Area code 506

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Area code 506 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The area code was created in 1955 in a split of numbering plan area (NPA) 902.

History[]

The Maritimes provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) were designated as a single numbering plan area (NPA) in 1947, when the North American Numbering Plan was inaugurated in Canada and the United States, receiving area code 902. After the addition of Newfoundland in 1949, New Brunswick and Newfoundland were split off in 1955 with area code 506. This configuration existed only until 1962, when Newfoundland was assigned area code 709, leaving New Brunswick as a distinct numbering plan area, with area code 506. Since this persists until today without any overlay code, seven-digit dialing is still possible in New Brunswick, along with numbering plan areas 709, 807, and 867 in Canada, but this will change (see details below).

Area code 506 was expected to face numbering exhaustion in 2020, and was to be overlaid with area code 428, beginning November 21, 2020, with permissive ten-digit dialing to start in May 2020.[1] Later, the projected exhaust date was delayed to April 2023 and the implementation date was postponed to April 23, 2022.[2] However, the projected exhaust date was delayed to December 2023 and the implementation date had therefore been postponed to April 29, 2023.[3]

The incumbent local exchange carrier for area code 506 is Bell Aliant, which was produced from a merger that included NBTel. Since 2005, local telephone service through Eastlink Communications has also been available in the town of Sackville.

This province has the central office code 988. Per CRTC's decision in June 2021, 10-digit dialing will be implemented soon, possibly before any overlay takes place, because that prefix is slated to become a three-digit code for suicide prevention, modelling after FCC's use of 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in U.S.

Rate centres and exchange codes[]

Map of Canada with New Brunswick highlighted
  • Premium numbers: (1-506) - 976
  • Albert: (506) - 882
  • Allardville: (506) - 583 725
  • Alma: (506) - 887
  • Baie-Sainte-Anne: (506) - 228
  • Baker Brook: (506) - 258 822
  • Balmoral: (506) - 509 826
  • Bathurst: (506) - 226 252 255 265 350 416 480 499 500 513 541 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 655 984 989
  • Belledune: (506) - 237 507 520 522
  • Blacks Harbour: (506) - 456 816
  • Blackville: (506) - 586 843
  • Boiestown: (506) - 369
  • Bouctouche: (506) - 291 341 700 743 744 926 955
  • Browns Flat: (506) - 468 571
  • Campbellton: (506) - 248 329 701 753 759 760 787 789 790 929 987
  • Campobello Island: (506) - 752
  • Cap-Pelé: (506) - 332 577
  • Caraquet: (506) - 201 602 702 720 724 726 727 997
  • Chipman: (506) - 339 820
  • Clair: (506) - 401 821 992
  • Cocagne: (506) - 345 576
  • Dalhousie: (506) - 239 508 684 685 686 706
  • Deer Island: (506) - 747
  • Doaktown: (506) - 225 309 361 365 906 924
  • Dorchester: (506) - 213 224 379 966
  • Edmundston: (506) - 200 223 253 254 353 419 501 514 733 735 736 737 739 740 838 880 986 996
  • Florenceville: (506) - 221 245 246 276 278 391 392 595 703 928
  • Fords Mills: (506) - 785
  • Fredericton: (506) - 206 230 238 247 259 260 261 262 267 292 300 415 429 440 442 443 444 447 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 457 458 459 460 461 462 470 471 472 474 476 478 515 516 897 981 998 999
  • Fredericton Junction: (506) - 348 368
  • Gagetown: (506) - 488
  • Grand Bay–Westfield: (506) - 217 270 738 757
  • Grand Falls: (506) - 240 426 473 475 477 479 481 582 704 995
  • Grand Manan: (506) - 660 661 662
  • Grande-Anse: (506) - 604 732
  • Hampton: (506) - 832 943
  • Hartland: (506) - 375 596
  • Harvey: (506) - 347 366 370 705
  • Hillsborough: (506) - 203 734
  • Hoyt: (506) - 687
  • Kedgwick: (506) - 283 284 505
  • Keswick Ridge: (506) - 209 363
  • Lamèque: (506) - 344 599
  • Maces Bay: (506) - 659
  • McAdam: (506) - 590 784
  • Meductic: (506) - 272 279 812 894
  • Memramcook: (506) - 334 758
  • Millville: (506) - 463
  • Minto: (506) - 326 327 817
  • Miramichi: (506) - 210 251 264 352 417 424 502 517 622 623 624 625 626 627 773 778 780 836 983 985 993
  • Moncton: (506) - 204 227 229 232 233 268 294 295 314 377 378 380 381 382 383 384 386 387 388 389 414 431 518 588 777 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 830 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 866 867 869 870 871 872 874 875 877 878 893 899 961 962 980 988
  • Nackawic: (506) - 575 818
  • Neguac: (506) - 220 330 776 779 969
  • New Denmark: (506) - 553 825
  • Norton: (506) - 570 839
  • Oromocto: (506) - 208 357 385 422 446
  • Paquetville: (506) - 603 764
  • Perth-Andover: (506) - 273 274 280 707 819
  • Petitcodiac: (506) - 331 534 708 750 751 756
  • Petit-Rocher: (506) - 430 542 783
  • Plaster Rock: (506) - 219 355 356 359 968
  • Port Elgin: (506) - 205 538
  • Richibucto: (506) - 212 338 427 521 523 524 709 920
  • Riverside-Albert: (506) - 882
  • Rogersville: (506) - 346 775
  • Rothesay: (506) - 216 847 848 849
  • Sackville: (506) - 256 360 364 536 540 710 939 940
  • Saint-Antoine: (506) - 342 525
  • Saint-Basile: (506) - 263 580
  • Saint-Isidore: (506) - 358 598
  • Saint-Léonard: (506) - 390 421 423 824
  • Saint-Louis-de-Kent: (506) - 335 876
  • Saint-Quentin: (506) - 234 235 241 400 504
  • Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska: (506) - 445 823
  • Saint John: (506) - 202 214 266 285 288 298 333 343 349 420 519 557 558 565 566 592 607 608 609 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 657 658 659 663 672 674 692 693 694 696 717 721 798 799 844 845 846 886 898 948 977 978 982
  • Salisbury: (506) - 215 372
  • Shediac: (506) - 236 312 351 530 531 532 533 712 922
  • Shippagan: (506) - 218 242 336 337 340 601 715 925
  • Springfield, Kings County: (506) - 485
  • Stanley: (506) - 367
  • St. Andrews: (506) - 529 814
  • St. George: (506) - 222 396 713 754 755 815 923
  • St. Martins: (506) - 833
  • St. Stephen: (506) - 249 321 465 466 467 469 573 714 813 921 927
  • Summerville (Kingston Peninsula): (506) - 763
  • Sussex: (506) - 432 433 434 435 512 567 808 944 979 994
  • Tracadie: (506) - 250 393 394 395 397 399 600 716 888
  • Welsford: (506) - 486
  • Woodstock: (506) - 243 277 323 324 325 328 425 503 594 612 991
  • Youngs Cove: (506) - 362

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hello 428: New Brunswick's new area code has been assigned". CBC. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Telecom Decision CRTC 2020-135: Revision to the relief implementation schedule for area code 506 in New Brunswick". Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Government of Canada. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Telecom Decision CRTC 2020-363". Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Government of Canada. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

External links[]

New Brunswick area codes: 506
North: 418/581
West: 207, 418/581 506 East: 902/782
South: 902/782
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island area codes: 782/902
Quebec area codes: 367/418/581, 438/514, 450/579, 819/873
Maine area codes: 207
Newfoundland and Labrador area codes: 709

Coordinates: 46°30′58″N 66°17′02″W / 46.516°N 66.284°W / 46.516; -66.284

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