Phone prefixes in Notre-Dame-du-Laus, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

3

Telephone numbers covered

30,000

Carriers

3

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

August 1, 2006

Most recent assignment

March 31, 2021

Notre-Dame-du-Laus’s share of its area codes

Within area code 819, Notre-Dame-du-Laus 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, Notre-Dame-du-Laus accounts for only 1 of 667 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Sherbrooke and spread over 162 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Mobility holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 2 other carriers. Code by code: in 819, Bell Mobility leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; Videotron Ltd. is the only holder in 873. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Notre-Dame-du-Laus’s 2 area codes, while 3 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

1 of Notre-Dame-du-Laus’s 3 prefixes (33.3%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by 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

Notre-Dame-du-Laus’s dated assignments run from 2006 to 2021. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 1 prefixes went to 1 carrier. 1 prefixes (33%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 1 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Notre-Dame-du-Laus’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 Videotron Ltd. (2021) and Bell Mobility (2006), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Notre-Dame-du-Laus.

Notre-Dame-du-Laus has just 3 prefixes (30,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Notre-Dame-du-Laus: the leader, Bell Mobility, holds only 33.3% of the prefixes against 2 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 2005–2009. Notre-Dame-du-Laus is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Notre-Dame-du-Laus number

Notre-Dame-du-Laus 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

Notre-Dame-du-Laus 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 Notre-Dame-du-Laus number tells you

A number attached to Notre-Dame-du-Laus tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Quebec, most often Bell Mobility. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 3 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 Notre-Dame-du-Laus: code 819-793 is recorded for Bell Mobility, so every 819-793-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Notre-Dame-du-Laus prefix

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

Had a call from a Notre-Dame-du-Laus 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 3 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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