Has anyone here actually found a reliable way to look up Canadian mobile phone numbers by name, number, or city?
In the U.S. there are public tools like TruePeopleSearch or FastPeopleSearch that return full results including mobile numbers, but I can’t seem to find a real Canadian equivalent. The main one people mention is Canada411.ca, but it mostly covers landlines and business listings rather than personal mobiles.
From what I’ve gathered, Canada’s stricter privacy laws (see the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada) and telecom regulations make it difficult to publish or scrape mobile subscriber data. Even newer platforms like Whitepages, NumLookup or Spokeo rarely show anything useful for Canadian numbers.
I’ve checked a few Canadian OSINT resource lists too, but most are outdated or link to dead databases. The only partial options that sometimes work are things like:
- Reverse searching through social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
- Checking classified listings or local business registries
- Using email or WhatsApp identifiers to cross-reference the number
- Commercial skip-tracing or licensed data broker tools (if you’re allowed access)
Would be great if we could put together an updated list of real Canadian number-search resources that aren’t just recycled U.S. tools.