Phone prefixes in Loretteville, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

18

Telephone numbers covered

180,000

Carriers

8

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

October 29, 2001

Most recent assignment

July 11, 2023

Loretteville’s share of its area codes

Within area code 418, Loretteville accounts for only 9 of 777 prefixes (1.2%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 258 rate centres. Within area code 581, Loretteville accounts for only 7 of 778 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 232 rate centres. Within area code 367, Loretteville accounts for only 2 of 233 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 111 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 5 prefixes, 27.8% of the total, ahead of 7 other carriers. Code by code: in 418, Bell Canada leads with 5 of 9 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 581, TELUS Quebec leads with 2 of 7 prefixes ahead of 5 others; in 367, Fibernetics Corporation leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Loretteville’s 3 area codes, while 5 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Loretteville’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 18 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Bell Canada, Videotron Ltd, TELUS Quebec and Fibernetics Corporation. A call showing a Loretteville number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Loretteville’s dated assignments run from 2001 to 2023. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 4 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 5 prefixes (28%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 4 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Loretteville’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Videotron Ltd. in 2001. The most recent arrivals are IXICA Communications Inc. (2022), ISP Telecom Inc. (2020) and Fibernetics Corporation (2020), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Loretteville.

Loretteville has only 18 prefixes, or 180,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates Loretteville: the leader, Bell Canada, holds only 27.8% of the prefixes against 7 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Demand remains steady: 30.8% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2020–2024. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

5 undated in the register.

Dialling a Loretteville number

Loretteville is served by 3 overlaid area codes (418, 581 and 367). A 367 number is no more “out of town” than a 418 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Loretteville shares area codes 418, 581 and 367 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Quebec, Chicoutimi, Alma, Rimouski, Riviere-du-Loup, Thetford Mines, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and Levis. The largest of them, Quebec, holds 282 prefixes in 367, 418 and 581; the smallest on the list, Chandler, has just 13.

What a Loretteville number tells you

A number attached to Loretteville 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 8 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 Loretteville: code 418-840 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 418-840-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Loretteville, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Loretteville prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 18 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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