
- 1
- Area codes
- 1
- Provinces and territories
- 1
Pine Dock’s share of its area code
Within area code 204, Pine Dock accounts for only 1 of 781 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 245 rate centres.
| Area codes | Prefixes here | Prefixes in code | Share | Range | Largest rate centre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | 1 | 781 | 0.1 % | 204-276 – 204-276 | Winnipeg |
Who holds these numbers
MTS Inc. holds every prefix here. Code by code: MTS Inc. is the only holder in 204.
| Carrier | 204 |
|---|---|
| MTS Inc. | 1 |
Wireless and wireline
None of Pine Dock’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 1 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them MTS Inc. A call showing a Pine Dock number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.
How the allocation was built up
The register dates none of Pine Dock’s assignments: all 1 prefixes predate CNAC’s record-keeping, the signature of an old, settled network where nothing has been added in decades.
MTS Inc. is the only carrier ever recorded for Pine Dock: no competitor has obtained a prefix here. A single-carrier rate centre is typical of small communities where only the incumbent ever built a network.
Pine Dock has just 1 prefix (10,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.
The local market is an allocation monopoly: MTS Inc. holds every prefix, and no competitor has ever requested a code for Pine Dock.
Dialling a Pine Dock number
A single area code, 204, covers Pine Dock, and it is not overlaid with any other code on this territory: one of the few parts of Canada where seven-digit local dialling may still work. From abroad, dial +1 204 and the seven-digit number.
The numbering neighbourhood
Pine Dock shares area code 204 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Steinbach, Selkirk, Oakbank, Dauphin and Winkler. The largest of them, Winnipeg, holds 241 prefixes in 204; the smallest on the list, Beausejour, has just 5.
| Rate centre | Province | Shared codes | Prefixes | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg | MB | 204 | 241 | 18 |
| Brandon | MB | 204 | 28 | 10 |
| Portage La Prairie | MB | 204 | 17 | 11 |
| Steinbach | MB | 204 | 17 | 9 |
| Selkirk | MB | 204 | 14 | 9 |
| Oakbank | MB | 204 | 13 | 10 |
| Dauphin | MB | 204 | 12 | 5 |
| Winkler | MB | 204 | 11 | 6 |
| Stonewall | MB | 204 | 9 | 8 |
| Gimli | MB | 204 | 8 | 7 |
| Thompson | MB | 204 | 8 | 3 |
| Virden | MB | 204 | 7 | 6 |
| Boissevain | MB | 204 | 6 | 5 |
| Flin Flon | MB | 204 | 6 | 3 |
| Morris | MB | 204 | 6 | 4 |
| Neepawa | MB | 204 | 6 | 5 |
| Swan River | MB | 204 | 6 | 4 |
| The Pas | MB | 204 | 6 | 3 |
| Altona | MB | 204 | 5 | 3 |
| Beausejour | MB | 204 | 5 | 4 |
What a Pine Dock number tells you
A number attached to Pine Dock tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Manitoba, most often MTS Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 1 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 Manitoba area code is easy to borrow to look local.
Reading a register entry for Pine Dock: code 204-276 is recorded for MTS Inc., so every 204-276-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Pine Dock, Manitoba” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.
Every Pine Dock prefix
Each row is an in-service central-office code recorded for Pine Dock, with its original holder and year of assignment.
Frequently asked
What is the area code for Pine Dock?
Pine Dock falls under area code 204, in Manitoba. All 1 of the rate centre’s in-service prefixes sit in it.
Is a call from Pine Dock a cellphone or a landline?
More likely a landline or a VoIP service: mobility brands hold only 0.0% of Pine Dock’s prefixes.
Which carrier is behind a Pine Dock number?
In the register, MTS Inc. holds the most prefixes in Pine Dock (1 of 1), ahead of 0 other carriers. Code 204-276, for instance, belongs to MTS Inc..
Is this Pine Dock number a scam?
The register cannot say: it records who a prefix was issued to, not who is calling. Search the full number above to see the reports filed against it.
Allocated prefixes
All 1 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.
Pine Dock, MB
204-276
Elsewhere in Manitoba
| Rate centre | Province | Prefixes | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anola | MB | 11 | 7 |
| Melita | MB | 10 | 7 |
| Roblin | MB | 10 | 9 |
| Austin | MB | 9 | 6 |
| Lac Du Bonnet | MB | 9 | 9 |
Allocation source: Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC), the registry that records which carrier a central-office code was originally issued to. An allocation says who was issued the prefix, not who serves the number today: numbers can be ported between carriers, and caller ID can be spoofed outright.