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Area codes 902 and 782 are telephone
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s in the
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(NANP) for the
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s of
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...
and
Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...
. Area code 902 was one of the nine
original North American area codes The original North American area codes were established by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947. The assignment was in accord with the design of a uniform nationwide telephone numbering plan that supported the goal of dialin ...
in Canada established in October 1947. Area code 782 was added to the numbering plan area in August 2014, to form an
overlay complex In telecommunications, an area code overlay complex is a telephone numbering plan that assigns multiple area codes to the same geographic numbering plan area (NPA). Area code overlays are implemented in territories of the North American Numbe ...
in mitigation of telephone number shortages.


History

When the
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(AT&T) established the first continental
telephone numbering plan A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, reach ...
for
Operator Toll Dialing Operator Toll Dialing was a telephone call routing and toll-switching system for the Bell System and the independent telephone companies in the United States and Canada that paved the way for Direct Distance Dialing (DDD) by telephone service subsc ...
in 1947, the Canadian provinces were organized into nine
numbering plan area The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1, World Numbering Zone ...
s (NPAs) with one unique area codes each. Area code 902 was assigned to the area comprising
The Maritimes The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of ...
(New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island). In 1949, Newfoundland was added in an expansion of numbering plan area 902. But by 1955, the code was withdrawn from service in New Brunswick and Newfoundland, which received
area code 506 Area codes 506 and 428 are the telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Area code 506 was created in 1955 in a split of numbering plan area (NPA) 902. Area code 428 was added to ...
in the
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, leaving only two of the Maritimes with 902. Around 2000, when the United States transitioned to telephone number pooling, the Canadian administrators of NANP numbering resources did not participate, and kept allocating blocks of ten thousand numbers, an entire central office prefix, to
competitive local exchange carrier A competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) is a North American telecommunications provider classification that emerged based on the competition model of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the United States. The act required the previously esta ...
s in every rate centre where the carrier offers new service. 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. In October 2012, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) directed that numbering relief for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island be implemented as an area code overlay of 902 with area code 782.
Ten-digit dialing Ten-digit dialing is a telephone dialing procedure in the countries and territories of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It is the practice of including the area code of a telephone number when Dialling (telephony), dialing to initiate a t ...
became mandatory in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as of November 30, 2014. 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, area code 782 was introduced on August 23, 2014. Central office codes for 782 were made available to telephone service providers on May 30, 2014, which could not be activated until November 30, 2014, the official in-service date. In November 2022, area code 851 was reserved for future assignment as a third area code for the region, but no relief planning has been initiated, as the projected time frame for exhaust has been determined for April 2029. The incumbent local exchange carrier in the numbering plan area is
Bell Aliant Bell Aliant is a brand name used by Bell Canada for Telecommunications in Canada, telecommunications services in Atlantic Canada. Prior to 2015, Bell Aliant Inc. (formerly Aliant Inc.) was a separate company providing telecom services in the Atl ...
, 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 The New Brunswick Telephone Company, Limited (operating as NBTel) was a telecommunications company that operated in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The company was founded in 1888 after Bell Telephone Company of Canada's attempt to estab ...
) and
NewTel Communications NewTel Communications was a telephone and internet service provider in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Originally known as the Avalon Telephone Company, it served the Avalon Peninsula and later became the Newfoundland Teleph ...
(NewTel).


Service area

The numbering plan area spans two entire provinces, much like
area code 867 Area code 867 is the thelephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the three Canadian territories, all of which are in Northern Canada. The area code was created on October 21, 1997, for a new numbering plan area (NPA) esta ...
is shared by the three Canadian territories:
Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ...
,
Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
, and
Yukon Yukon () is a Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s we ...
. This practice is today unique to Canada, but it was once practiced also for the Caribbean island states.


Nova Scotia

* Amherst (782) – 206 568 585 773 883 885 886 887 889 (902) – 297 397 516 602 612 614 617 660 661 664 667 669 694 699 906 970 991 *
Annapolis Royal Annapolis Royal is a town in and the county seat of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The community, known as Port Royal before 1710, is recognised as having one of the longest histories in North America, preceding the settlements at Plym ...
(782) – 349 (902) – 286 526 532 907 955 *
Antigonish Antigonish ( ; ) is a town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of Hal ...
(902) – 318 338 604 735 863 867 870 872 908 948 968 971 995 * Argyle (902) – 570 643 * Arichat (902) – 226 *
Aylesford Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, England, northwest of Maidstone. Originally a small riverside settlement, the old village comprises around 60 houses, many of which were formerly shops. Two pubs, a villa ...
(782) – 350 (902) – 321 341 389 847 *
Baddeck Baddeck () is a village on Cape Breton Island in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated in the center of Cape Breton, approximately 6 km east of where the Baddeck River empties into Bras d'Or Lake. Baddeck is the shire-town of t ...
(782) – 235 (902) – 294 295 296 933 * Bass River (782) – 423 913 994 (902) – 647 * Bear River (902) – 376 467 638 * Barrington (782) – 351 (902) – 320 575 581 619 630 635 637 768 903 972 *
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district. Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...
– see Bedford in Halifax Regional Municipality * Berwick (902) – 375 534 538 *
Blandford Blandford Forum ( ) is a market town in Dorset, England, on the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour, north-west of Poole. It had a population of 10,355 at the United Kingdom 2021 census, 2021 census. The town is notable for its Georgian archit ...
(902) – 228 *
Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Mic ...
(902) – 312 588 665 * Bridgewater (782) – 207 569 584 (902) – 212 298 355 514 518 521 523 527 529 530 541 543 553 605 904 930 936 990 * Brookfield (902) – 650 673 *
Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
(782) – 341 (902) – 253 757 *
Caledonia Caledonia (; ) was the Latin name used by the Roman Empire to refer to the forested region in the central and western Scottish Highlands, particularly stretching through parts of what are now Lochaber, Badenoch, Strathspey, and possibly as ...
(902) – 390 682 909 *
Canning Canning is a method of food preservation in which food is processed and sealed in an airtight container (jars like Mason jars, and steel and tin cans). Canning provides a shelf life that typically ranges from one to five years, although under ...
(902) – 582 * Canso (902) – 366 710 * Carleton (902) – 761 * Chelsea (902) – 685 *
Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
(902) – 204 275 273 279 299 912 937 973 980 * Cheticamp (782) – 236 (902) – 224 264 335 913 * Cheverie (902) – 633 * Clark's Harbour (902) – 745 * Clarksville (902) – 632 * Collingwood (782) – 254 366 923 (902) – 230 686 * Country Harbour (902) – 328 573 * Dartmouth – see Dartmouth in Halifax Regional Municipality * Debert (782) – 342 (902) – 641 662 *
Digby Digby may refer to: Places Australia * Digby, Victoria, a town Canada * Digby (electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia (1867–1914) * Digby (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district ...
(782) – 347 820 (902) – 224 245 247 249 250 308 340 378 974 *
Dingwall Dingwall (, ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north ...
(902) – 383 *
East Bay The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay. The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Wi ...
(902) – 255 822 828 * Ecum Secum – see Ecum Secum in Halifax Regional Municipality *
Economy An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...
– see Bass River * Elmsdale – see Elmsdale in Halifax Regional Municipality * Enfield – see Elmsdale in Halifax Regional Municipality * Eskasoni (782) – 450 (902) – 379 *
Glace Bay Glace Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Glasbaidh'') is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton. Formerly an incorporated ...
(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 Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...
contains multiple telephone rate centers: **
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district. Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...
(902) – 832 835 ** Dartmouth See Halifax ** Ecum Secum (902) – 347 ** Elmsdale (902) – 259 883 ** Halifax city centre (782) – 200 234 238 321 358 382 388 409 412 413 414 415 444 446 482 502 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 572 588 638 639 640 641 666 688 774 775 788 827 830 845 847 848 849 880 881 882 888 (902) – 209 210 219 220 221 222 223 225 229 233 237 240 244 266 268 292 293 329 332 333 334 344 359 377 399 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 410 412 414 415 417 418 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 433 434 435 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 468 469 470 471 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 501 502 503 506 520 536 551 558 559 571 579 580 593 666 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 717 718 719 720 721 722 789 797 800 801 802 809 817 818 830 876 877 880 932 943 949 981 982 989 997 998 999 ** Hubbards (902) – 857 858 ** Ketch Harbour (782) — 590 (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 Sheet Harbour is a rural area, rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in the eastern reaches of the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, approximately northeast of the central urban area of the municipality, co ...
(902) – 391 591 696 885 ** St. Margarets Bay (902) – 820 821 826 **
Tangier Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...
(782) – 481 523 984 (902) – 772 ** Upper Musquodoboit (902) – 325 568 715 ** Waverley (902) – 860 861 873 *
Hantsport Hantsport is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in West Hants Regional Municipality. The community is situated at the western boundary between West Hants Regional Municipality and Kings County, along ...
(902) – 352 684 * Heatherton (902) – 386 * Head of St. Margarets Bay – see St. Margarets Bay in Halifax Regional Municipality * Hopewell (902) – 272 923 * Hubbards – see Hubbards in Halifax Regional Municipality *
Inverness Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...
(902) – 258 280 323 615 *
Iona Iona (; , sometimes simply ''Ì'') is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaeli ...
(902) – 725 * Judique see Port Hood *
Kentville Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630. Its census agglomeration is 26,929. History Kentville owes its location to the Cornwallis Ri ...
(902) – 300 326 365 385 599 670 678 679 680 681 690 691 692 698 713 938 993 * Kenzieville (782) – 459 (902) – 924 * Ketch Harbour see Ketch Harbour in Halifax Regional Municipality *
Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...
(782)- 352, (902) – 242 760 765 804 996 * LaHave (902) – 688 * Lake Echo – see Lake Echo in Halifax Regional Municipality * Lawrencetown (902) – 584 *
L'Ardoise L'Ardoise is a small community located on Nova Scotia Route 247 in Richmond County on Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and thre ...
(902) – 587 793 * Liscomb (902) – 779 *
Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
(782) – 339 821 (902) – 343 350 354 356 642 646 803 975 *
Lockeport Lockeport is a town and port in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a traditional Nova Scotian fishing town, situated on a peninsula in Allendale Bay. It is connected to the mainland by the Crescent Beach, Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Cre ...
(902) – 656 *
Louisbourg Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. History The harbour had been used by European mariners since at least the 1590s, when it was known as English Port and Havre à l'An ...
(902) – 596 733 * Louisdale (902) – 345 796 * Lunenburg (902) – 634 640 * Mabou (902) – 945 *
Maccan Maccan is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County 10 minutes away from Amherst, Nova Scotia on Route 302. The word Maccan is derived from the Mi'kmaq word 'Maakan' meaning a good place for fishing. ...
(902) – 274 545 * Maitland (902) – 261 * Marion Bridge (902) – 727 946 *
Mahone Bay Mahone Bay is a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada along the eastern end of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County. The bay has many islands (potentially 365), and is a popular sailing area. Since 2003 the M ...
(902) – 531 624 627 * Margaree Forks (902) – 248 * Margaree Harbour (902) – 235 * Melrose (902) – 833 * Merigomish (782) – 422 (902) – 926 * Meteghan (902) – 645 * Middleton (782) – 348 822 (902) – 309 322 349 363 824 825 840 * Middle Musquodoboit – see Middle Musquodoboit in Halifax Regional Municipality *
Mill Village A mill town, also known as factory town or mill village, is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories, often cotton mills or factories producing textiles. Europe Italy * '' Crespi d'Adda'', UNESCO World He ...
(902) – 677 935 *
Monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...
(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) – 301 331 419 507 513 600 601 616 695 752 753 754 755 759 771 921 928 931 934 952 967 *
New Ross New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, on the River Barrow on the border with County Kilkenny, northeast of Waterford. In 2022, it had a population of 8,610, making it the fourth-largest t ...
(902) – 689 * New Waterford (902) – 592 862 *
North Sydney North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. And is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council. History The Indigenous people on the s ...
(902) – 794 *
Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
(902) – 447 552 *
Parrsboro Parrsboro is a community located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A regional service centre for southern Cumberland County, the community is also known for its Parrsboro Harbour, port on the Minas Basin ...
(782) – 343 (902) – 216 254 590 613 728 744 *
Pictou Pictou ( ; Canadian Gaelic: ''Baile Phiogto'' Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk: ''Piktuk'') is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) nor ...
(902) – 382 485 * Port Bickerton (902) – 364 * Porter's Lake – see Porters Lake in Halifax Regional Municipality *
Port Hawkesbury Port Hawkesbury (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Chlamhain'') is a municipality in southern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. While within the historical county of Inverness, it is not part of the Municipality of Inverness County. Their sl ...
(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 * Pubnico (902) – 762 927 * Pugwash (782) – 287 460 514 (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 Saulnierville is a rural Acadian fishing community founded in 1785, located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It contains the French Shore's largest fish processing plant, Comeau Sea Foods, which has been in operations since 1946. Saulnierville also has o ...
(782) – 353 (902) – 205 260 540 769 770 773 778 *
Stellarton Stellarton is a town in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is adjacent and to the south of the larger town of New Glasgow. In pioneer times the area was called Coal Mines Station, and from 1833 until 1889, it was known as Albion Mines. The ...
– see New Glasgow *
Stewiacke Stewiacke () is a town located in southern Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town was incorporated on August 30, 1906. Geography The town is located in the Stewiacke Valley, at the confluence of the Stewiacke and Shubenacadie River ...
(902) – 639 *
Salt Springs A brine spring or salt spring is a saltwater spring. Brine springs are not necessarily associated with halite deposits in the immediate vicinity. They may occur at valley bottoms made of clay and gravel which became soggy with brine seeped down ...
(902) – 925 * Shubenacadie (902) – 203 236 750 751 758 767 987 * Shelburne (782) – 354, (902) – 207 265 319 512 709 874 875 879 985 *
Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...
(902) – 522 *
Sheet Harbour Sheet Harbour is a rural area, rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in the eastern reaches of the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, approximately northeast of the central urban area of the municipality, co ...
– see Sheet Harbour in Halifax Regional Municipality * Springfield (902) – 547 * Springhill (902) – 597 763 * St. Margarets Bay – see St. Margarets Bay in Halifax Regional Municipality * St. Peters (902) – 535 785 *
Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
(782) – 777 (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 Sydney Mines (Mi'kmaq language, Mi'kmawi'simk: ''Klmuejuapskwe'katik;'' Scottish Gaelic: ''Mèinnean Shidni'') is a community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1784, and incorporated as a town i ...
(902) – 241 544 736 *
Tangier Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital city, capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Moroc ...
– see Tangier in Halifax Regional Municipality * Tatamagouche (782) – 425 (902) – 657 *
Thorburn Thorburn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Thorburn (1836–1894), Scottish-born Canadian politician; provincial legislator in the Northwest Territories 1888–1891 * Archibald Thorburn (1860–1935), Scottish bir ...
(902) – 246 922 * Trenton (902) – see New Glasgow *
Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...
(902) – 305 324 505 603 606 814 843 890 893 895 896 897 898 899 920 953 956 957 977 986 * 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 Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. The town is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School. The town is a tourist destination d ...
(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

* Alberton (782) – 212 318 (902) – 206 214 231 853 856 960 * Bedeque (902) – 887 * Borden-Carleton (782) – 319 (902) – 437 729 855 * Cardigan (902) – see Three Rivers *
Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlott ...
(782) – 317 355 377 550 553 556 557 772 843 844 846 979 (902) – 200 201 213 218 239 288 314 316 330 355 367 368 370 388 393 394 409 519 556 557 566 569 607 620 626 628 629 781 812 892 894 916 940 948 978 *
Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
(902) – see Charlottetown * Covehead (782) – 320 (902) – 672 * Crapaud (902) – 658 730 * Eldon (782) – 483 (902) – 659 * Georgetown (902) – see Three Rivers *
Hunter River Hunter River may refer to: *Hunter River (New South Wales), Australia *Hunter River (Western Australia) *Hunter River, New Zealand *Hunter River (Prince Edward Island), Canada **Hunter River, Prince Edward Island, community on Hunter River, Canada ...
(782) – 244 323 (902) – 621 734 964 *
Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...
(782) – 325 (902) – 836 * Montague (902) – see Three Rivers * Morell-St. Peters (902) – 961 *
Mount Stewart Mount Stewart is a 19th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Greyabbey, it was the Iris ...
(902) – 676 *
Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Aust ...
(782) – 327 (902) – 741 962 *
New Haven New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is the third largest city in Co ...
(782) – 328 486 (902) – 675 * New London (782) – 462 (902) – 886 *
O'Leary O'Leary is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Laoghaire, meaning "descendant of Laoghaire"—a personal name often interpreted as "keeper of the calves" or "calf herder." The name is historically associated with a prominent family lineage ...
(782) – 329 (902) – 726 807 859 *
Resort Municipality A resort municipality is a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipal status in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island. British Columbia also has a related municipal statu ...
(902) – see Rusticoville * Rusticoville (782) – 330 (902) – 963 * Souris (782) – 331 (902) – 208 215 327 687 743 * Stratford (902) – see Charlottetown * Summerside (782) – 202 241 324 332 541 542 543 544 (902) – 303 315 358 374 381 432 436 438 439 598 724 888 918 954 992 *
Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island Three Rivers is a town within Kings County in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was incorporated on September 28, 2018, through an amalgamation of seven municipalities and adjacent unincorporated areas. The municipalities that were amalgamated ...
contains multiple telephone rate centers: ** Cardigan (902) – 583 ** Georgetown (902) – 652 808 ** Montague (782) – 326 360 823 829 (902) – 313 326 361 784 838 846 969 *
Tignish Tignish is a Canadian town located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is located approximately northwest of the city of Summerside, and northwest of the city of Charlottetown. It has a population of 719. The name "Tignish" is derived ...
(782) – 334 (902) – 775 806 882 * Tyne Valley (782) – 494 (902) – 831


Premium services

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


See also

* Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium *
Telephone numbers in Canada Telephone numbers in Canada follow the fixed-length format of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) of a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code (or exchange code), and a four-digit station or line code. This is represented a ...


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902 __NOTOC__ Year 902 (Roman numerals, CMII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, Adalbert II, margrave of March of Tuscany, Tuscany, revol ...
Area codes A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, reach ...
Area codes A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, reach ...
Area codes A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, reach ...