Phone prefixes in Cheneville, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

5

Telephone numbers covered

50,000

Carriers

5

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

March 1, 2010

Most recent assignment

December 9, 2022

Cheneville’s share of its area codes

Within area code 873, Cheneville accounts for only 3 of 667 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Sherbrooke and spread over 162 rate centres. Within area code 819, Cheneville accounts for only 2 of 770 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 211 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 20.0% of the total, ahead of 4 other carriers. Code by code: in 873, Bell Canada leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 819, Telebec Ltee. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Cheneville’s 2 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

1 of Cheneville’s 5 prefixes (20.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Bell Canada, TELUS Quebec, Telebec Ltee and Telecommunications Xittel Inc. 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

Cheneville’s dated assignments run from 2010 to 2022. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (20%) 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.

Cheneville’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 Telecommunications Xittel Inc in 2010. The most recent arrivals are TELUS Quebec (2022), Bell Canada (2022) and Bell Mobility (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Cheneville.

Cheneville has just 5 prefixes (50,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Cheneville: the leader, Bell Canada, holds only 20.0% of the prefixes against 4 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: 50.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Cheneville is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Cheneville number

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

The numbering neighbourhood

Cheneville shares area codes 873 and 819 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 Cheneville number tells you

A number attached to Cheneville 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 5 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 Cheneville: code 873-725 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 873-725-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Cheneville, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Cheneville prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 5 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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