Quebec area codes
Capital Quebec City · population 9,030,684 · 12 area codes in service.
Quebec is the largest Canadian province by area and the second most populous, with French as its sole official language.
Area codes assigned to Quebec
Cities in Quebec
Telephone numbering in Quebec
Quebec falls within the North American Numbering Plan and uses the +1 country code along with the rest of Canada and the United States. The province is currently served by 12 distinct area codes, of which 3 are original assignments and the remainder are overlays added to expand number capacity.
Because of overlay introduction, residents of most populated areas in Quebec must dial all 10 digits even for local calls. Mobile portability rules also mean a phone bearing a Quebec area code may physically be located anywhere in Canada — or anywhere in the world. The original area code remains a useful clue to a number's heritage but is no longer a reliable indicator of current location.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulates numbering policy in Canada, with day-to-day administration handled by the Canadian Numbering Administrator. New overlays are introduced when the existing pool of central office codes within an NPA reaches exhaustion thresholds defined by the NANP relief planning process.