Phone prefixes in Sainte-Lucie, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

1

Telephone numbers covered

10,000

Carriers

1

Area codes

1

Provinces and territories

1

Sainte-Lucie’s share of its area code

Within area code 418, Sainte-Lucie accounts for only 1 of 777 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 258 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Sogetel Inc. holds every prefix here. Code by code: Sogetel Inc. is the only holder in 418.

Wireless and wireline

None of Sainte-Lucie’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 1 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Sogetel Inc. A call showing a Sainte-Lucie number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

The register dates none of Sainte-Lucie’s assignments: all 1 prefixes predate CNAC’s record-keeping, the signature of an old, settled network where nothing has been added in decades.

Sogetel Inc. is the only carrier ever recorded for Sainte-Lucie: no competitor has obtained a prefix here. A single-carrier rate centre is typical of small communities where only the incumbent ever built a network.

Sainte-Lucie has just 1 prefix (10,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

The local market is an allocation monopoly: Sogetel Inc. holds every prefix, and no competitor has ever requested a code for Sainte-Lucie.

Dialling a Sainte-Lucie number

A single area code, 418, covers Sainte-Lucie, and it is not overlaid with any other code on this territory: one of the few parts of Canada where seven-digit local dialling may still work. From abroad, dial +1 418 and the seven-digit number.

The numbering neighbourhood

Sainte-Lucie shares area code 418 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Quebec, Chicoutimi, Rimouski, Alma, Riviere-du-Loup, Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and Thetford Mines. The largest of them, Quebec, holds 142 prefixes in 418; the smallest on the list, Saint-Tite, has just 6.

What a Sainte-Lucie number tells you

A number attached to Sainte-Lucie tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Quebec, most often Sogetel Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 1 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 Sainte-Lucie: code 418-223 is recorded for Sogetel Inc., so every 418-223-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Sainte-Lucie, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.

Every Sainte-Lucie prefix

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

Had a call from a Sainte-Lucie 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 1 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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