Area codes in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has 3 area codes, 1 of them assigned and not yet in service, per NANPA’s NPA report of 2026-10-20. The CNAC central office code report of 2026-10-18 lists 1,075 allocated central office codes there across 148 exchange areas; 15 were assigned in the twelve months from 2025-10-19.
The area codes of Nova Scotia
Each code with the place its page names, the year or day NANPA’s NPA report puts it in service, the codes it shares its area with, and the central office codes the CNAC central office code report allocates under it whose exchange area is in Nova Scotia. An exchange area is where the regulator recorded a code, not where a subscriber is.
| code | place | in service | overlays | codes here | assigned, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 782 | Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; also Prince Edward Island | 2014-11-30 | 851, 902 | 411 | 15 |
| 851 | —; also Prince Edward Island | planned | 782, 902 | 0 | 0 |
| 902 | Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; also Prince Edward Island | 1947 | 782, 851 | 664 | 0 |
A year alone means NANPA’s date is 1 January of that year, which it uses where it records no day.
Overlays and new area codes
- 782 and 902 serve one area: a number there can carry either code, so the area code alone does not place a number more precisely than the area.
- 851 is assigned and not yet in service and will share its area with 782 and 902.
- 782 also serves Prince Edward Island: the counts here are Nova Scotia’s part of it.
- 851 also serves Prince Edward Island: the counts here are Nova Scotia’s part of it.
- 902 also serves Prince Edward Island: the counts here are Nova Scotia’s part of it.
What the CNAC central office code report holds for Nova Scotia
| area codes | 3 (1 not yet in service) |
|---|---|
| allocated codes | 1,075 central office codes, 10,000 numbers each |
| exchange areas | 148 |
| codes assigned since 2025-10-19 | 15 |
The twelve months run to the table’s own date, so the figures change only when the table does.
Allocated codes by network brand
Each code is counted under the holder the CNAC central office code report lists for it, grouped under today’s network brand. That is the code’s original allocation, never who serves a number today, since numbers move between carriers, and the shares are shares of the regulator’s table, not of subscribers or traffic.
Where these figures come from
The codes, exchange areas, pooling and assignment dates are counted from the CNAC central office code report of 2026-10-18, and the area codes, overlays and in-service dates from NANPA’s NPA report of 2026-10-20. Counts only: no row of either file is republished here. The publisher, its files and its terms are on the data source page. Every area code of Canada is on the Canada page, the codes put in service lately or still to come across North America on new and upcoming area codes, and any number can be read on the free phone number lookup.
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