Updated list of Voicemail Access Numbers

[Nezgar]

Hey all, as you may know Public Mobile/Koodo/Telus Mobility have local access numbers across Canada, most ending in *4001. Many of the numbers are used for a much wider geographic area than the rate centre listed. (ie BC lower mainland numbers being assigned for phones everywhere outside of the lower mainland). These may come in handy for those travelling looking for local numbers to call from a land line, etc.

I also found a local access number in Yellowknife by looking up TELUS rate centres in area code 867, and trying those prefixes with *4001.

Anyhow, the "Intended Serving Area" is mostly guesses at this time, so I'd enjoy some comments oh what cities people are in, and what phone number is configured for your voicemail, and post here.

To check your voicemail deposit/access number, dial one of: *#61# *#62# or *#67# and let me know if you have a default access number outside of your geographical area, or one not listed here.

Access Num	Province	CNAC Rate Centre	Intended Serving Area?
587-580-4001	Alberta	Calgary	Southern AB 403/587/825
587-580-4002	Alberta	Calgary	Southern AB 403/587/826
587-580-4003	Alberta	Calgary	Southern AB 403/587/827
587-580-4004	Alberta	Calgary	Southern AB 403/587/827
587-580-4005	Alberta	Calgary	Southern AB 403/587/827
587-580-4006	Alberta	Calgary	Southern AB 403/587/827
587-580-4007	Alberta	Calgary	Southern AB 403/587/827
587-588-4001	Alberta	Edmonton	Northern AB 587/780/825
587-588-4002	Alberta	Edmonton	Northern AB 587/780/825
778-580-4001	BC	Whalley	outside greater Vancouver area
778-580-4002	BC	Whalley	greater Vancouver area
778-580-4003	BC	Whalley	Outside greater Vancouver area
778-581-4001	BC	Whalley	BC 250
778-581-4002	BC	Whalley	BC 250
204-588-4001	Manitoba	Winnipeg	Winnipeg 204/431
204-588-4002	Manitoba	Winnipeg	Outside of Winnipeg 204/431
506-588-4001	New Brunswick	Moncton	NB 428/506
902-580-4001	Nova Scotia	Halifax	NS/PEI 782/902, NL709/879
867-688-4001	NWT	Yellowknife	NWT/NU/YT
705-780-4001	Ontario	Barrie	ON 249/705
289-680-4001	Ontario	Hamilton	ON 289/365/905
226-580-4001	Ontario	London	ON 226/519/548
613-581-4001	Ontario	Ottawa-Hull	ON 343/613
647-580-4001	Ontario	Toronto	ON 416/437/647
647-580-4002	Ontario	Toronto	ON 416/437/647
647-580-4003	Ontario	Toronto	ON 416/437/647
647-580-4004	Ontario	Toronto	ON 416/437/647
647-580-4005	Ontario	Toronto	ON 416/437/647
647-580-4006	Ontario	Toronto	ON 416/437/647
647-580-4007	Ontario	Toronto	ON 416/437/647
450-320-4001	Quebec	Granby	Outside Montreal 450/579
438-580-4001	Quebec	Montreal	Montreal 438/514
581-580-4001	Quebec	Quebec City	367/418/581
819-588-4001	Quebec	Sherbrooke	QC 819/873
306-580-4001	Saskatchewan	Regina	Southern SK 306/639, Edmonton
306-580-4002	Saskatchewan	Regina	Northern SK 306/639

Cheers! - N

Edit: Numbers all re-verified and confirmed still working as of Apr 11, 2022.

[popping]

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@Nezgar wrote:

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@Korth wrote:

Is this number assignment from the network updated when phones travel around?

And (assuming no long distance or roaming, etc) does it matter which of these numbers you dial for voicemail?

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I presume the number assigned to you is determined only by the area of your own phone number. If anything, given that some cities have multiple numbers, and some users in Alberta have the Regina Sask # provisioned suggesting users in any given area may be 'load balanced' across a range of them as well.

All of these numbers function exactly the same.

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[Data Point] Voicemail number does not change while travel and uses the same voicemail # according to area code.

Example 1: My son is using his Calgary 403 number in Vancouver for 1.5 years.  I checked his usage history.  His voicemail is still using 587-580-4001

Example 2: I activated an account with AB number 8 months ago,  Then, I ported my sister's Montreal number 514 to this account.  The voicemail number is a Montreal number 438-580-4001.

[Anonymous]

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@computergeek541 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

But really...with Canada-wide calling, all these numbers aren't even necessary to keep going. Only the grandfathered provincial calling customers would be interested.

The rest of us can just set it to a particular number and forget about it.

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That's true, but I'm not even sure that it makes any difference. It would not surprise me if these numbers aren't coded to use up long distance minutes. If that's the case, this list of numbers would simply be for those who can't get the phone to automatically read the proper voicemail number assigned to the account.  In general, I'd say that that for most people, the voicemail retrieval and deposit numbers should never be changed.

And as I said earlier, I know for certain that Public Mobile sometimes assigns an out-of-province number for voicemail. 

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Yeah we saw that the other night with someone having picked up an NS number when they activated everything in ON with an old provincial plan. And their 200 minutes didn't deduct. Go figure.

[computergeek541]

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@Anonymous wrote:

But really...with Canada-wide calling, all these numbers aren't even necessary to keep going. Only the grandfathered provincial calling customers would be interested.

The rest of us can just set it to a particular number and forget about it.

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That's true, but I'm not even sure that it makes any difference. It would not surprise me if these numbers aren't coded to use up long distance minutes. If that's the case, this list of numbers would simply be for those who can't get the phone to automatically read the proper voicemail number assigned to the account.  In general, I'd say that that for most people, the voicemail retrieval and deposit numbers should never be changed.

And as I said earlier, I know for certain that Public Mobile sometimes assigns an out-of-province number for voicemail. 

[pm-smayer97]

@Anonymousexactly.

Of course one good use of these is when needing to call from a third party phone.

So there are 3 choices to access your voicemail:

- from your own phone that should already be programmed with the access number for your area code (and if it is not, you can programme it)

- calling your own cell phone from a third party # and press * to get to the voicemail prompt (this will cause your cell phone to ring)

- calling one of the above access numbers from a third party phone (avoids ringing your cell phone)

Again, if you are not concerned about long distance charges, you can use any one of the access numbers.

[Nezgar]

You can also use these numbers to leave stealth voicemail messages without ringing the recipient's phone for anyone you know on Telus Mobility/Koodo Mobile/Public Mobile. 😜 👀

Don't tell the spammers... (this is actually a big problem in the US)

[Anonymous]

But really...with Canada-wide calling, all these numbers aren't even necessary to keep going. Only the grandfathered provincial calling customers would be interested.

The rest of us can just set it to a particular number and forget about it.

[pm-smayer97]

BTW, if you are not concerned with long distance charges, you can call ANY access number regardless of where you are, so you do not have to figure out a local account number if you are away from your home area.

[Nezgar]

Found/added another working number I think was an old Clearnet/Mike voicemail access number. Maybe there are still some more other legacy numbers still out there.

xxxxxxxxxxx - Calgary AB

Edit Sep 10, 2025: Removed this number from the OP as it now calls an individual, and no longer reaches Telus voicemail services.

[iainc]

I have 2 Edmonton phone numbers, both are provisioned with the 306-580-4001 access number.

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@Nezgar wrote:

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@computergeek541 wrote:

I can say thay customers with an Edmonton phone number sometimes get assigned a Regina voicemail number.

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Any chance you can find out if the Edmonton account was provisioned with the 306-580-4001 or the -4002 access number?

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@jor123 wrote:

The Halifax access number seems to be used in NL as well. 

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Thanks, I've added a note regarding NL for the Halifax entry! (And PEI too since it shares NS area codes)

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[computergeek541]

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@Nezgar wrote:

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@computergeek541 wrote:

I can say thay customers with an Edmonton phone number sometimes get assigned a Regina voicemail number.

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Any chance you can find out if the Edmonton account was provisioned with the 306-580-4001 or the -4002 access number?

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Sorry, but I don't remember. I no longer have that Edmonton phone number. I do know for sure that one of the Regina numbers was sent to the sim card by the network.

[Nezgar]

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@computergeek541 wrote:

I can say thay customers with an Edmonton phone number sometimes get assigned a Regina voicemail number.

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Any chance you can find out if the Edmonton account was provisioned with the 306-580-4001 or the -4002 access number?

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@jor123 wrote:

The Halifax access number seems to be used in NL as well. 

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Thanks, I've added a note regarding NL for the Halifax entry! (And PEI too since it shares NS area codes)

[jor123]

The Halifax access number seems to be used in NL as well. 

[Nezgar]

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@Korth wrote:

Is this number assignment from the network updated when phones travel around?

And (assuming no long distance or roaming, etc) does it matter which of these numbers you dial for voicemail?

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I presume the number assigned to you is determined only by the area of your own phone number. If anything, given that some cities have multiple numbers, and some users in Alberta have the Regina Sask # provisioned suggesting users in any given area may be 'load balanced' across a range of them as well.

All of these numbers function exactly the same.

[Korth]

Is this number assignment from the network updated when phones travel around?

And (assuming no long distance or roaming, etc) does it matter which of these numbers you dial for voicemail?

[computergeek541]

@Nezgar 

I can say thay customers with an Edmonton phone number sometimes get assigned a Regina voicemail number.

[Nezgar]

To update the list further, it would be cool if those who see this could check their phone's default conditional forwarders via their smarphone's call forward screen, or manually by dialing one of: *#61# *#62# or *#67# and let me know if the number is something not listed above, or being used for an area different than my notes above. Cheers! -N

[will13am]

@Nezgar , great effort.  These days, most of not all smartphones can pull the voice mail number off the network.  

[darlicious]

 @Nezgar  That's some nice research and compiling of info for the community. Excellent work.

It comes up third in the search bar once you type in: Voicemail access numbers. I wonder if you switch "updated list" to the end of your subject line (title) if it would come up quicker and first when typing in the search bar.