{ "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/prefix/ca-249", "npa": "249", "slug": "ca-249", "iso": "CA", "country": "Canada", "regions": [ { "code": "ON", "name": "Ontario", "exchanges": 587 } ], "exchanges": 587, "known": 587, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 280, "mobile": 83, "voip": 224 }, "carriers": [ { "name": "Fibernetics", "exchanges": 142, "byLineType": { "voip": 142 }, "ranges": [ "207–208", "286–287", "289", "304–305", "312", "314", "365", "382", "384", "386", "389–398", "401", "403", "405–410", "412–420", "425–430", "438–443", "446–448", "450", "456–459", "461–467", "469–471", "549", "562–574", "584–585", "627–632", "634–651", "660–677", "856", "888–889", "942–947", "952–955", "981" ] }, { "name": "Telus", "exchanges": 139, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 110, "mobile": 29 }, "ranges": [ "212–225", "227", "229–241", "251–259", "261–262", "301–302", "318–327", "329–331", "333–337", "339–342", "344–345", "347", "353", "355–359", "526", "538–543", "591–599", "600–609", "619", "712–715", 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"773–774", "901", "938" ] }, { "name": "Rogers", "exchanges": 32, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 9, "mobile": 17, "voip": 6 }, "ranges": [ "288", "338", "388", "399", "400", "522", "533", "550", "552–553", "556–558", "588", "622", "633", "722", "733", "770", "778", "822", "833", "880–883", "885–886", "899", "977", "982–983" ] }, { "name": "ISP Telecom", "exchanges": 30, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 30 }, "ranges": [ "260", "297–298", "477–479", "512–514", "517–518", "520–521", "536", "576–577", "616–618", "887", "890–893", "895", "897–898", "902–903", "941" ] }, { "name": "Eastlink", "exchanges": 14, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 4, "mobile": 10 }, "ranges": [ "275", "350–352", "360–362", "431", "587", "590", "620", "654", "735", "832" ] }, { "name": "Fido", "exchanges": 14, "byLineType": { "mobile": 14 }, "ranges": [ "688", "979", "988–999" ] }, { "name": "Comwave Networks", "exchanges": 10, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 10 }, "ranges": [ "265–269", "299", "300", "303", "404", "515" ] }, { "name": "IXICA Communications", "exchanges": 8, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 8 }, "ranges": [ "349", "454–455", "589", "749", "759", "849", "949" ] }, { "name": "ExaTEL", "exchanges": 5, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 5 }, "ranges": [ "363", "424", "484", "545", "547" ] }, { "name": "InnSysVoice", "exchanges": 4, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 4 }, "ranges": [ "755", "799", "900", "922" ] }, { "name": "Cogeco", "exchanges": 3, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 3 }, "ranges": [ "690–692" ] }, { "name": "Fgltel", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "433–434" ] }, { "name": "Nexicom Telecommunications", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "290–291" ] }, { "name": "TekSavvy Solutions", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "295–296" ] }, { "name": "Northern Telephone", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "750" ] }, { "name": "Videotron", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "mobile": 1 }, 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"^\\+1249(?:2(?:0[3-6]|1[2-9]|2[0-57-9]|[356]\\d|4[0-8]|7[0-46-9]|8[0-5]|9[0-35-9])|3(?:0[0-36-9]|1[6-9]|2[0-79]|3[013-79]|4[0-24-9]|6[2-46-9]|7[0-689]|8[013])|4(?:[08]4|2[2-4]|3[1-7]|45|5[2-5]|7[2-47-9])|5(?:1[2-578]|2[01]|3[4689]|4[0-357]|5[1267]|61|7[6-8]|8[1-369]|9[6-9])|6(?:0\\d|1[6-9]|33|9[0-2])|7(?:1[2-578]|35|4[69]|5[059]|6[56]|7[034]|8[89]|9[0-59])|8(?:32|49|8[07]|9[0-3578])|9(?:0[0-3]|22|3[2-48]|4[19]|57|6[0-8]|7[457]|8[23]))\\d{4}$", "mobile": "^\\+1249(?:2(?:75|88)|3(?:13|28|3[28]|5\\d|6[01]|77|8[57]|99)|400|5(?:16|2[256]|3[235]|5[038]|75|87|9[0-5])|6(?:12|2[02]|54|88)|7(?:22|33|7[7-9])|8(?:22|33|6[3-9]|7[024-9]|85|99)|9(?:79|8[89]|9\\d))\\d{4}$", "voip": "^\\+1249(?:2(?:0[0-27-9]|8[679]|94)|3(?:0[45]|1[245]|65|8[24689]|9[0-8])|4(?:0[1-35-9]|1[02-9]|2[015-9]|3[089]|4[0-46-9]|5[016-9]|6[1-9]|7[0156]|8[0-35-9]|9\\d)|5(?:0\\d|10|2[347-9]|3[01]|4[469]|5[49]|6[02-9]|7[0-49]|8[0458])|6(?:2[7-9]|3[0-24-9]|[46]\\d|[58][01]|7[0-79]|99)|7(?:0[0-3]|21)|8(?:0[0-689]|56|8[1-3689])|9(?:4[2-7]|5[2-5]|81))\\d{4}$" }, "sandbox": { "input": "+12495550123", "valid": true, "type": "Fixed line or mobile", "region": "CA", "formats": { "e164": "+12495550123", "international": "+1 249-555-0123", "national": "(249) 555-0123", "rfc3966": "tel:+1-249-555-0123" }, "parts": { "countryCode": "+1", "destinationCode": "249", "destinationKind": "area code", "subscriber": "5550123" } }, "faq": [ { "question": "Where is area code 249?", "answer": "Area code 249 is in Ontario, Canada: all 587 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 249, then the seven-digit number." }, { "question": "Is a 249 number mobile or landline?", "answer": "Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 587 exchanges on record in 249, 83 (14%) were allocated as mobile, 280 (48%) as fixed line and 224 (38%) as VoIP. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type." }, { "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 249?", "answer": "19 carriers hold exchanges in 249 on record; the most: Fibernetics (142), Telus (139) and Iristel (76). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell." }, { "question": "How do I validate a 249 phone number?", "answer": "In E.164 a 249 number matches ^\\+1249[2-9]\\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (249) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP." } ], "neighbours": { "sameRegion": [ "ca-226", "ca-289", "ca-343", "ca-365", "ca-382", "ca-416", "ca-437", "ca-519", "ca-548", "ca-613", "ca-647", "ca-683", "ca-705", "ca-742", "ca-753", "ca-807", "ca-905", "ca-942" ], "previous": "us-248", "next": "ca-250" }, "meta": { "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25", "dataPoints": 587, "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" } ] } }