Canadial Know Who Called

September 2022 Canadian Spam Call Report

248 spam numbers reported across Canada.

44,561
Numbers in database
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Most active scam type
Ontario
Most targeted province
243
New numbers this month

That is a -47.6% change versus the previous month (473 numbers).

Breakdown by call type

Top 10 most-reported area codes

Area codeRegionNumbers
514Montréal, QC21
604Vancouver, BC15
416Toronto, ON13
519Southwestern Ontario13
905Greater Toronto Area, ON12
613Ottawa, ON11
778Vancouver, BC11
780Edmonton, AB11
403Calgary, AB10
647Toronto, ON10

Province-level breakdown

Province / regionNumbersShare
Ontario8835.5%
Quebec5221.0%
British Columbia3915.7%
Alberta3012.1%
Manitoba124.8%
Saskatchewan83.2%
Nova Scotia / PEI83.2%
New Brunswick62.4%
Newfoundland & Labrador41.6%
Territories10.4%

Most-reported numbers this month

What this means

In September 2022, Canadial recorded 248 reported phone numbers across Canada. Reports were most concentrated in Ontario (35.5% of numbers). We will continue tracking how these patterns shift month over month.

Methodology

Figures cover phone numbers with Canadian area codes and combine complaints filed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Do Not Call registry (counted by the month of the call) with community reports on Canadial. Numbers are grouped by their three-digit area code to estimate province-level activity; call-type categories come from community reports. These are complaints and reports, not a statistical sample of all Canadian phone traffic. Updated daily.

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