Phone prefixes in New Richmond, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

10

Telephone numbers covered

100,000

Carriers

6

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

May 28, 2001

Most recent assignment

May 21, 2024

New Richmond’s share of its area codes

Within area code 581, New Richmond accounts for only 5 of 778 prefixes (0.6%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 232 rate centres. Within area code 418, New Richmond accounts for only 3 of 777 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 258 rate centres. Within area code 367, New Richmond 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

TELUS Quebec holds the largest share at 4 prefixes, 40.0% of the total, ahead of 5 other carriers. Code by code: in 581, TELUS Quebec leads with 2 of 5 prefixes ahead of 3 others; in 418, TELUS Quebec leads with 2 of 3 prefixes ahead of 1 others; in 367, Iristel Inc. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of New Richmond’s 3 area codes, while 4 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

2 of New Richmond’s 10 prefixes (20.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility and TELUS Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by TELUS Quebec, Iristel Inc, Bell Canada 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

New Richmond’s dated assignments run from 2001 to 2024. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 3 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 1 prefixes (10%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 3 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

New Richmond’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to TELUS Quebec: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS Quebec in 2001. The most recent arrivals are Videotron Ltd. (2024), Iristel Inc. (2018) and Bell Canada (2010), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in New Richmond.

New Richmond has only 10 prefixes, or 100,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

TELUS Quebec leads with 40.0% of the prefixes, but 5 competitors have set up in New Richmond: a market where the incumbent keeps the edge without exclusivity.

Demand remains steady: 33.3% 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.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a New Richmond number

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

The numbering neighbourhood

New Richmond shares area codes 581, 418 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, Saint-Henri-de-Levis, has just 16.

What a New Richmond number tells you

A number attached to New Richmond tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Quebec, most often TELUS Quebec. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 6 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 New Richmond: code 581-355 is recorded for TELUS Quebec, so every 581-355-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “New Richmond, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every New Richmond prefix

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

Had a call from a New Richmond number?

No clear pattern in reports on these numbers yet. If a call worried you:

1. Call back on a number you trust

   If a caller says they are your bank, the Canada Revenue Agency, a courier or your phone company, hang up and call the organization on the number from its website or your statement, never the number that called you. Caller ID can be faked.

2. Report the fraud

   Report the call or text to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online or at 1-888-495-8501. If you lost money or gave out personal details, tell your bank first, then your local police.

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3. Register on the National Do Not Call List

   Registering a landline or mobile on the National DNCL is free. Registered charities, political parties, newspapers and companies you already do business with may still call.

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4. Forward suspicious texts to 7726

   Forward a scam or spam text to 7726 (SPAM on the keypad). It's free, and your carrier uses it to block the sender. Don't tap links or reply.

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Allocated prefixes

All 10 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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