Phone prefixes in Tuktoyaktuk, NT

In numbers

In-service prefixes

5

Telephone numbers covered

50,000

Carriers

4

Area codes

1

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

June 24, 2015

Most recent assignment

May 1, 2024

Tuktoyaktuk’s share of its area code

Within area code 867, Tuktoyaktuk accounts for only 5 of 258 prefixes (1.9%): the code is dominated by Yellowknife and spread over 75 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Iristel Inc. holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 40.0% of the total, ahead of 3 other carriers. Code by code: in 867, Iristel Inc. leads with 2 of 5 prefixes ahead of 3 others.

Wireless and wireline

2 of Tuktoyaktuk’s 5 prefixes (40.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility and Ice Wireless Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Iristel Inc and Northwestel. 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

Tuktoyaktuk’s dated assignments run from 2015 to 2024. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 3 prefixes went to 3 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 1 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Tuktoyaktuk’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Northwestel: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bell Mobility in 2015. The most recent arrivals are Ice Wireless Inc. (2017), Iristel Inc. (2016) and Bell Mobility (2015), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Tuktoyaktuk.

Tuktoyaktuk 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.

Iristel Inc. leads with 40.0% of the prefixes, but 3 competitors have set up in Tuktoyaktuk: a market where the incumbent keeps the edge without exclusivity.

Demand remains steady: 25.0% 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.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Tuktoyaktuk number

A single area code, 867, covers Tuktoyaktuk, 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 +1 867 and the seven-digit number.

The numbering neighbourhood

Tuktoyaktuk shares area code 867 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Iqaluit, Inuvik, Behchoko, Arviat, Dawson City and Arctic Bay. The largest of them, Yellowknife, holds 35 prefixes in 867; the smallest on the list, Kimmirut, has just 3.

What a Tuktoyaktuk number tells you

A number attached to Tuktoyaktuk tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Northwest Territories, most often Iristel Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 4 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 Northwest Territories area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Tuktoyaktuk: code 867-670 is recorded for Iristel Inc., so every 867-670-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.

Every Tuktoyaktuk prefix

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

Had a call from a Tuktoyaktuk 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 5 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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