Area codes 902 and 782

Area codes 902 and 782 are the telephone area codes in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Area code 902 designates one of the 86 original numbering plan areas (NPAs) established in the North American Numbering Plan in October 1947.

The number plan area 902 originally consisted of three Maritime provinces, with Newfoundland added shortly after it joined Canada in 1949. New Brunswick, along with Newfoundland, was assigned area code 506 in 1955. Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador) subsequently received a distinct area code, 709, in early 1962.

Area code 782 is an overlay area code for the same numbering plan area, introduced in August 2014, to relieve number exhaustion of 902.

The incumbent local exchange carrier in the 902/782 area is Bell Aliant, which was produced from a merger that included Island Telecom Inc. (formerly Island Telephone, but both were informally shortened to Island Tel), Maritime Telephone and Telegraph (MT&T), New Brunswick Tel (NBTel) and NewTel Communications (NewTel).

Coverage area

The number plan area 902/782 is unusual in that it spans two entire provinces, much like area code 867 is shared by the three Canadian territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. This practice is unique to Canada, although was practiced also in the Caribbean.

Overlay

Canada still uses an inefficient scheme for allocating telephone numbers in which every competing carrier is allocated blocks of 10,000 numbers–corresponding to a single three-digit prefix–in every rate centre in which it offers new service and every local interconnect region in which it intends to port existing numbers. While most rate centres do not need nearly that many numbers, number pooling is not used as a relief measure; it is not possible to reallocate a number once it has been assigned to a carrier and rate centre. Additionally, the rate centres are typically not amalgamated when the corresponding municipalities disappear. As a result, it is not uncommon for a town like Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (6,761 people, as of 2011) to be allocated 150,000 numbers on various carriers.

While only 1.06 million people reside in numbering plan area 902, which provides 7.8 million possible seven-digit telephone numbers, the area code was projected to be exhausted by 2015. The exhaustion may have been staved off had it been possible to reallocate numbers from the provinces' smaller rate centres to Halifax, Sydney and Charlottetown.

In October 2012, the relief area code 782 was announced, which overlays the entire 902 area. Ten-digit dialing was mandatory in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as of November 30, 2014.[1] The decision to implement a bi-provincial overlay may have been unusual, but was made to spare residents in rural areas of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island the burden of having to change numbers. As a result, the 782 area code was introduced on August 23, 2014.[2] A recorded message reminding callers that 10-digit dialling would become mandatory on November 30 was activated on August 23.[1] Exchanges in 782 were made available to telephone service providers on May 30, 2014, with numbers being assigned to customers once 10-digit dialing was activated.[1]

Served communities

Nova Scotia
  • Arichat (902) - 226
  • Argyle (902) - 570 643
  • Amherst (902) - 297 397 602 614 617 660 661 664 667 669 694 699 906 991
  • Annapolis Royal (782) - 349, (902) - 286 526 532 907 955
  • Antigonish (902) - 318 338 604 735 863 867 870 872 908 948 968 971 995
  • Aylesford (782) - 350, (902) - 321 341 389 847
  • Baddeck (782) - 235, (902) - 294 295 296 933
  • Bass River (902) - 647
  • Bear River (902) - 376 467 638
  • Barrington (782) - 351, (902) - 320 575 581 619 630 635 637 768 903 972
  • Bedford - see Bedford in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Berwick (902) - 375 534 538
  • Blandford (902) - 228
  • Bridgetown (902) - 312 588 665
  • Bridgewater (902) - 212 298 514 521 523 527 529 530 541 543 553 605 904 930 936 990
  • Brookfield (902) - 650 673
  • Brooklyn (782) - 341, (902) - 253 757
  • Caledonia (902) - 390 682 909
  • Canning (902) - 582
  • Canso (902) - 366
  • Carleton (902) - 761
  • Chelsea (902) - 685
  • Chester (902) - 204 275 273 279 299 912 937 973 980
  • Cheticamp (782) - 236, (902) - 224 264 335 913
  • Cheverie (902) - 632
  • Clark's Harbour (902) - 745
  • Clarksville (902) - 632
  • Country Harbour (902) - 328 573
  • Dartmouth - see Dartmouth in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Debert (782)-342, (902) - 641 662
  • Digby (782)-347 820, (902) - 224 245 247 249 250 308 340 378 974
  • Dingwall (902) - 383
  • East Bay (902) - 255 822 828
  • Ecum Secum - see Ecum Secum in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Economy (902) - 647
  • Elmsdale - see Elmsdale in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Enfield - see Elmsdale in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Glace Bay (902) - 842 849
  • Goldboro (902) - 387
  • Goshen (902) - 783
  • Grand Narrows (902) - 622 636 716
  • Great Village (902) - 655 668
  • Greenwood - see Kingston
  • Guysborough (902) - 533
  • The Halifax Regional Municipality contains multiple telephone rate centres:
    • Bedford (902) - 832 835
    • Dartmouth (902) - 433 434 435 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 468 469 481
    • Ecum Secum (902) - 347
    • Elmsdale (902) - 259 883
    • Halifax city centre (782) - 234, 414, 845, 847, 848, 849, (902) - 209 210 219 220 221 222 223 225 229 233 237 240 244 266 268 292 293 329 332 333 334 337 342 344 346 347 359 377 384 399 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 410 412 414 415 417 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 470 471 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 482 483 484 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 501 502 503 520 536 551 558 559 568 571 576 579 580 593 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 714 715 717 718 719 720 721 722 789 797 800 801 802 809 817 818 827 830 868 873 876 877 878 880 889 891 932 949 981 982 989 997 998 999
    • Head of St. Margarets Bay (902) - 820 821 826
    • Hubbards (902) - 857 858
    • Ketch Harbour (902) - 346 868
    • Lake Echo (902) - 829
    • Middle Musquodoboit (902) - 384
    • Musquodoboit Harbour (782) - 344, 824, (902) - 337 342 878 889 891 983
    • Porter's Lake (902) - 281 827
    • Prospect Road (902) - 850 852
    • Sackville (902) - 252 864 865 869
    • Sheet Harbour (902) - 391 591 696 885
    • Tangier (902) - 772
    • Upper Musquodoboit (902) - 325 568
    • Waverley (902) - 860 861 873
  • Hantsport (902) - 352 684
  • Heatherton (902) - 386
  • Head of St. Margarets Bay - see Head of St. Margarets Bay in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Hubbards - see Hubbards in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Inverness (902) - 280 258 323 615
  • Iona (902) - 725
  • Judique see Port Hood
  • Kentville (902) - 300 326 365 385 599 670 678 679 680 681 690 691 692 698 938 993
  • Kenzieville (902) - 924
  • Ketch Harbour see Ketch Harbour in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Kingston (782)- 352, (902) - 242 760 765 804 996
  • Lake Echo - see Lake Echo in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Lawrencetown (902) - 584
  • L'Ardoise (902) - 587, 793
  • Liverpool (782) - 339, 821, (902) - 343 350 354 356 642 646 803 975
  • Lockeport (902) - 656
  • Louisbourg (902) - 596 733
  • Louisdale (902) - 345 796
  • Lunenburg (902) - 634 640
  • Mabou (902) - 945
  • Maccan (902) - 274 545
  • Maitland (902) - 261
  • Marion Bridge (902) - 727, 946
  • Mahone Bay (902) - 531 624 627
  • Margaree Forks (902) - 248
  • Margaree Harbour (902) - 235
  • Melrose (902) - 833
  • Middleton (782) - 348 822, (902) - 309 322 349 363 824 825 840
  • Middle Musquodoboit - see Middle Musquodoboit in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Mill Village (902) - 677 935
  • Monastery (902) - 232 234
  • Mount Uniacke (902) - 256 866
  • Mulgrave (902) - 287 747
  • Musquodoboit Harbour - see Musquodoboit Harbour in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • New Germany (902) - 398 644
  • New Glasgow (782) - 233 440 978, (902) - 301 331 419 505 507 513 600 601 616 695 752 753 754 755 759 771 921 928 931 934 952 967
  • New Ross (902) - 689
  • New Waterford (902) - 592 862
  • North Sydney (902) - 794
  • Oxford (902) - 447 552
  • Parrsboro (782) - 343, (902) - 216 254 590 613 728 744
  • Pictou (902) - 382 485
  • Port Bickerton (902) - 364
  • Porter's Lake - see Porters Lake in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Port Hawkesbury (782) - 825, (902) - 227 302 623 625 631 738 777 939 951 984
  • Port Hood (902) - 787
  • Port Maitland (902) - 649
  • Port Morien (902) - 554 737
  • Prospect Road - see Prospect in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • The Pubnicos (902) - 762 927
  • Pugwash (902) - 243
  • Queensport (902) - 358
  • River Hebert (902) - 251 732
  • River John (902) - 351
  • Riverport (902) - 764 766
  • Sackville - see Sackville in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Sandy Cove (902) - 834
  • St. Anns (902) - 929
  • Saulnierville (782) - 353, (902) - 205 260 540 769 770 773 778
  • Stellarton (902) - see New Glasgow
  • Stewiacke (902) - 639
  • Salt Springs (902) - 925
  • Shubenacadie (902) - 203 236 750 751 758 767 987
  • Shelburne (782) - 354, (902) - 207 265 319 512 874 875 879 985
  • Sherbrooke (902) - 522
  • Sheet Harbour - see Sheet Harbour in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Springfield (902) - 547
  • Springhill (902) - 597 763
  • Head of St. Margarets Bay - see Head of St. Margarets Bay in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • St. Peters (902) - 535 785
  • Sydney (902) - 202 217 270 284 304 317 322 371 408 416 500 509 536 537 539 549 560 561 562 563 564 565 567 574 577 578 590 595 780 919 979
  • Sydney Mines (902) - 241 544 736
  • Tangier - see Tangier in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Tatamagouche (902) - 657
  • Truro (902) - 305 324 603 606 814 843 890 893 895 896 897 898 899 920 953 956 957 977 986
  • Tusket (902) - 648 941
  • Wallace (902) - 257
  • Walton (902) - 528
  • Waverley - see Waverley in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Wedgeport (902) - 663 965
  • Wentworth (902) - 548
  • Westville (902) - 396
  • Weymouth (782) - 346, 826, (902) - 515 837 841
  • Whycocomagh (902) - 756
  • Windsor (902) - 306 321 472 589 788 790 791 792 798 799 901 994
  • Wolfville (902) - 320 542 585 697
  • Woods Harbour (902) - 373 723
  • Upper Musquodoboit - see Upper Musquodoboit in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Yarmouth (782) - 345, (902) - 307 395 400 413 504 508 740 742 746 748 749 774 815 881 966 988

Prince Edward Island

Premium services

Premium services in the numbering plan area are provided with central office code 976: 1-902/782-976-xxxx.

See also

References
  1. "Planning Letter 454: NPA 782 to Overlay NPA 902 (Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island, Canada)" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administration. May 31, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  2. "Nova Scotia and PEI to get new area code". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island area codes: 782/902
North: Gulf of Saint Lawrence, 418/581, 709
West: 506 902/782 East: Atlantic Ocean
South: Atlantic Ocean
New Brunswick area codes: 506
Newfoundland and Labrador area codes: 709
Quebec area codes: 367/418/581, 438/514, 450/579, 819/873

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