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Primus (PB) manages 21,302 active toll free numbers as of 2026-06, according to the Somos toll free registry tracked by Resporgs.com.

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Primus Primus Telecommunications Canada is the largest national independent telecommunications service provider in Canada, offering internet, home phone, long distance, VoIP, hosted PBX, and bundled services to over 200,000 residential customers a… read more ↓

Transfer network

How toll free numbers move between Primus (PB) and other Resp Orgs, reconstructed from Somos registry snapshots. Larger nodes = more transfer volume; Primus is highlighted. Open the full interactive map →

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Transfer Funnel (acquired at a drop, then moved on) Off-hours fast pickup

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Based in Toronto, ON, street view, full size

Based in Toronto, ON, satellite, full size

Website: https://primus.ca/ Domain since 2000 (25y)
Phone: (800) 806-3273 via web search: primus.ca

At a glance

Active numbers

21,302

#123 of 481

Change over 4 years

-19,953

-48.4% · #93 of 159

Opportunism Index

0.52%

#156 of 320

Vanity matches

26.4%

#92 of 206

Median inventory age

1 mo

0.1 years since last change
#205 of 206 oldest

Sub-codes in use

PBQ01

Inventory by NPA

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By status

WORKING 21,231, 99.7%
DISCONN 43, 0.2%
TRANSIT 14, 0.1%

Inventory age buckets

1–3 months 12,353, 51.6%
3–12 months 33, 0.1%
1–2 years 449, 1.9%
2–5 years 253, 1.1%
5+ years 8,143, 34.0%

Ages are measured from each number's last change in the Somos registry, that's the most recent activation, transfer, or status move. Not necessarily the date this RespOrg originally acquired it.

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Trajectory

Total active inventory Numbers harvested from disconnect pool that month

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Month	Inventory	Acquired	Harvested	Lost	From spare	To spare
2018-03	41,255	0	0	0	0	0
2018-06	41,150	462	13	567	174	63
2018-09	40,614	468	1	1,004	142	86
2018-10	40,617	180	2	177	113	3
2018-11	40,627	146	0	136	68	1
2018-12	40,742	250	0	135	150	0
2019-01	40,044	152	2	850	52	10
2019-02	39,536	441	1	949	71	1
2019-03	38,179	90	1	1,447	44	3
2019-04	36,140	131	0	2,170	31	22
2019-05	35,432	102	0	810	49	1
2019-06	34,825	153	0	760	71	2
2019-08	31,819	182	0	3,188	124	3,019
2019-09	34,561	3,076	0	334	3,047	9
2019-10	34,412	61	0	210	35	18
2019-11	33,421	64	0	1,055	41	27
2019-12	30,199	76	0	3,298	47	5
2020-01	30,125	27	1	101	12	33
2020-02	30,199	156	0	82	85	4
2020-03	29,745	45	0	499	16	11
2020-04	29,694	72	0	123	52	6
2020-05	29,603	26	0	117	11	2
2020-06	29,579	92	0	116	47	0
2020-07	28,915	38	0	702	21	16
2020-08	28,741	91	0	265	66	1
2020-09	28,637	38	1	142	22	25
2020-10	28,559	34	0	112	24	2
2020-11	28,515	45	2	89	19	17
2020-12	28,444	51	0	122	41	0
2021-01	28,701	381	0	124	17	32
2021-02	28,639	73	0	135	42	2
2021-03	28,454	61	0	246	46	10
2021-04	28,300	35	1	189	18	8
2021-05	28,209	49	0	140	30	0
2022-05	27,093	377	22	1,493	169	282
2022-06	27,085	45	4	53	31	12
2022-07	27,059	75	0	101	12	17
2022-08	26,987	46	0	118	16	1
2022-09	26,909	5	0	83	1	7
2022-10	26,882	20	0	47	11	0
2022-11	26,834	21	0	69	15	0
2022-12	26,766	37	0	105	32	5
2023-01	26,708	1	0	59	1	8
2023-02	26,686	4	0	26	1	2
2023-03	26,657	11	0	40	5	0
2023-04	26,546	56	1	167	50	1
2023-05	26,472	5	0	79	2	4
2023-06	26,241	8	0	239	2	3
2023-07	27,059	978	13	160	106	71
2023-08	25,916	172	0	1,315	64	122
2023-09	25,773	11	0	154	0	1
2023-10	25,723	2	0	52	2	0
2023-11	25,644	6	0	85	4	0
2023-12	21,955	36	0	3,725	11	43
2024-02	25,499	3,568	2	24	31	6
2024-03	25,463	4	0	40	0	0
2024-04	25,408	3	0	58	0	0
2024-05	25,371	3	0	40	1	0
2024-06	25,317	1	0	55	0	0
2024-07	25,211	8	0	114	1	0
2024-08	22,200	0	0	3,011	0	0
2024-09	22,152	1	0	49	0	0
2024-10	22,110	2	0	44	2	0
2024-11	22,055	0	0	55	0	0
2024-12	21,974	2	0	83	2	0
2025-01	21,905	3	0	72	2	0
2025-02	21,870	0	0	35	0	0
2025-03	21,870	0	0	0	0	0
2025-04	21,831	0	0	39	0	0
2025-05	21,817	1	0	15	0	0
2025-06	21,757	0	0	60	0	0
2025-07	21,731	2	0	28	2	0
2025-08	21,702	0	0	29	0	0
2025-09	21,662	1	0	41	1	0
2025-10	21,645	3	0	20	2	0
2025-11	21,606	13	0	52	13	0
2025-12	21,584	1	0	23	0	0
2026-01	21,542	0	0	42	0	0
2026-02	21,520	2	0	24	2	0
2026-03	21,503	1	0	18	1	0
2026-04	21,461	0	0	42	0	0
2026-05	21,345	1	0	117	0	0
2026-06	21,302	0	0	43	0	0

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg	22,182.0
Harvested from disconnect pool	201.0
First assigned from spare pool	16,269.0
Reactivated own disconnects	657.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg	104,904.0
Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC)	2,197
Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC)	1,493
Released directly to spare pool	16,096.0

Of the 3,690 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 40% were abbreviated (1–2 snapshots in DISC status).

Top direct-transfer sources (INto PB)

NU	3,384.0	Navigata
CN	741.0	Bell Canada
GE	544.0	Fibernetics
UX	369.0	Allstream Business (Allstream)
EU	276.0	TELUS Corporation
RB	223.0	RingCentral
RL	175.0	Rogers Communications
GA	174.0	Comet Media
JY	136.0	Bandwidth
IU	126.0	Interactive RespOrg Management

Top direct-transfer destinations (OUT of PB)

GE	9,956.0	Fibernetics
NU	6,371.0	Navigata
IP	1,497.0	IDT Corporation
CN	1,266.0	Bell Canada
RB	612.0	RingCentral
JY	543.0	Bandwidth
SA	478.0	SAVE 800
XH	473.0	ISP TELECOM
IT	462.0	Iristel
GA	450.0	Comet Media

Summary

A Canadian VOIP company and Hosted PBX service started over 20 years ago.

About Primus

Primus Telecommunications Canada is the largest national independent telecommunications service provider in Canada, offering internet, home phone, long distance, VoIP, hosted PBX, and bundled services to over 200,000 residential customers and 23,000 commercial accounts nationwide.[1][2][3] Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Toronto, ON (with an office in Montreal), it operates as a private company providing affordable plans with unlimited data and speeds up to 1Gbps in select regions.[3] No parent company or precise employee count is available from sources.[2]

AI-generated summary (confidence: medium), last updated 2026-04-30. Verify against primary sources before quoting.

Top vanity holdings

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