Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
Area codes
55
Rate centres
2,987
Carriers
129
Prefix blocks
28,769
A Local Access and Transport Area is the region a call is routed within before it becomes long-haul. The boundaries were drawn when the Bell System was broken up in 1984: a local carrier could carry a call inside its LATA, and a long-distance carrier had to take it across one. The division still shapes how calls are routed and rated today, which is why every prefix block on this site carries a LATA.
129 carriers hold blocks here. The 25 largest are shown.
| Carrier | OCN | Blocks | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL CELLULAR, INC. | 6574 | 2,257 | 7.8% |
| ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS CANADA INC. | 8821 | 2,204 | 7.7% |
| IRISTEL INC. - ON | 154E | 2,091 | 7.3% |
| BELL ONTARIO | 8051 | 2,048 | 7.1% |
| FIBERNETICS CORPORATION | 464D | 1,392 | 4.8% |
| TELE-MOBILE COMPANY DBA TELUS MOBILITY | 8303 | 1,209 | 4.2% |
| BELL QUEBEC | 8050 | 1,019 | 3.5% |
| TELUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - BC | 8086 | 1,008 | 3.5% |
| TELUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | 8084 | 989 | 3.4% |
| DISTRIBUTEL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 081E | 822 | 2.9% |
| ISP TELECOM, INC. | 4727 | 808 | 2.8% |
| TELUS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS | 2782 | 728 | 2.5% |
| VIDEOTRON LTD. | 8306 | 726 | 2.5% |
| FIDO SOLUTIONS INC. - QC | 5643 | 697 | 2.4% |
| TELUS MOBILITY CELLULAR, INC. | 8301 | 694 | 2.4% |
| ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS CANADA INC. | 743B | 474 | 1.6% |
| TELUS COMMUNICATIONS (QUEBEC) INC. - QC | 2243 | 473 | 1.6% |
| SASKTEL | 8091 | 461 | 1.6% |
| BRAGG COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 4878 | 451 | 1.6% |
| SHAW TELECOM INC. - BC | 497E | 448 | 1.6% |
| IXICA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | 812H | 427 | 1.5% |
| DISTRIBUTEL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED - ON | 082E | 411 | 1.4% |
| MANITOBA TELEPHONE SYSTEM | 8088 | 396 | 1.4% |
| BELL WEST, INC. - ON | 2933 | 306 | 1.1% |
| MARITIME TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE, LTD. | 8089 | 297 | 1.0% |
2,987 rate centres. The first 400 are listed — search them all.