How do you determine what your iPhone 3GS is locked to?

I have an iPhone 3gs and I don't want to unlock it or jailbreak it. How do I figure how which carrier it is locked to? I know it's locked to a Canadian cell phone company and I tried Fido, Telus, Bell and Rogers (all friends SIMs) without hooking up to iTunes because it gave me the ability to activiate wirelessly through WiFi. But none of these SIM cards worked.
Any ideas of how I can figure out what it's locked to or how I can activiate it without having to try every SIM card under the sun?

No offence to you Julian - but if I could go back to the original retailer / seller and ask them the question, I wouldn't be posting it here .
I bought the phone from someone who had it software unlocked / jailbroken a long time ago and I just updated the phone. I don't want to unlock it or jailbreak it, I just want to know how to activate it with the original carrier.
I just need to figure out if there is a way to determine who that carrier is...

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