Gala answers your New Brunswick line in English and in French, at any hour, from Edmundston to Moncton.
| Largest centre | Moncton | 79,470 residents |
|---|---|---|
| Median receptionist wage | $22/h | Job Bank, 2023-2024 |
| Area codes | 2 | 506, 428 |
| Time zone | Atlantic |
New Brunswick is a province of small centres rather than one big market. Moncton counted 79,470 residents at the last census, Saint John 69,895 and Fredericton 63,116. Two area codes cover all of it, so every caller looks the same on the display.
Water and ice set the New Brunswick calendar.
| When | What breaks | What the caller needs |
|---|---|---|
| March to May | The Saint John River basin, through the freshet | River Watch levels and a fast answer |
| 2018 | The river out of its banks for over two weeks | Pumping, drying and a date that holds |
| Late January 2017 | An ice storm cutting power to close to 300,000 residents | A line still answering on day three |
| Coastal storms | Sea level pushed up by over a metre | Boarding up, and a callback time |
New Brunswick keeps Atlantic Time, an hour ahead of Eastern, and it still changes clocks twice a year.
New Brunswick is Canada's only officially bilingual province. The 2021 census put French as the first official language spoken for 234,365 people, close to a third of the province. A company answering in one language is invisible to that third.
| Low | Median | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly wage | $16.00 | $22.00 | $28.00 |
| Per month, 35 hours a week | $2,427 | $3,337 | $4,247 |
Job Bank, Government of Canada, receptionists (NOC 14101), New Brunswick, 2023-2024, checked 2026-09-09.
Two codes serve the whole province: 506 and the newer 428.
You keep your existing number: a simple call forward sends those calls to Gala, whatever the area code.
| Centre | Population | Counted as |
|---|---|---|
| Moncton | 79,470 | city (census subdivision) |
| Saint John | 69,895 | city (census subdivision) |
| Fredericton | 63,116 | city (census subdivision) |
| Dieppe | 28,114 | city (census subdivision) |
| Miramichi | 17,692 | city (census subdivision) |
2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada.
All figures checked on 2026-09-09.
Yes. Gala reads the caller's language from the first words and stays in it, at no surcharge.
Per Job Bank, Government of Canada, the median is $22.00 an hour, 2023-2024. Gala starts at $129 a month.
Every Canadian area code, including both New Brunswick codes. A call forward sends them to Gala.
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