Canadial Know Who Called

January 2023 Canadian Spam Call Report

358 spam numbers reported across Canada.

44,561
Numbers in database
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Most active scam type
Ontario
Most targeted province
355
New numbers this month

That is a -4.5% change versus the previous month (375 numbers).

Breakdown by call type

Top 10 most-reported area codes

Area codeRegionNumbers
705Northern Ontario47
613Ottawa, ON39
905Greater Toronto Area, ON27
519Southwestern Ontario23
226Southwestern Ontario20
778Vancouver, BC20
437Toronto, ON17
647Toronto, ON14
514Montréal, QC13
365Greater Toronto Area, ON12

Province-level breakdown

Province / regionNumbersShare
Ontario23164.5%
British Columbia4512.6%
Quebec308.4%
Alberta246.7%
Saskatchewan82.2%
Manitoba61.7%
Nova Scotia / PEI61.7%
New Brunswick51.4%
Newfoundland & Labrador30.8%

Most-reported numbers this month

What this means

In January 2023, Canadial recorded 358 reported phone numbers across Canada. Reports were most concentrated in Ontario (64.5% 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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