Where is area code 506?

Area code 506 is in New Brunswick, Canada: all 677 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 506, then the seven-digit number.

Is a 506 number mobile or landline?

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 677 exchanges on record in 506, 176 (26%) were allocated as mobile, 410 (61%) as fixed line and 91 (13%) as VoIP. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type.

Which carriers have numbers in area code 506?

8 carriers hold exchanges in 506 on record; the most: Bell (318), Rogers (121) and Iristel (78). 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.

How do I validate a 506 phone number?

In E.164 a 506 number matches ^\+1506[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 (506) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.

506

Area code 506

New Brunswick, Canada

National (506) 555-0123, E.164 +15065550123

How the 677 central office codes (exchanges) of area code 506 were allocated, from the North American Numbering Plan's records: to which carrier, as which line type. A 506 number is mobile, fixed line or VoIP according to its exchange, the three digits after the area code; the allocation is the original one (below).

At a glance

Country code: +1
Province: NB
Exchanges on record: 677
Carriers on record: 8

Exchanges of 506 by the line type they were allocated as

Mobile 176 (26%)
Fixed line 410 (61%)
VoIP 91 (13%)
677 exchanges on record

Most exchanges: Bell 318, Rogers 121, Iristel 78.

Check a number

Valid fixed line or mobile number in Canada.

country code

506

area code

5550123

subscriber number

Country	Canada numbering plan
Line type	Fixed line or mobile
Carrier the block was allocated to	No carrier on record for this prefix
E.164	+15065550123
International	+1 506-555-0123
National	(506) 555-0123
RFC 3966	tel:+1-506-555-0123

Source: Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC); North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA); National numbering plan: Canada (ITU)

The example is 506-555-0123: 555-0100 to 555-0199 are set aside for fictional use in every area code.

The exchange map

Every exchange of 506, by the line type it was allocated as

One cell per exchange: blocks 506 2xx to 506 9xx; in each block the row is the tens digit, the column the units digit.

Mobile 176
Fixed line 410
VoIP 91
Not on record 123

Formats and patterns

E.164	+15065550123
International	+1 506-555-0123
National	(506) 555-0123
RFC 3966 (tel: URI)	tel:+1-506-555-0123

Any 506 number, in E.164

^\+1506[2-9]\d{6}$

+1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits.

Mobile exchanges (176 on record)

^\+1506(?:2(?:1[0289]|2[0-79]|3[0-38]|45|5[1-49]|6[0-29]|7[145]|8[02359]|9[1-8])|3(?:0[49]|1[23]|2[0136]|33|4[039]|59|7[078]|8[01]|9[067])|4(?:0[017]|2[5-79]|[39]5|4[018]|6[19]|7[01689]|8[124])|5(?:12|2[01]|30|4[03]|6[5-7]|88)|6(?:0[7-9]|12|2[56]|39|47|5[0145]|60|8[68])|7(?:2[014]|4[0-245]|[57]0|87|9[05])|8(?:[23]8|4[24-6]|50|66|7[145]|8[689]|9[07-9])|9(?:2\d|4[08]|5[1-3]|6[12689]|7[17]|8[7-9]|9[13-9]))\d{4}$

Fixed line exchanges (410 on record)

^\+1506(?:2(?:0[0-689]|1[3-7]|28|3[4-79]|4[0-46-9]|5[0568]|6[3-8]|7[0236-9]|8[478])|3(?:1[6-9]|2[457-9]|3[0-24-9]|4[124-8]|5[0-8]|6\d|7[1-69]|8[2-9]|9[1-589])|4(?:0[238]|1[02-9]|[29][0-4]|3[0-47-9]|4[2-79]|5\d|6[02-8]|7[2-57]|8[035689])|5(?:0[457-9]|1[03-57-9]|2[2-57-9]|3[1-689]|4[24-9]|5[3478]|6[1-49]|7\d|8[02-46]|9[02-689])|6(?:0[0-5]|2[1-478]|3[1-8]|4[0-689]|5[236-9]|6[1-356]|7[1-5]|8[01457]|9[1-46])|7(?:2[5-7]|3[2-9]|4[37]|5[1-9]|6[034]|7[1-35-9]|8[03-59]|98)|8(?:1[2-9]|2[0-6]|3[0-369]|4[37-9]|5[1-9]|6[0-47-9]|7[026-8]|8[0237]|94)|9(?:39|4[34]|55|7[3-589]|8[0-6]|92))\d{4}$

VoIP exchanges (91 on record)

^\+1506(?:2(?:81|99)|3(?:0[05-8]|15|22)|4(?:0[4-69]|36|9[6-9])|5(?:0[0-3]|[12]6|41|5[0-269]|60|85)|6(?:06|1[5-7]|68|77|9[59])|7(?:0\d|1[02-9]|2[23]|4[89]|88|9[679])|8(?:0\d|8[15])|9(?:0[135-9]|[19]0|33|7[02]))\d{4}$

The exchange patterns follow the original allocations; a number ported since keeps its digits but not necessarily its carrier or its line type.

Carriers and their exchanges

Every carrier holding exchanges in 506, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

Carrier	Exchanges	Mobile	Fixed line	VoIP	Exchanges held
Bell	318	79	239	0	202, 228, 231, 234–235, 237–238, 245–246, 258, 263, 269, 271–280, 282–284, 289, 309, 313, 320, 323–328, 333, 336–337, 339–340, 343–344, 349, 355–370, 372, 375, 377–397, 399, 400–401, 414–417, 419–424, 429, 432–435, 440–463, 465–470, 472–480, 482, 484–486, 488, 513–515, 517–525, 529–534, 536, 538, 540, 542–549, 553, 557–558, 575–577, 592, 605, 622–627, 631–638, 640, 642–655, 657–663, 672, 674, 684–687, 692–694, 696, 724–727, 732–745, 747, 750–760, 763–764, 773, 775–776, 778–779, 783–785, 789–790, 798, 826, 832–833, 836, 838–839, 842–864, 866–867, 869–870, 872, 874–878, 882, 887, 894, 948, 951–953, 955, 992
Rogers	121	32	74	15	203–206, 208–210, 212–226, 281, 288, 291–292, 299, 312, 322, 329–332, 334–335, 338, 341–342, 345–348, 350–353, 430, 471, 481, 504–505, 507–509, 512, 550–552, 556, 559, 570, 580, 582–583, 585–586, 590, 594–596, 598–599, 600–604, 612, 639, 666, 668, 677, 680, 688, 720–722, 771–772, 787, 812–825, 830, 868, 871, 881, 883, 885–886, 921, 933, 943–944, 961–962, 977, 988, 998–999
Iristel	78	2	0	76	300, 305–308, 315, 404–407, 409, 436, 496–499, 500–503, 516, 526, 541, 560, 606, 615–617, 695, 699, 700–710, 712–719, 723, 748–749, 770, 788, 796–797, 799, 800–809, 901, 903, 905–910, 970, 972, 990
Telus	56	28	28	0	200–201, 227, 229–230, 232–233, 236, 239–244, 247–256, 259–262, 321, 425–427, 565–567, 588, 607–609, 777, 888–890, 973–975, 978–987
Distributel	41	0	41	0	264, 316–319, 373–374, 376, 398, 402–403, 408, 410, 412–413, 418, 437–439, 483, 489–494, 510, 528, 535, 539, 554, 561–564, 569, 571–574, 578
Eastlink	34	13	21	0	285, 287, 293–298, 304, 354, 371, 431, 464, 495, 527, 579, 584, 593, 621, 628, 641, 656, 665, 671, 673, 675, 681, 691, 795, 828, 831, 939–940, 971
Fido	22	22	0	0	897–899, 920, 922–929, 966, 968–969, 989, 991, 993–997
Comwave Networks	7	0	7	0	265–268, 270, 780, 880

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 506?: Area code 506 is in New Brunswick, Canada: all 677 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 506, then the seven-digit number.
Is a 506 number mobile or landline?: 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 677 exchanges on record in 506, 176 (26%) were allocated as mobile, 410 (61%) as fixed line and 91 (13%) as VoIP. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type.
Which carriers have numbers in area code 506?: 8 carriers hold exchanges in 506 on record; the most: Bell (318), Rogers (121) and Iristel (78). 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.
How do I validate a 506 phone number?: In E.164 a 506 number matches ^\+1506[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 (506) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.