{ "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/prefix/ca-250", "npa": "250", "slug": "ca-250", "iso": "CA", "country": "Canada", "regions": [ { "code": "BC", "name": "British Columbia", "exchanges": 780 } ], "exchanges": 780, "known": 780, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 539, "mobile": 237, "voip": 4 }, "carriers": [ { "name": "Telus", "exchanges": 564, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 472, "mobile": 92 }, "ranges": [ "201–203", "206–210", "212–215", "218–219", "221–231", "238", "241–243", "245–249", "251–269", "272–274", "278–289", "291–293", "295–297", "302", "304–306", "308–309", "312", "314–315", "318–322", "326", "330–350", "352–399", "401–402", "404–405", "413–414", "416–433", "437", "439–447", "449", "453", "455–459", "462", "468–470", "472", "474–482", "484–485", "487–499", "501–503", "505", "510", "512", "517–519", "523", "528–529", "536–551", "553–554", "557–571", "573", "576–579", "587", "592–593", "595", "598", "608", "612–617", "620–621", "625–626", "628–633", "635–650", "652–659", "668–670", "672–679", "688–699", "700–701", "703–710", "712–729", "731", "733–770", "780–791", "793–796", "798–799", "801–805", "807–809", "812", "814", "816–820", "822–823", "825–854", "860–862", "865–870", "872–878", "880–883", "886–890", "893", "896–898", "902", "906–908", "910", "912", "915", "919–920", "923", "926–928", "934–935", "947–949", "951–957", "960–974", "978–980", "982–983", "985", "988–989", "991–998" ] }, { "name": "Bell", "exchanges": 90, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 19, "mobile": 71 }, "ranges": [ "220", "244", "275–277", "294", "298–299", "300–301", "313", "327–329", "351", "403", "406–409", "434", "448", "450–452", "454", "461", "463–467", "473", "500", "530", "532–534", "556", "582–584", "599", "602–603", "605", "623", "634", "660–665", "671", "680–687", "777", "855", "857–859", "894–895", "901", "903–904", "916–918", "921–922", "925", "936–939", "942–946", "977", "981" ] }, { "name": "Rogers", "exchanges": 86, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 26, "mobile": 60 }, "ranges": [ "200", "204–205", "216–217", "240", "270–271", "290", "303", "307", "316–317", "323–325", "400", "415", "435–436", "438", "460", "486", "506–509", "513–516", "520–522", "524–527", "531", "535", "552", "572", "574–575", "580–581", "585–586", "588–591", "594", "596–597", "600–601", "609", "618–619", "666–667", "702", "730", "732", "792", "806", "821", "824", "856", "863–864", "871", "905", "909", "914", "924", "929–933", "940–941", "975", "990" ] }, { "name": "Northwestel", "exchanges": 15, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 15 }, "ranges": [ "232–235", "237", "239", "471", "651", "771–776", "779" ] }, { "name": "Fido", "exchanges": 13, "byLineType": { "mobile": 13 }, "ranges": [ "504", "606–607", "797", "813", "815", "879", "884–885", "891–892", "899", "913" ] }, { "name": "Iristel", "exchanges": 4, "byLineType": { "voip": 4 }, "ranges": [ "800", "900", "987", "999" ] }, { "name": "City West Cable and Telephone", "exchanges": 3, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 3 }, "ranges": [ "622", "624", "627" ] }, { "name": "GT Group Telecom Services", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "483", "984" ] }, { "name": "Zayo", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "410", "412" ] }, { "name": "Videotron", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "mobile": 1 }, "ranges": [ "986" ] } ], "grid": 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"^\\+1250(?:2(?:13|2[035-79]|3[2-57-9]|4[2-9]|5[69]|6[0-59]|7[5-7]|8[1-9]|9[1-8])|3(?:0[2458]|1[245]|2[2-6]|[346-9]\\d|5[02-9])|4(?:0[0-245]|1[02-46-9]|[2579]\\d|3[0-479]|4[0-35-9]|6[189]|8[0-579])|5(?:0[135]|1[289]|2[39]|3[6-9]|4[1-9]|5[0347-9]|6\\d|7[0136-9]|8[35-7]|9[0-8])|6(?:1[2-6]|2[0-24-9]|3[0-35-9]|4[25-9]|5[1-9]|6[3-59]|7[02-9]|9\\d)|7(?:0[013-9]|1[24-79]|[24-68]\\d|3[1346-9]|7[0-69]|9[014-689])|8(?:0[3-579]|1[47]|2[0-57-9]|[34]\\d|5[0-36]|6[0-25-9]|7[0-367]|8[17]|9[078])|9(?:0[25-79]|1[245]|2[034689]|3[0-5]|4[0179]|5[1-7]|6[02-9]|7[0-489]|8[02-589]|9[1-8]))\\d{4}$", "mobile": "^\\+1250(?:2(?:0\\d|1[024-9]|2[1248]|[34][01]|5[1-578]|6[6-8]|7[0-489]|80|9[09])|3(?:0[013679]|1[36-9]|2[017-9]|51)|4(?:0[36-9]|15|3[568]|44|6[02-7]|8[68])|5(?:0[0246-9]|1[03-7]|2[0-24-8]|3[0-5]|40|5[126]|7[245]|8[0-2489]|99)|6(?:0[0-35-9]|1[7-9]|23|34|4[0134]|50|6[0-26-8]|71|8\\d)|7(?:02|1[038]|3[025]|77|9[237])|8(?:0[1268]|1[235689]|26|5[457-9]|6[34]|7[4589]|8[02-689]|9[1-69])|9(?:0[1348]|1[036-9]|2[1257]|3[6-9]|4[2-68]|61|7[57]|8[16]|90))\\d{4}$", "voip": "^\\+1250(?:800|9(?:00|87|99))\\d{4}$" }, "sandbox": { "input": "+12505550123", "valid": true, "type": "Fixed line or mobile", "region": "CA", "formats": { "e164": "+12505550123", "international": "+1 250-555-0123", "national": "(250) 555-0123", "rfc3966": "tel:+1-250-555-0123" }, "parts": { "countryCode": "+1", "destinationCode": "250", "destinationKind": "area code", "subscriber": "5550123" } }, "faq": [ { "question": "Where is area code 250?", "answer": "Area code 250 is in British Columbia, Canada: all 780 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 250, then the seven-digit number." }, { "question": "Is a 250 number mobile or landline?", "answer": "Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 780 exchanges on record in 250, 237 (30%) were allocated as mobile, 539 (69%) as fixed line and 4 (1%) as VoIP. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type." }, { "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 250?", "answer": "10 carriers hold exchanges in 250 on record; the most: Telus (564), Bell (90) and Rogers (86). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell." }, { "question": "How do I validate a 250 phone number?", "answer": "In E.164 a 250 number matches ^\\+1250[2-9]\\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (250) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP." } ], "neighbours": { "sameRegion": [ "ca-236", "ca-604", "ca-672", "ca-778" ], "previous": "ca-249", "next": "us-251" }, "meta": { "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25", "dataPoints": 780, "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" } ] } }