Phone prefixes in St. Theresa Point, MB

St. Theresa Point, MB is a rate centre in the Canadian numbering plan. CNAC records 6 in-service prefixes there, held by 5 carriers and spread across 2 area codes (204, 431). With 6 prefixes, St. Theresa Point is a small rate centre within Manitoba: 49th of 245, holding 0.4% of the province’s prefixes, and 892nd of 2,920 rate centres across Canada.

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Where St. Theresa Point is

Province or territory
Manitoba
Census division
Division No. 22
Local time
— Central Time (CT), UTC−6; UTC−5 in daylight saving time
Nearest rate centres
Garden Hill (24 km), Gods Lake Narrows (95 km), Red Sucker Lake (98 km), Sandy Lake (126 km, ON), Gods River (133 km)

Divisions and places: Statistics Canada and NRCan. Straight-line distances.

In numbers

In-service prefixes
6
Telephone numbers covered
60,000
Carriers
5
Area codes
2
Provinces and territories
1
First assignment
June 22, 2010
Most recent assignment
January 25, 2019

St. Theresa Point’s share of its area codes

Within area code 204, St. Theresa Point accounts for only 3 of 781 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 245 rate centres. Within area code 431, St. Theresa Point accounts for only 3 of 572 prefixes (0.5%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 146 rate centres.

Area codesPrefixes herePrefixes in codeShareRangeLargest rate centre
20437810.4 %204-450 – 204-980Winnipeg
43135720.5 %431-288 – 431-752Winnipeg

Who holds these numbers

MTS Inc. holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 4 other carriers. Code by code: in 204, MTS Inc. leads with 2 of 3 prefixes ahead of 1 others; in 431, Bell Mobility leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of St. Theresa Point’s 2 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

3 of St. Theresa Point’s 6 prefixes (50.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) and TELUS Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by MTS Inc and Bell West Inc. 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

St. Theresa Point’s dated assignments run from 2010 to 2019. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 3 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 1 prefixes (17%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. No prefix has been added since 2020: demand for numbers in St. Theresa Point is flat.

St. Theresa Point’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 Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) in 2010. The most recent arrivals are Bell West Inc. (2019), Bell Mobility (2017) and TELUS Mobility (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in St. Theresa Point.

St. Theresa Point has just 6 prefixes (60,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates St. Theresa Point: the leader, MTS Inc., holds only 33.3% 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.

Allocation is mature: only 0.0% of the dated prefixes are less than ten years old, most having been handed out in 2015–2019, and 1 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New St. Theresa Point numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

PeriodPrefixesCarriers
2010–201422
2015–201933

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a St. Theresa Point number

St. Theresa Point is served by 2 overlaid area codes (204 and 431). A 431 number is no more “out of town” than a 204 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

St. Theresa Point shares area codes 204 and 431 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 387 prefixes in 204 and 431; the smallest on the list, The Pas, has just 10.

Rate centreProvinceShared codesPrefixesCarriers
WinnipegMB204, 43138722
BrandonMB204, 4313812
Portage La PrairieMB204, 4313215
SteinbachMB204, 4312410
OakbankMB204, 4312213
StonewallMB204, 4312014
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. Theresa Point number tells you

A number attached to St. Theresa Point 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 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. Theresa Point: code 204-450 is recorded for MTS Inc., so every 204-450-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “St. Theresa Point, Manitoba” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every St. Theresa Point prefix

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

Had a call from a St. Theresa Point 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.

  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.

  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.

Frequently asked

What is the area code for St. Theresa Point?

St. Theresa Point does not have one area code but 2: 204 and 431. The best-stocked is 204. All are dialled with ten digits and none is “more local” than another.

Is a call from St. Theresa Point a cellphone or a landline?

More likely a landline or a VoIP service: mobility brands hold only 50.0% of St. Theresa Point’s prefixes.

Which carrier is behind a St. Theresa Point number?

In the register, MTS Inc. holds the most prefixes in St. Theresa Point (2 of 6), ahead of 4 other carriers. Code 204-450, for instance, belongs to MTS Inc..

Is this St. Theresa Point 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. Theresa Point?

The latest code brought into service is 431-439, assigned to Bell West Inc. on January 25, 2019. At the other end, the oldest dated prefix, 204-980, goes to Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) (June 22, 2010). A number in a recent prefix almost always belongs to a subscriber who signed up after that date.

What time zone is St. Theresa Point in?

St. Theresa Point is on Central Time (CT, UTC−6), with daylight saving time (UTC−5) from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

Allocated prefixes

All 6 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

St. Theresa Point, MB

204-450 · 204-462 · 204-980 · 431-288 · 431-439 · 431-752

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.