Phone prefixes in St. Adolphe, MB

St. Adolphe, MB is a rate centre in the Canadian numbering plan. CNAC records 5 in-service prefixes there, held by 5 carriers and spread across 3 area codes (431, 204, 584). With 5 prefixes, St. Adolphe is a small rate centre within Manitoba: 66th of 245, holding 0.3% of the province’s prefixes, and 1081st of 2,921 rate centres across Canada.

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In numbers

In-service prefixes
5
Telephone numbers covered
50,000
Carriers
5
Area codes
3
Provinces and territories
1
First assignment
July 10, 2020
Most recent assignment
December 7, 2023

St. Adolphe’s share of its area codes

Within area code 431, St. Adolphe accounts for only 3 of 572 prefixes (0.5%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 146 rate centres. Within area code 204, St. Adolphe accounts for only 1 of 781 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 245 rate centres. Within area code 584, St. Adolphe accounts for only 1 of 15 prefixes (6.7%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 13 rate centres.

Area codesPrefixes herePrefixes in codeShareRangeLargest rate centre
43135720.5 %431-375431-506Winnipeg
20417810.1 %204-883204-883Winnipeg
5841156.7 %584-222584-222Winnipeg

Who holds these numbers

Fibernetics Corporation holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 20.0% of the total, ahead of 4 other carriers. Code by code: in 431, Fibernetics Corporation leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; MTS Inc. is the only holder in 204; IXICA Communications Inc. is the only holder in 584. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of St. Adolphe’s 3 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Carrier431204584Total
Fibernetics Corporation11
ISP Telecom Inc.11
IXICA Communications Inc.11
LES.NET (1996) Inc.11
MTS Inc.11

Wireless and wireline

None of St. Adolphe’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 5 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Fibernetics Corporation, ISP Telecom Inc, IXICA Communications Inc and LES.NET (1996) Inc. A call showing a St. Adolphe number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

St. Adolphe’s dated assignments run from 2020 to 2023. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 4 prefixes went to 4 carriers. 1 prefixes (20%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 4 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

St. Adolphe’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to MTS Inc: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to LES.NET (1996) Inc. in 2020. The most recent arrivals are IXICA Communications Inc. (2023), Fibernetics Corporation (2022) and ISP Telecom Inc. (2021), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in St. Adolphe.

St. Adolphe has just 5 prefixes (50,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates St. Adolphe: the leader, Fibernetics Corporation, holds only 20.0% of the prefixes against 4 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: 100.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. St. Adolphe is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

Dialling a St. Adolphe number

St. Adolphe is served by 3 overlaid area codes (431, 204 and 584). A 584 number is no more “out of town” than a 431 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

St. Adolphe shares area codes 431, 204 and 584 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Steinbach, Oakbank, Stonewall, Dauphin and Selkirk. The largest of them, Winnipeg, holds 390 prefixes in 204, 431 and 584; the smallest on the list, The Pas, has just 10.

Rate centreProvinceShared codesPrefixesCarriers
WinnipegMB204, 431, 58439022
BrandonMB204, 4313812
Portage La PrairieMB204, 431, 5843316
SteinbachMB204, 4312410
OakbankMB204, 431, 5842313
StonewallMB204, 431, 5842114
DauphinMB204, 431199
SelkirkMB204, 4311910
ThompsonMB204, 431157
WinklerMB204, 431159
VirdenMB204, 4311311
AnolaMB204, 431117
Swan RiverMB204, 431117
AltonaMB204, 431108
GimliMB204, 431108
MelitaMB204, 431107
MorrisMB204, 431107
NeepawaMB204, 431109
RoblinMB204, 431109
The PasMB204, 431106

What a St. Adolphe number tells you

A number attached to St. Adolphe tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Manitoba, 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 5 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 St. Adolphe: code 431-375 is recorded for Fibernetics Corporation, so every 431-375-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “St. Adolphe, Manitoba” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every St. Adolphe prefix

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

Frequently asked

What is the area code for St. Adolphe?

St. Adolphe does not have one area code but 3: 431, 204 and 584. The best-stocked is 431. All are dialled with ten digits and none is “more local” than another.

Is a call from St. Adolphe a cellphone or a landline?

More likely a landline or a VoIP service: mobility brands hold only 0.0% of St. Adolphe’s prefixes.

Which carrier is behind a St. Adolphe number?

In the register, Fibernetics Corporation holds the most prefixes in St. Adolphe (1 of 5), ahead of 4 other carriers. Code 431-375, for instance, belongs to Fibernetics Corporation.

Is this St. Adolphe 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.

What is the newest prefix in St. Adolphe?

The latest code brought into service is 584-222, assigned to IXICA Communications Inc. on December 7, 2023. At the other end, the oldest dated prefix, 431-408, goes to LES.NET (1996) Inc. (July 10, 2020). A number in a recent prefix almost always belongs to a subscriber who signed up after that date.

Allocated prefixes

All 5 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

St. Adolphe, MB

204-883 · 431-375 · 431-408 · 431-506 · 584-222

Elsewhere in Manitoba

Rate centreProvincePrefixesCarriers
AustinMB96
BoissevainMB98
Flin FlonMB96
Lac Du BonnetMB99

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.