Canada spam call barometer

Data as of November 4, 2026 · recalculated daily · Editor: Andrew Pickett · Editorial guidelines

Period: Oct 6, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026 (30 days)

Which Canadian numbers are people reporting as scams or nuisance calls right now, which area codes do they sit in, and when do people stop to check an unknown caller? Each day this page recomputes the answers from the approved reports, the verdicts and the searches on this site for the last 30 days. Every figure comes from this site's own database or from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre's open data, and the methodology section below explains how each one is counted. This is a small sample of our own visitors, not a count of all scam calls in Canada.

reports and verdicts marking a call as a scam or nuisance

153

different numbers reported

117

people looked up 3,172 numbers

2,833

What stands out in this period

• The most-reported number is 613-583-5294 (Kingston, ON): 3 reports and verdicts as a scam or nuisance.
• Area code 416 (Toronto) has the most reports and negative verdicts: 21, or 14% of the period's total.
• The 153 negative signals cover 117 different numbers, so most were reported once, which fits callers who change numbers often.
• In prefix 416-201, 4 different numbers were reported during the period.
• On weekdays people ran 591 lookups a day on average, and 217 on weekend days, so most unknown calls are checked during the working week.
• The busiest part of the day is “noon to 6 p.m.” (54% of lookups), and the busiest single hour starts at 2 p.m.

Most-reported numbers

A number is listed when it received at least 2 reports or verdicts as a scam or nuisance in the period, and only when those outnumber the “safe” verdicts and legitimate-business reports. Ties are ordered by how many people looked the number up.

Being listed is not a finding that the person or company behind a number is a scammer. It means several visitors experienced a call from that number as a scam or a nuisance. Callers can also borrow numbers that belong to someone else (see caller ID spoofing). The number's own page shows each report and the CNAC allocation facts.

Area codes with the most reported numbers

Reports are grouped by the area code of the number that called. The busiest area codes appear here partly because they are large, and because more people in them use this site. A smaller area code in the table is more telling than a big one.

Prefixes with several reported numbers

A caller who rings many people often rotates through numbers in one block, so each call looks new while the first six digits stay the same. The table shows six-digit prefixes (area code plus exchange) in which at least 2 different numbers were reported in the period.

The original code holder is the carrier CNAC recorded when it assigned the exchange. Numbers can be ported and many carriers lease numbers to business customers, so the holder is rarely the caller. The name is useful when you file a complaint or ask your own carrier for help.

How reported calls are labelled

People who write a report choose a call type. People who only vote choose between scam, nuisance and safe. Together they show what callers are doing right now.

When people look up unknown numbers

Lookups are searches typed into this site's search form, shown in Eastern time (America/Toronto). They show when people stop to check a call, which follows when the calls arrive.

Official figures: fraud that began with a call or a text

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre publishes every fraud report it receives as open data. These are the reports whose first contact was a direct phone call or a text message, by province, current to September 29, 2025. They are unrelated to our visitors' reports above, and only a fraction of fraud is ever reported.

Source: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre open data, Open Government Licence – Canada, current to September 29, 2025. Figures are by the reporter's province, count reports (not people), and the loss column adds up the amounts victims reported. Dataset on open.canada.ca

Methodology

• Window: the last 30 complete days in Eastern time, ending at midnight before today. The page is regenerated from the database about every 15 minutes while it is being visited, and the window moves once a day, shortly after midnight, so it never includes a partial day.
• What is counted: approved community reports (a fixed rule checks them about an hour after they are sent, and reports it holds are read by a person) and published verdicts on numbers, plus searches typed into the lookup form. Rejected and pending reports are ignored. A report counts on the day it was written, once approved.
• Negative signals: an approved report not filed as a legitimate business, or a scam or nuisance verdict. Positive signals: a legitimate-business report or a safe verdict. A number is ranked only when it has at least 2 negative signals and more negative than positive.
• People: lookups are counted by a keyed hash of the network address, not by account. One person on two connections counts twice and two people sharing one connection count once.
• Limits: this is a small, self-selected sample of the site's visitors. It is not a measure of how many scam calls Canadians receive, a reported number can be a spoofed number belonging to an innocent subscriber, and a number missing from the table is not safe. Original code holders and rate centres come from the Canadian Numbering Administrator's register and describe the exchange, not the current subscriber.
• Official figures: the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre table is a fixed extract of its open dataset, labelled with its end date, and is not recalculated daily.

Cite this page: Who Called Canada, “Canada spam call barometer”, data to November 4, 2026. https://whocalledcanada.com/en-ca/spam-barometer