Phone prefixes in Wolfville, NS

In numbers

In-service prefixes

8

Telephone numbers covered

80,000

Carriers

7

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

September 9, 2002

Most recent assignment

March 28, 2025

Wolfville’s share of its area codes

Within area code 782, Wolfville accounts for only 4 of 456 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 142 rate centres. Within area code 902, Wolfville accounts for only 4 of 782 prefixes (0.5%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 175 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Aliant Telecom (NS) holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 25.0% of the total, ahead of 6 other carriers. Code by code: in 782, Distributel leads with 1 of 4 prefixes ahead of 3 others; in 902, Aliant Telecom (NS) leads with 2 of 4 prefixes ahead of 2 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Wolfville’s 2 area codes, while 7 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Wolfville’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 8 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Aliant Telecom (NS), Bragg Communications Inc, Distributel and Fibernetics Corporation. A call showing a Wolfville number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Wolfville’s dated assignments run from 2002 to 2025. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 3 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 2 prefixes (25%) 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.

Wolfville’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom (NS): this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bragg Communications Inc. in 2002. The most recent arrivals are Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) (2025), ISP Telecom Inc. (2021) and Fibernetics Corporation (2020), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Wolfville.

Wolfville has just 8 prefixes (80,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Wolfville: the leader, Aliant Telecom (NS), holds only 25.0% 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.

Growth is recent: 66.7% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Wolfville is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

2 undated in the register.

Dialling a Wolfville number

Wolfville is served by 2 overlaid area codes (782 and 902). A 902 number is no more “out of town” than a 782 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Wolfville shares area codes 782 and 902 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Halifax, Charlottetown, Sydney, Truro, Amherst, New Glasgow, Kentville and Summerside. The largest of them, Halifax, holds 220 prefixes in 782 and 902; the smallest on the list, Musquodoboit Harbour, has just 12.

What a Wolfville number tells you

A number attached to Wolfville tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Nova Scotia, most often Aliant Telecom (NS). 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 Nova Scotia area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Wolfville: code 902-542 is recorded for Aliant Telecom (NS), so every 902-542-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Wolfville, Nova Scotia” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Wolfville prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 8 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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