About Area Code 468
- Region Code
- 468
- City
- Gatineau
- State
- Quebec
- Largest City
- Gatineau
- Neighboring Codes
- Time Zone
- Eastern Time
Quebec
(468) Area Code 468 — Gatineau, Quebec
468 Area Code – Gatineau, Quebec: Location, Time Zone & History
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History & Cultural Notes
Area code 468 covers an enormous stretch of central and western Quebec, including the Quebec side of the National Capital Region around Gatineau. It traces back to 1957, when the original 514 area, which then covered the entire province, was split into three segments; the central and western portion became area code 819. As that territory grew, 873 was activated in 2012 as an overlay to relieve number exhaustion, and 468 followed a decade later, reserved in February 2017 and finally put into service on October 20, 2022 as a third, all-services overlay layered across the same 819/873 territory.
Beyond Gatineau, the numbering plan area reaches cities including Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Drummondville, Shawinigan, Victoriaville, Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, Magog, and Mont-Laurier, making it one of the largest calling regions in Canada by sheer geography, extending from the Ontario and U.S. borders in the south toward the Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay coastlines in the far north.
- Public administration, tied to the region's government and institutional presence
- Forestry and lumber
- Manufacturing
- Tourism
- Agriculture