Phone prefixes in Tracadie, NB

In numbers

In-service prefixes

15

Telephone numbers covered

150,000

Carriers

7

Area codes

1

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

February 19, 2003

Most recent assignment

October 15, 2025

Tracadie’s share of its area code

Within area code 506, Tracadie accounts for only 15 of 677 prefixes (2.2%): the code is dominated by Moncton and spread over 88 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Aliant Telecom(NB) holds the largest share at 4 prefixes, 26.7% of the total, ahead of 6 other carriers. Code by code: in 506, Aliant Telecom(NB) leads with 4 of 15 prefixes ahead of 6 others.

Wireless and wireline

3 of Tracadie’s 15 prefixes (20.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: TELUS Mobility and Bell Mobility Aliant. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Aliant Telecom(NB), Iristel Inc, Bragg Communications Inc and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable). 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

Tracadie’s dated assignments run from 2003 to 2025. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 3 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 3 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.

Tracadie’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom(NB): this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bell Mobility Aliant in 2003. The most recent arrivals are Bragg Communications Inc. (2023), Iristel Inc. (2016) and TELUS Integrated Communications (2014), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Tracadie.

Tracadie has only 15 prefixes, or 150,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates Tracadie: the leader, Aliant Telecom(NB), holds only 26.7% of the prefixes against 6 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Demand remains steady: 33.3% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2015–2019. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

3 undated in the register.

Dialling a Tracadie number

A single area code, 506, covers Tracadie, 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 +1 506 and the seven-digit number.

The numbering neighbourhood

Tracadie shares area code 506 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Miramichi, Bathurst, Edmundston, Campbellton and Woodstock. The largest of them, Moncton, holds 79 prefixes in 506; the smallest on the list, Sackville, has just 9.

What a Tracadie number tells you

A number attached to Tracadie tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in New Brunswick, most often Aliant Telecom(NB). It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 7 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 New Brunswick area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Tracadie: code 506-393 is recorded for Aliant Telecom(NB), so every 506-393-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Tracadie, New Brunswick” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.

Every Tracadie prefix

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

Had a call from a Tracadie 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 15 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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