Spam Calls Are Draining Canadian Contractors. Here Is How to Filter Them.

Canadian tradespeople waste hours each week on spam and robocalls. When every ring could be a paying customer, wasting time on fake calls is more than annoying — it is expensive. Here is how carrier-level verification stops the junk before it reaches you.

The spam problem in Canada

The CRTC reported over 1.5 billion robocalls hitting Canadian phone numbers in 2025 alone. For contractors who rely on incoming calls for leads, this means:

• Climbing off a roof to answer a spam call
• Stopping mid-job to check a fake voicemail
• Losing focus and productivity multiple times per day
• Accidentally texting back a spam number (wasting money on SMS)

Why contractors get hit hardest

Your business phone number is listed publicly on Google, your website, lawn signs, and flyers. Spammers scrape these numbers aggressively. Contractors report receiving 10 to 20 spam calls per day during peak seasons.

How carrier-level filtering works

AutoTextBack verifies every incoming call against the major Canadian carriers before sending a text-back:

• Bell and Virgin Plus
• Rogers, Fido, and Chatr
• Telus and Koodo
• Freedom Mobile, SaskTel, and regional carriers

If the number is not a real, active Canadian mobile number, no text is sent. This means you never waste an SMS credit on a robocall, and your text-back replies are only going to real potential customers.

What this saves you

• Time: Stop chasing fake numbers
• Money: No wasted SMS credits on spam
• Sanity: Every notification you get is a real lead

Spam filtering is built into every AutoTextBack plan at no extra cost. It runs automatically in the background so you can focus on what matters: doing great work and booking more jobs.