Phone prefixes in Woburn, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

6

Telephone numbers covered

60,000

Carriers

4

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

July 17, 2012

Most recent assignment

March 17, 2026

Woburn’s share of its area codes

Within area code 873, Woburn accounts for only 4 of 667 prefixes (0.6%): the code is dominated by Sherbrooke and spread over 162 rate centres. Within area code 468, Woburn 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, Woburn accounts for only 1 of 770 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Ottawa-Hull and spread over 211 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Telebec Ltee. holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 3 other carriers. Code by code: in 873, Videotron Ltd. leads with 2 of 4 prefixes ahead of 2 others; 9164-3122 Quebec inc is the only holder in 468; Telebec Ltee. is the only holder in 819. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Woburn’s 3 area codes, while 3 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Woburn’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 6 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Telebec Ltee, Videotron Ltd, 9164-3122 Quebec inc and TELUS Quebec. A call showing a Woburn number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Woburn’s dated assignments run from 2012 to 2026. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (17%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 2 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Woburn’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 Videotron Ltd. in 2012. The most recent arrivals are TELUS Quebec (2026), 9164-3122 Quebec inc (2022) and Telebec Ltee. (2018), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Woburn.

Woburn has just 6 prefixes (60,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Woburn: the leader, Telebec Ltee., holds only 33.3% of the prefixes against 3 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: 40.0% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2015–2019. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Woburn number

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

The numbering neighbourhood

Woburn shares area codes 873, 468 and 819 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 Woburn number tells you

A number attached to Woburn tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Quebec, most often Telebec Ltee.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 4 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 Woburn: code 873-876 is recorded for Telebec Ltee., so every 873-876-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Woburn, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Woburn prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 6 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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