Area code 418

Area code 418 holds 777 in-service central-office prefixes in the CNAC register, covering roughly 7,770,000 telephone numbers. They are split between 22 carriers and 258 rate centres. The largest is Quebec. Recorded assignments run from November 22, 1999 to October 18, 2022. That ranks it 15 of 55 Canadian area codes by prefix count.

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In numbers

In-service prefixes: 777
Telephone numbers covered: 7,770,000
Carriers: 22
Rate centres: 258
Provinces and territories: 1
First assignment: November 22, 1999
Most recent assignment: October 18, 2022

Who holds these numbers

TELUS Quebec holds the largest share at 216 prefixes, 27.8% of the total, ahead of 21 other carriers.

Carrier	Prefixes	Share	First assigned
TELUS Quebec	216	27.8 %	1999
Bell Canada	206	26.5 %	2000
Videotron Ltd.	144	18.5 %	2000
Bell Mobility	67	8.6 %	1999
TELUS Mobility	53	6.8 %	2000
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless)	30	3.9 %	1999
Telebec Ltee.	15	1.9 %	—
Sogetel Inc.	13	1.7 %	—
Fido Solutions Inc.	10	1.3 %	1999
Iristel Inc.	5	0.6 %	2008
Distributel	3	0.4 %	2006
Zayo Canada Inc.	3	0.4 %	2000
IVIC Telecom s.e.n.c	2	0.3 %	2007
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable)	2	0.3 %	2002
Fibernetics Corporation	1	0.1 %	2007
ISP Telecom Inc.	1	0.1 %	2007
IXICA Communications Inc.	1	0.1 %	2022
La Cie de Telephone de Courcelles Inc.	1	0.1 %	—
La Compagnie de Telephone de Lambton Inc.	1	0.1 %	—
La Compagnie de Telephone de St-Victor	1	0.1 %	—
Le Telephone de St-Ephrem Inc	1	0.1 %	—
Telecommunications Xittel Inc	1	0.1 %	2011

Where these numbers land

Prefixes in 418 serve 258 rate centres. A rate centre is the billing area a prefix is attached to, not where the handset is.

Rate centre	Province	Prefixes	Carriers
Quebec	QC	142	14
Chicoutimi	QC	30	9
Rimouski	QC	18	6
Alma	QC	15	6
Riviere-du-Loup	QC	15	6
Saint-Georges-de-Beauce	QC	13	6
Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce	QC	13	8
Thetford Mines	QC	13	7
Levis	QC	11	4
Montmagny	QC	11	5
St-Felicien	QC	11	5
Donnacona	QC	10	7
Jonquiere	QC	10	3
Loretteville	QC	9	3
Sept-Iles	QC	9	3
Baie-Comeau (Hauterive)	QC	8	4
La Malbaie	QC	8	5
Baie-St-Paul	QC	6	4
Saint-Henri-de-Levis	QC	6	4
Saint-Tite	QC	6	5
St-Nicolas	QC	6	3
Gaspe	QC	5	3
La Baie (Chicoutimi Co.)	QC	5	2
Matane	QC	5	2
Saint-Augustin	QC	5	3
Sainte-Claire	QC	5	4
Amqui	QC	4	3
Baie-Comeau	QC	4	2
Chandler	QC	4	3
Charny	QC	4	3
Dolbeau	QC	4	2
Forestville	QC	4	2
Havre-Saint-Pierre	QC	4	3
Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides	QC	4	2
Perce	QC	4	3
Pont-Rouge	QC	4	3
Roberval	QC	4	3
Saint-Flavien	QC	4	3
Saint-Pamphile	QC	4	3
Saint-Raymond	QC	4	3
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts	QC	4	3
Tadoussac	QC	4	4
Boischatel	QC	3	2
Chateau-Richer	QC	3	2
Clermont	QC	3	2
Delisle	QC	3	3
La Dore	QC	3	2
Laterriere	QC	3	2
Neuville	QC	3	2
New Carlisle	QC	3	2
New Richmond	QC	3	2
Port-Cartier	QC	3	2
Saint-Agapit	QC	3	2
Saint-Apollinaire	QC	3	2
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon	QC	3	2
St-Ambroise-de-Chicoutimi	QC	3	2
St-Fereol	QC	3	2
St-Fulgence	QC	3	2
St-Honore (Chicoutimi Co.)	QC	3	2
St-Jean-ile-d'Orleans	QC	3	2
St-Prime	QC	3	2
Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre	QC	3	2
Ste-Petronille	QC	3	2
Stoneham	QC	3	2
Trois-Pistoles	QC	3	2
Albanel	QC	2	2
Anse-St-Jean	QC	2	2
Baie-Trinite	QC	2	1
Beauceville	QC	2	2
Bonaventure	QC	2	1
Cabano	QC	2	2
Cap-Saint-Ignace	QC	2	2
Chambord	QC	2	2
Chibougamau	QC	2	1
East Broughton	QC	2	2
Ile-aux-Coudres	QC	2	2
Inverness	QC	2	2
L'Islet	QC	2	2
La Guadeloupe	QC	2	2
La Pocatiere	QC	2	2

How the allocation was built up

Period	Prefixes	Carriers
1995–1999	9	4
2000–2004	105	9
2005–2009	239	13
2010–2014	4	3
2015–2019	4	2
2020–2024	1	1

415 undated in the register.

Overlay area codes

418 shares its rate centres with 581, 367, 902, 226, 306, 382, 474, 506, 519, 548, 639, 782. Overlay codes cover the same ground, which is why ten-digit dialling is required: two neighbours on one street can hold different area codes.

Allocated prefixes

Showing 269 of 777 prefixes, largest rate centres first.

Quebec, QC

418-204 · 418-208 · 418-210 · 418-254 · 418-255 · 418-260 · 418-261 · 418-262 · 418-263 · 418-264

Chicoutimi, QC

418-290 · 418-376 · 418-437 · 418-490 · 418-540 · 418-541 · 418-543 · 418-545 · 418-549 · 418-550

Rimouski, QC

418-318 · 418-416 · 418-509 · 418-712 · 418-721 · 418-722 · 418-723 · 418-724 · 418-725 · 418-727

Alma, QC

418-212 · 418-319 · 418-321 · 418-450 · 418-480 · 418-481 · 418-482 · 418-487 · 418-662 · 418-668

Riviere-du-Loup, QC

418-292 · 418-314 · 418-551 · 418-605 · 418-709 · 418-714 · 418-816 · 418-860 · 418-862 · 418-863

Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, QC

418-215 · 418-220 · 418-221 · 418-222 · 418-225 · 418-226 · 418-227 · 418-228 · 418-230 · 418-278

Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, QC

418-207 · 418-209 · 418-369 · 418-381 · 418-386 · 418-387 · 418-389 · 418-390 · 418-420 · 418-421

Thetford Mines, QC

418-281 · 418-305 · 418-331 · 418-332 · 418-333 · 418-334 · 418-335 · 418-338 · 418-341 · 418-430

Levis, QC

418-304 · 418-603 · 418-741 · 418-830 · 418-833 · 418-834 · 418-835 · 418-837 · 418-838 · 418-839

Montmagny, QC

418-206 · 418-234 · 418-241 · 418-248 · 418-250 · 418-252 · 418-291 · 418-447 · 418-508 · 418-513

St-Felicien, QC

418-218 · 418-307 · 418-515 · 418-518 · 418-613 · 418-618 · 418-630 · 418-637 · 418-671 · 418-679

Donnacona, QC

418-283 · 418-284 · 418-285 · 418-326 · 418-462 · 418-474 · 418-510 · 418-552 · 418-850 · 418-971

Jonquiere, QC

418-213 · 418-412 · 418-512 · 418-542 · 418-546 · 418-547 · 418-548 · 418-695 · 418-699 · 418-771

Loretteville, QC

418-407 · 418-574 · 418-767 · 418-840 · 418-842 · 418-843 · 418-845 · 418-847 · 418-915

Sept-Iles, QC

418-350 · 418-409 · 418-444 · 418-960 · 418-961 · 418-962 · 418-964 · 418-965 · 418-968

Baie-Comeau (Hauterive), QC

418-280 · 418-282 · 418-293 · 418-295 · 418-297 · 418-378 · 418-445 · 418-589

La Malbaie, QC

418-202 · 418-270 · 418-324 · 418-617 · 418-620 · 418-633 · 418-665 · 418-790

Baie-St-Paul, QC

418-200 · 418-219 · 418-240 · 418-435 · 418-436 · 418-760

Saint-Henri-de-Levis, QC

418-700 · 418-858 · 418-882 · 418-891 · 418-895 · 418-924

Saint-Tite, QC

418-365 · 418-366 · 418-419 · 418-507 · 418-716 · 418-954

St-Nicolas, QC

418-496 · 418-531 · 418-619 · 418-754 · 418-831 · 418-836

Gaspe, QC

418-355 · 418-360 · 418-361 · 418-368 · 418-819

La Baie (Chicoutimi Co.), QC

418-306 · 418-477 · 418-544 · 418-677 · 418-697

Matane, QC

418-429 · 418-556 · 418-560 · 418-562 · 418-566

Saint-Augustin, QC

418-327 · 418-870 · 418-878 · 418-880 · 418-908

Sainte-Claire, QC

418-807 · 418-883 · 418-897 · 418-966 · 418-983

Amqui, QC

418-330 · 418-629 · 418-631 · 418-713

Baie-Comeau, QC

418-294 · 418-296 · 418-298 · 418-921

Chandler, QC

418-398 · 418-616 · 418-680 · 418-689

Charny, QC

418-488 · 418-761 · 418-832 · 418-988

Dolbeau, QC

418-239 · 418-276 · 418-706 · 418-979

Forestville, QC

418-578 · 418-586 · 418-587 · 418-989

Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC

418-532 · 418-538 · 418-553 · 418-984

Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides, QC

418-316 · 418-463 · 418-841 · 418-849

Perce, QC

418-370 · 418-408 · 418-782 · 418-783

Pont-Rouge, QC

418-399 · 418-410 · 418-813 · 418-873

Roberval, QC

418-275 · 418-765 · 418-900 · 418-996

Saint-Flavien, QC

418-394 · 418-415 · 418-728 · 418-757

Saint-Pamphile, QC

418-356 · 418-357 · 418-432 · 418-710

Saint-Raymond, QC

418-216 · 418-337 · 418-340 · 418-987

Allocation source: Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC), the registry that records which carrier a central-office code was originally issued to. An allocation says who was issued the prefix, not who serves the number today: numbers can be ported between carriers, and caller ID can be spoofed outright.