- Area code 819
Area code 819 is an
area code for westernQuebec ,Canada , including the Quebec portion of the capital region,Ottawa -Gatineau , and the entireHudson Strait andUngava Bay coastlines of Quebec. It bordered 514 (Montreal ) before 450 was created and 403 before 867 was created to cover the entireNorthwest Territories ,Yukon andNunavut . 819 was created in a flash-cut, sometime during 1957 split from a portion of 514, while the northernmost portion of 514 was transferred to 418. Late in the 1970s, the northern portions of 418 along James, Hudson and Ungava Bays and Hudson Strait was assigned to 819 as exchanges in that area began to receive direct distance dialing.From the late 1970s until 1997, 819 extended one-eighth of the way around the world, from the
45th parallel atStanstead, Quebec to theNorth Pole by including much of theNorthwest Territories along with most of western Quebec. (The Yukon Territory and the western portion of the Northwest Territories were originally covered by area code 403, which now covers only the southern half of Alberta, includingCalgary .)The incumbent local exchange carriers in 819 are
Bell Canada ,Telebec and some independent companies.Places that use this area code
*Cantley (819) - 827
*Drummondville (819) - 314 388 390 445 461 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 477 478 479 816 818 850
*Gatineau (819) - 205 243 246 271 439 561 568 595 643 663 669 682 684 685 718 770 771 772 775 776 777 778 893
*La Sarre (819) - 333 339
*Magog (819) - 594 703 746 769 843 847 868
*Mont-Tremblant (819) - 421 425 429 681
*L'Ascension (819) - 275
*Rouyn-Noranda (819) - 277 279 290 493 760 762 763 764 768 797
*Shawinigan (819) - 247 531 534 535 536 537 539 540 719 731 852 913 989
*Sherbrooke (819) - 212 239 300 340 345 346 347 348 349 432 434 437 446 542 560 562 563 564 565 566 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 577 578 580 620 654 674 678 679 780 791 820 821 822 823 829 993
*Trois-Rivières (819) - 244 266 269 299 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 383 384 386 448 601 609 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 701 840 841 862 909 996
*Val-des-Monts (819) - 457 671
*Val-d'Or (819) - 270 280 316 354 355 527 824 825 856 860 874
*Victoriaville (819) - 302 330 460 604 740 751 752 758 795 806 980 990
*Ville-Marie (819) - 629 622ee also
*List of North American area codes
External links
* [http://www.cnac.ca/data/ac819.htm CNA exchange list for area +1-819]
* [http://mirror.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/history/56th-anniversary-areacodes Telecom archives]
* [http://www.localcallingguide.com Local Calling Guide]
* [http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/npa_map.htm Area Code Map of Canada]Area Code Box 5|This=Area code 819|State=QC
N=867
W=705
E=418/581, 709
S=450, 613, 603, 802
S1=ON|S2=NL|S3=NT|S4=NH|S5=VT
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