Phone prefixes in Saint-Ludger, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

3

Telephone numbers covered

30,000

Carriers

3

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

April 26, 2016

Most recent assignment

August 26, 2025

Saint-Ludger’s share of its area codes

Within area code 468, Saint-Ludger accounts for only 1 of 67 prefixes (1.5%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 57 rate centres. Within area code 819, Saint-Ludger accounts for only 1 of 770 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 211 rate centres. Within area code 873, Saint-Ludger 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

Cogeco Connexion Inc. holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 2 other carriers. Code by code: Cogeco Connexion Inc. is the only holder in 468; Sogetel Inc. is the only holder in 819; TELUS Quebec is the only holder in 873. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Saint-Ludger’s 3 area codes, while 3 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Saint-Ludger’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 3 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Cogeco Connexion Inc, Sogetel Inc and TELUS Quebec. A call showing a Saint-Ludger number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Saint-Ludger’s dated assignments run from 2016 to 2025. The busiest period was 2015–2019, 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.

Saint-Ludger’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Sogetel Inc: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS Quebec in 2016. The most recent arrivals are Cogeco Connexion Inc. (2025) and TELUS Quebec (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Saint-Ludger.

Saint-Ludger 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 Saint-Ludger: the leader, Cogeco Connexion Inc., 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 2015–2019. Saint-Ludger is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Saint-Ludger number

Saint-Ludger is served by 3 overlaid area codes (468, 819 and 873). A 873 number is no more “out of town” than a 468 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Saint-Ludger shares area codes 468, 819 and 873 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Ottawa-Hull, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivieres, Drummondville, Victoriaville, Gatineau, Val-D'Or and Maniwaki. The largest of them, Ottawa-Hull, holds 122 prefixes in 468, 819 and 873; the smallest on the list, Ville-Marie, has just 12.

What a Saint-Ludger number tells you

A number attached to Saint-Ludger tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Quebec, most often Cogeco Connexion Inc.. 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 Saint-Ludger: code 468-282 is recorded for Cogeco Connexion Inc., so every 468-282-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Saint-Ludger, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Saint-Ludger prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 3 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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