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Quebec area codes

The 418, 819, 450 and 514 families: which regions each covers and what that means for a business line.

September 9, 2026

Drummondville business phone: 819, not 514

Drummondville is issued 819, 873 or 468, and the 450 family starts an hour west. Where that boundary is real, where it is not, and what it costs to ignore it.

September 9, 2026

Gatineau business phone: 819 or Ottawa's 613

Gatineau is 819, 873 and 468; Ottawa across the river is 613. One business, two numbering territories: which number to publish and what each one signals.

September 9, 2026

Business phone in Laval: 450, not 514

Laval is in the 450 family, not the 514 one. Where that mistake comes from, where it shows up in your own records, and what it costs to leave it.

September 9, 2026

Longueuil business phone: 450, 579, 354

Longueuil is 450, 579 or 354, and never 514. What a south shore number tells a Montréal customer, and whether a second number is worth the upkeep.

September 9, 2026

Montréal business phone: 514, 438, 263

Montréal has three area codes, not one: 514, 438 and 263. What each says to a caller, why a new business line is not a 514, and what that changes.

September 9, 2026

Business phone in Québec City: 418, 581, 367

Québec City runs on 418, 581 and 367, and a fourth code, 273, is planned but not in service. What a proposed area code means when you pick a number.

September 9, 2026

Business phone in Saguenay: what 418 covers

Saguenay shares 418, 581 and 367 with Québec City, 200 km away. An area code is a numbering territory rather than a neighbourhood, and that has consequences.

September 9, 2026

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: 450 and Montréal

Serving Montréal from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu on a 450 number. What the area code costs you, what it does not, and when a second one is worth it.

September 9, 2026

Business phone in Sherbrooke: 819 in Estrie

Sherbrooke sits in the 819 family, which covers neither Montréal nor Québec City. When a second number in another market earns its keep, and when it does not.

September 9, 2026

Terrebonne and the 450: a ring, not a suburb

The 450 covers a ring around Montréal, from Saint-Jérôme to Granby. What that means for a Terrebonne business, and what a caller can read into it.

August 22, 2026

Business phone in Lévis: one code, both shores

Lévis and Québec City share the 418 family. What that changes for a business serving both sides of the river, and what to settle before choosing a number.

August 22, 2026

Business phone in Trois-Rivières: what 819 says

819 puts the Mauricie outside both of the large markets it serves. What that means for how your calls display, and how to fix it without running two systems.

August 22, 2026

Quebec area codes for a local business number

Four area-code families cover Quebec. What each one serves, what an overlay changes, and what your choice says to a customer reading their call display.