{ "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/prefix/ca-236", "npa": "236", "slug": "ca-236", "iso": "CA", "country": "Canada", "regions": [ { "code": "BC", "name": "British Columbia", "exchanges": 746 } ], "exchanges": 746, "known": 746, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 412, "mobile": 183, "voip": 151 }, "carriers": [ { "name": "Navigata Communications", "exchanges": 144, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 144 }, "ranges": [ "212–231", "269–297", "381–399", "400–410", "523–543", "712–751", "940–943" ] }, { "name": "Iristel", "exchanges": 112, "byLineType": { "voip": 112 }, "ranges": [ "200–201", "204–205", "232–233", "237", "239–240", "242–246", "248–249", "251", "253", "300–305", "309", "312", "314–315", "326", "349", "358–362", "415", "462", "499", "500", "506", "519", "566", "584", "599", "600–603", "605", "607–609", "612", "646", "700–710", "752", "754", "759–762", "764", "769", "773–774", "799", "800–804", "807", "832", "834–837", "842", "856–857", "859–861", "864", "870–872", "874–875", "884", "894–895", "900", "904–905", "945", "949", "954", "957", "960–962" ] }, { "name": "Telus", "exchanges": 101, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 57, "mobile": 44 }, "ranges": [ "235", "307", "337", "378–379", "427–434", "454–456", "460–461", "465–466", "468–486", "488", "545–549", "586–589", "592–598", "653", "757–758", "763", "765–767", "789", "796", "827", "850", "947", "965–972", "974–975", "977–999" ] }, { "name": "Rogers", "exchanges": 83, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 45, "mobile": 38 }, "ranges": [ "308", "319–325", "327–329", "332–333", "336", "350–357", "413–414", "417", "419–426", "450–453", "520–522", "551–553", "556", "558–559", "622", "628", "632–633", "638", "668", "677", "688", "699", "755", "775–776", "788", "808", "818", "822–823", "833", "838", "855", "858", "877–878", "880–881", "883", "885–889", "892–893", "896–899" ] }, { "name": "Bell", "exchanges": 79, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 45, "mobile": 34 }, "ranges": [ "203", "252", "255", "268", "298–299", "313", "330–331", "334–335", "339–348", "363", "380", "445–449", "463–464", "491–498", "501", "641–644", "647–652", "654", "656–660", "662", "664", "673–675", "691–698", "753", "779–786", "955–956" ] }, { "name": "Distributel", "exchanges": 66, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 66 }, "ranges": [ "317", "364–375", "435–443", "568–583", "912–939" ] }, { "name": "Videotron", "exchanges": 45, "byLineType": { "mobile": 45 }, "ranges": [ "209", "241", "258", "457–459", "467", "487", "489–490", "504–505", "507–508", "510", "517", "544", "550", "557", "560", "562–565", "567", "585", "655", "687", "768", "792–793", "795", "824", "843", "852–854", "873", "903", "944", "946", "948", "953", "963", "973" ] }, { "name": "Fibernetics", "exchanges": 39, "byLineType": { "voip": 39 }, "ranges": [ "554", "590", "613–615", "619–621", "623–625", "627", "629–631", "634–635", "637", "639–640", "645", "661", "665", "667", "812–815", "820–821", "844–849", "851", "908–909" ] }, { "name": "IXICA Communications", "exchanges": 23, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 23 }, "ranges": [ "206–208", "210", "256", "306", "316", "318", "376–377", "416", "418", "444", "606", "616", "626", "636", "663", "666", "676", "756", "876", "906" ] }, { "name": "ISP Telecom", "exchanges": 19, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 19 }, "ranges": [ "502–503", "617–618", "681–683", "770–772", "805–806", "879", "890–891", "901–902", "951–952" ] }, { "name": "Fido", "exchanges": 11, "byLineType": { "mobile": 11 }, "ranges": [ "238", "338", "777", "862–863", "865–869", "882" ] }, { "name": "Freedom Mobile", "exchanges": 11, "byLineType": { "mobile": 11 }, "ranges": [ "234", "247", "412", "509", "512–516", "518", "591" ] }, { "name": "Comwave Networks", "exchanges": 8, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 8 }, "ranges": [ "260–267" ] }, { "name": "Zayo", "exchanges": 4, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 4 }, "ranges": [ "202", "259", "826", "828" ] }, { "name": "OpenMobile", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "254" ] } ], "grid": 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"^\\+1236(?:2(?:0[236-8]|1[02-9]|[278]\\d|3[015]|5[469]|6[0-79]|9[0-7])|3(?:0[67]|1[6-9]|2[0-57-9]|37|4[0-8]|5[0-7]|6[4-9]|[79]\\d|8[1-9])|4(?:[0237]\\d|1[0346-9]|4[0-5]|5[0-6]|6[015689]|8[0-68]|9[1-8])|5(?:0[23]|2[013-9]|[37]\\d|4[0-35-9]|5[1-3]|6[89]|8[0-3]|9[28])|6(?:[023]6|1[6-8]|4[1-47-9]|5[0-46-9]|6[36]|7[3-6]|8[1-3]|9[1-8])|7(?:1[2-9]|[2-4]\\d|5[016-8]|6[35-7]|7[0-2]|89)|8(?:0[56]|2[26-8]|7[69]|9[0-36-9])|9(?:0[126]|1[2-9]|[23]\\d|4[0-37]|5[12]))\\d{4}$", "mobile": "^\\+1236(?:2(?:09|3[48]|4[17]|5[258]|68|9[89])|3(?:08|[16]3|3[0-689]|80)|4(?:12|4[6-9]|5[7-9]|6[347]|8[79]|90)|5(?:0[1457-9]|1[02-8]|22|44|5[06-9]|6[02-57]|8[5-9]|9[13-7])|6(?:2[28]|3[238]|55|6[0248]|77|8[78]|99)|7(?:5[35]|68|7[5-79]|8[0-68]|9[2356])|8(?:[01]8|2[34]|3[38]|43|5[02-58]|6[235-9]|7[378]|8[0-35-9])|9(?:03|4[468]|5[356]|6[35-9]|7[0-57-9]|[89]\\d))\\d{4}$", "voip": "^\\+1236(?:2(?:0[0145]|3[2379]|4[02-689]|5[13])|3(?:0[0-59]|1[245]|26|49|5[89]|6[0-2])|4(?:15|62|99)|5(?:0[06]|19|[58]4|66|9[09])|6(?:0[0-357-9]|1[2-59]|2[013-579]|3[014579]|4[056]|6[157])|7(?:0\\d|10|5[249]|6[0-249]|7[34]|99)|8(?:0[0-47]|1[2-5]|2[01]|3[24-7]|4[24-9]|5[1679]|6[014]|7[0-245]|84|9[45])|9(?:0[04589]|4[59]|5[47]|6[0-2]))\\d{4}$" }, "sandbox": { "input": "+12365550123", "valid": true, "type": "Fixed line or mobile", "region": "CA", "formats": { "e164": "+12365550123", "international": "+1 236-555-0123", "national": "(236) 555-0123", "rfc3966": "tel:+1-236-555-0123" }, "parts": { "countryCode": "+1", "destinationCode": "236", "destinationKind": "area code", "subscriber": "5550123" } }, "faq": [ { "question": "Where is area code 236?", "answer": "Area code 236 is in British Columbia, Canada: all 746 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 236, then the seven-digit number." }, { "question": "Is a 236 number mobile or landline?", "answer": "Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 746 exchanges on record in 236, 183 (25%) were allocated as mobile, 412 (55%) as fixed line and 151 (20%) as VoIP. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type." }, { "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 236?", "answer": "15 carriers hold exchanges in 236 on record; the most: Navigata Communications (144), Iristel (112) and Telus (101). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell." }, { "question": "How do I validate a 236 phone number?", "answer": "In E.164 a 236 number matches ^\\+1236[2-9]\\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (236) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP." } ], "neighbours": { "sameRegion": [ "ca-250", "ca-604", "ca-672", "ca-778" ], "previous": "us-235", "next": "us-239" }, "meta": { "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25", "dataPoints": 746, "references": [ { "authority": "CNAC", "title": "Canadian Numbering Administrator", "url": "https://www.cnac.ca/" }, { "authority": "NANPA", "title": "North American Numbering Plan Administrator", "url": "https://nanpa.com/" }, { "authority": "ITU", "title": "National numbering plan: Canada", "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T0202000025/en" } ] } }