Area code 819
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Area code 819 is an area code for western Quebec, including the Quebec portion of the nation's capital, Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada, and the entire Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay coastlines of Quebec. It used to bound 514 Montreal before +1-450- was created and 403 before +1-867- was created to cover the entire Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. 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 at Beebe Plain/Rock Island, Quebec to the North Pole by including much of the Northwest Territories along with most of western Quebec except Montreal and its surrounding areas. The Yukon territory and the western portion of the Northwest Territories were originally covered by Alberta area code 403, which now covers only the southern half of Alberta, including Calgary.
[edit] Places that use this area code
- Aylmer 819-682 684 685
- Buckingham 819-281 986
- Drummondville 819-314 388 390 445 461 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 477 478 479 816 818 850
- Gatineau 819-439 643 663 669
- Hull 819-208 210 213 243 246 318 319 328 329 351 360 420 483 503 561 568 576 595 635 639 661 664 665 712 743 770 771 772 773 775 776 777 778 779 790 918 920 921 923 934 939 953 955 956 962 965 966 994 997
- James Bay
- Shawinigan 819-531 533 534 536 537 538 539 540 719 729 913
- Sherbrooke 819-212 340 345 346 347 348 349 432 437 560 562 563 564 565 566 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 577 578 580 620 674 678 679 780 820 821 822 823 829
- Thurso 819-985
- Trois-Rivières 819-244 269 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 383 384 386 601 609 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 701 840 862 996
[edit] See also
| Province of Quebec area codes: 418, 450, 514, 819 | ||
|---|---|---|
| North: 867 | ||
| West: 705 | Area code 819 | East: 418, and 709 |
| South: 450, 613, 802 | ||
