Phone prefixes in Barraute, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

4

Telephone numbers covered

40,000

Carriers

4

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

August 1, 2006

Most recent assignment

November 28, 2022

Barraute’s share of its area codes

Within area code 819, Barraute accounts for only 2 of 770 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 211 rate centres. Within area code 873, Barraute accounts for only 2 of 667 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Sherbrooke and spread over 162 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 25.0% of the total, ahead of 3 other carriers. Code by code: in 819, Bell Mobility leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; in 873, Bell Canada leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Barraute’s 2 area codes, while 4 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

1 of Barraute’s 4 prefixes (25.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Bell Canada, Telebec Ltee and Videotron Ltd. This is a sort by name, not a licence lookup, and a mobile prefix may have been ported to another network since.

How the allocation was built up

Barraute’s dated assignments run from 2006 to 2022. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (25%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 2 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Barraute’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Telebec Ltee: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bell Mobility in 2006. The most recent arrivals are Bell Canada (2022), Videotron Ltd. (2020) and Bell Mobility (2006), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Barraute.

Barraute has just 4 prefixes (40,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Barraute: the leader, Bell Canada, holds only 25.0% of the prefixes against 3 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Growth is recent: 66.7% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Barraute is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Barraute number

Barraute is served by 2 overlaid area codes (819 and 873). A 873 number is no more “out of town” than a 819 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Barraute shares area codes 819 and 873 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Ottawa-Hull, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivieres, Drummondville, Gatineau, Victoriaville, Val-D'Or and Maniwaki. The largest of them, Ottawa-Hull, holds 119 prefixes in 819 and 873; the smallest on the list, Ville-Marie, has just 12.

What a Barraute number tells you

A number attached to Barraute tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Quebec, most often Bell Canada. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 4 carriers present here or to a VoIP service usable anywhere. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and a Quebec area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Barraute: code 873-723 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 873-723-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Barraute, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Barraute prefix

Each row is an in-service central-office code recorded for Barraute, with its original holder and year of assignment.

Allocated prefixes

All 4 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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