Area code 819
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Area code 819 is an area code for central and western Quebec
, Canada
, including the Quebec portion of the National Capital Region
, and the entire Hudson Strait
and Ungava Bay
coastlines of Quebec.
514 originally covered the entire western half of Quebec from the US border to Hudson Strait. Sometime in 1957, a flash cut created Area code 819: the 514 area was split into three segments - the southernmost remained 514, the middle became 819, and the northern part, which had no telephone services, was added to 418. 819 thus bordered 613
and the new 705
codes in Ontario and 418 on the east and north, and the remainder of 514 on the south.
When telephone service was introduced in the eastern Northwest Territories (today's Nunavut Territory created in 1999), at Frobisher Bay in 1958, Bell Canada made it nominally part of Area code 418. Through the 1960s and 1970s, telephone service was introduced, by Bell Canada at other locations in the eastern N.W.T. and in locations along the Quebec Arctic coastline, as well as by Sotel, an independent company, in the James Bay region. These non-dialable locations also became part of 418.
Late in the 1970s, the northern portions of 418 served by Sotel and Bell along James, Hudson and Ungava Bays and Hudson Strait, as well as the eastern N.W.T., were assigned to 819 as exchanges in that area began to receive direct distance dialing. Thus 819 now also bordered Area code 709
of Newfoundland in the Torngat Mountain area, and Area code 403
where Bell Canada and Northwestel service areas met, as well as area codes 204 (Manitoba) and 807 (northwestern Ontario). Also, from the late 1970s until 1997, 819 extended one-eighth of the way around the world, from the 45th parallel north at Stanstead, Quebec
to the North Pole
by including much of the Northwest Territories
along with most of western Quebec. (Northwestel used 403 for its services in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, but since 1999, 403 only serves southern Alberta including Calgary
.)
In 1997-98, the portions of 819 in the Northwest Territories, plus the portions of 403 in the Northwest Territories and Yukon, were transferred to Area code 867
, a newly created code to unite all northern territories (including Nunavut created in 1999). Thus, borders on 403, 204 and 807 were replaced with the single border on 867. Area code 514 was split, changing 819's boundary on 514 to a boundary with Area code 450
.
The incumbent local exchange carriers in 819 are Bell Canada
, Telus
, as well as Telebec
and other independent companies. From 1992 to 1997, Northwestel
was also an incumbent carrier in 819.
Originally to be introduced in 2015, on July 20, 2011, the CRTC has moved up the introduction of the new 873 area code to September 15, 2012. The CRTC decided to move up the date, after a report stated that the current 819 area code would be exhausted by then.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, including the Quebec portion of the National Capital Region
National Capital Region (Canada)
The National Capital Region, also referred to as Canada's Capital Region, is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighbouring city of Gatineau, Quebec, and surrounding urban and rural communities....
, and the entire Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. It lies between Baffin Island and the northern coast of Quebec, its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley and Resolution Island. It is long...
and Ungava Bay
Ungava Bay
Ungava Bay is a large bay in northeastern Canada separating Nunavik from Baffin Island. The bay is shaped like a rounded square with a side length of about and has an area of approximately...
coastlines of Quebec.
514 originally covered the entire western half of Quebec from the US border to Hudson Strait. Sometime in 1957, a flash cut created Area code 819: the 514 area was split into three segments - the southernmost remained 514, the middle became 819, and the northern part, which had no telephone services, was added to 418. 819 thus bordered 613
Area code 613
Area code 613 are area codes for Ottawa and surrounding Eastern Ontario, Canada. 613 is one of the 86 original area codes of North America assigned in October 1947...
and the new 705
Area code 705
Area codes 705 and 249 are telephone area codes that covers most of northeastern and central Ontario in Canada. 705 was initially created in 1957 by the North American Numbering Plan from portions of the area covered by area codes 613 and 519...
codes in Ontario and 418 on the east and north, and the remainder of 514 on the south.
When telephone service was introduced in the eastern Northwest Territories (today's Nunavut Territory created in 1999), at Frobisher Bay in 1958, Bell Canada made it nominally part of Area code 418. Through the 1960s and 1970s, telephone service was introduced, by Bell Canada at other locations in the eastern N.W.T. and in locations along the Quebec Arctic coastline, as well as by Sotel, an independent company, in the James Bay region. These non-dialable locations also became part of 418.
Late in the 1970s, the northern portions of 418 served by Sotel and Bell along James, Hudson and Ungava Bays and Hudson Strait, as well as the eastern N.W.T., were assigned to 819 as exchanges in that area began to receive direct distance dialing. Thus 819 now also bordered Area code 709
Area code 709
Area code 709 is the telephone area code in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, encompassing the whole province. Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as New Brunswick, was originally part of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island's 902 area code between 1947 and 1955...
of Newfoundland in the Torngat Mountain area, and Area code 403
Area code 403
Area code 403 is a telephone area code in the Canadian province of Alberta, encompassing the southern half of the province, including the Calgary area...
where Bell Canada and Northwestel service areas met, as well as area codes 204 (Manitoba) and 807 (northwestern Ontario). Also, from the late 1970s until 1997, 819 extended one-eighth of the way around the world, from the 45th parallel north at Stanstead, Quebec
Stanstead, Quebec
Stanstead is a town of about 3,000 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Québec. Stanstead is located on the Canada-United States border across from Derby Line, Vermont....
to the North Pole
North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface...
by including much of the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
along with most of western Quebec. (Northwestel used 403 for its services in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, but since 1999, 403 only serves southern Alberta including Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
.)
In 1997-98, the portions of 819 in the Northwest Territories, plus the portions of 403 in the Northwest Territories and Yukon, were transferred to Area code 867
Area code 867
Area code 867 is the area code for the three Canadian territories in the Arctic far north.It was created on October 21, 1997, from portions of two existing Canadian area codes . The digits were chosen to promote the theme "TOP of the world", as TOP spells 867 on a North American dial. It has the...
, a newly created code to unite all northern territories (including Nunavut created in 1999). Thus, borders on 403, 204 and 807 were replaced with the single border on 867. Area code 514 was split, changing 819's boundary on 514 to a boundary with Area code 450
Area code 450
Area codes 450 and 579 area telephone area code in the Canadian province of Quebec, encompassing the off-island suburbs of Montreal, which is served by area codes 514 and 438...
.
The incumbent local exchange carriers in 819 are Bell Canada
Bell Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...
, Telus
TELUS
Telus is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, video, and satellite television. The company is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, part of Greater Vancouver...
, as well as Telebec
Télébec
Télébec is a telephone company located in the province of Quebec in Canada. It serves various sectors like the James Bay territory area, the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, parts of central and southern Quebec and parts of the Outaouais region....
and other independent companies. From 1992 to 1997, Northwestel
Northwestel
Northwestel Inc. is the incumbent local exchange carrier and long distance carrier in Northern Canada. The company name is a portmanteau, sometimes spelled NorthwesTel, for Northwest Telecommunications.-Modern corporate history:...
was also an incumbent carrier in 819.
Originally to be introduced in 2015, on July 20, 2011, the CRTC has moved up the introduction of the new 873 area code to September 15, 2012. The CRTC decided to move up the date, after a report stated that the current 819 area code would be exhausted by then.
Some of the places that use this area code
- AmosAmos, QuebecAmos is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.Amos is the main city on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary cities — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec...
(819) - 727 732 - CantleyCantley, QuebecCantley, Quebec, Canada, is a rural municipality north of the city of Gatineau, east of the Gatineau River, located within Canada's National Capital Region approximately 15–20 minutes from Parliament Hill. The population in 2006 was 7,926. Between 2001 and 2006, Cantley had the largest population...
(819) - 671 827 - Drummondville (819) - 313 314 388 390 445 461 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 477 478 479 803 816 817 818 850 857 870 883 967 991
- GatineauGatineauGatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...
(819) - 205 208 209 210 213 230 243 246 271 281 303 317 318 319 328 329 351 360 420 439 483 484 485 486 500 503 506 561 568 576 592 593 595 598 635 639 643 661 663 664 665 669 682 684 685 700 708 712 718 743 744 770 771 772 773 775 776 777 778 790 800 815 881 886 893 918 920 921 923 930 931 935 939 953 955 956 962 965 966 968 986 994 997 999 - L'AscensionL'Ascension, QuebecL'Ascension is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.-Demographics:Population:* Population in 2006: 861 * Population in 2001: 783...
(819) - 275 - La SarreLa Sarre, QuebecLa Sarre is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, and is the most populous town and seat of the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It is located at the intersection of Routes 111 and 393, on the La Sarre River, a tributary of Lake Abitibi....
(819) - 333 339 - Lac-MéganticLac-Mégantic, QuebecLac-Mégantic is a town in Estrie on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake for which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of...
(819) - 417 582 583 890 - MagogMagog, QuebecMagog is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, about east of Montreal at the confluence of Lake Memphremagog--after which the city was named—with the Rivière aux Cerises and the Magog River...
(819) - 594 703 746 769 843 846 847 868 869 - Mont-Tremblant (819) - 421 425 429 681 717 808
- PrincevillePrincevillePrinceville may refer to:* Princeville, Hawaii, USA* Princeville, Illinois, USA* Princeville, North Carolina, USA* Princeville, Québec, Canada...
(819) - 364 - Rouyn-Noranda (819) - 277 279 290 493 649 760 762 763 764 768 797
- Ste-Agathe-des-MontsSainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QuebecSainte-Agathe-des-Monts is a town in the province of Quebec in the regional county municipality of Les Laurentides, in the administrative region of Laurentides, also known as the "Laurentians" or the Laurentian Mountains...
(819) - 326 896 - Shawinigan (819) - 247 531 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 556 719 731 805 852 913 989
- Sherbrooke (819) - 200 212 238 239 300 340 342 345 346 347 348 349 366 416 432 434 437 446 481 542 560 562 563 564 565 566 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 577 578 580 588 620 640 654 674 678 679 780 791 812 820 821 822 823 829 864 891 919 943 987 993
- Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresTrois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...
(819) - 244 266 269 299 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 383 384 386 415 448 519 601 609 668 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 701 801 840 841 861 862 898 909 944 979 992 996 - Nicolet (819) - 293
- Val-des-MontsVal-des-Monts, QuebecVal-des-Monts is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, located about 40 kilometres north of Ottawa. It has a population of 10,139 residents. Formed in 1974 by the merger of the towns of Perkins, Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield and Poltimore, it consists mainly of farms and mountainous...
(819) - 457 671 - Val-d'Or (819) - 270 280 316 354 355 527 651 824 825 856 860 874
- Victoriaville (819) - 302 330 460 604 740 751 752 758 795 806 809 960 980 990
- Ville-MarieVille-Marie, QuebecVille-Marie is a town on Lake Temiscaming in western Quebec, Canada. It is the largest city and seat of the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec. As one of the oldest towns in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, it is considered the cradle of north-western Quebec and nicknamed "Pearl of...
(819) - 629 622