The inefficient allocation of 10,000-number blocks to multiple carriers in each of multiple rate centres in what is often the same municipality continues unabated. In February 2017, area code 468 was reserved as a third area code in the region. This area code became active on October 20, 2022. Service area Akulivik – (819) 496 Alleyn-et-Cawood – see Kazabazua Amherst – see Mont-Tremblant Amos – (819) 218, 442, 443, 444, 480, 724, 727, 732, 830, 834, 954 (873) 393, 730, 840, 999 Arundel – see Harrington Ascot Corner – see Sherbrooke Aston-Jonction – (819) 226, 256 Audet – see Lac-Mégantic Aumond – see Maniwaki Aupaluk – (819) 491 Austin – see Magog Authier – see Macamic Authier-Nord – see Macamic Ayer's Cliff – (819) 838, 867 Barkmere – see Mont-Tremblant Barnston-Ouest – see Ayer's Cliff Barraute – (819) 733, 734 Béarn – (819) 726 Bécancour – (819) 233, 294, 297, 298, 406, 407, 589, 591, 602, 606, 608, 786, 936 Belcourt – see Senneterre Belleterre – (819) 722 Berry – see Amos Blue Sea – see Gracefield Boileau – see Harrington Bois-Franc – see Maniwaki Bouchette – see Messines Bowman – see Val-des-Bois Brébeuf – see Mont-Tremblant Bristol – see Shawville Bryson – see Otter Lake Bury – (819) 872 Campbell's Bay – see Otter Lake Cantley – see Gatineau Cayamant – see Gracefield Champlain – (819) 295, 619 Champneuf – see Rochebaucourt Charette – see Saint-Élie-de-Caxton Chartierville – (819) 312, 656 Chazel – see La Sarre Chelsea – (819) 335, 607, 827, 866 (873) 324 Chénéville – see Montpellier Chesterville – (819) 202, 382, 504 Chichester – see L'Isle-aux-Allumettes Chisasibi – (819) 855 Chute-Saint-Philippe – see Lac-des-Écorces Clarendon – see Shawville Clermont – see La Sarre Clerval – see Dupuy Cleveland – see Richmond Coaticook – (819) 502, 804, 849, 926 (873)- 392 868 Compton – (819) 501, 835 Cookshire-Eaton – (819) 553, 875, 889 (873) 825 Danville – (819) 590, 642, 839 Daveluyville – (819) 367, 404, 447, 605 Déléage – see Maniwaki Denholm – see Val-des-Monts Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent – (819) 292, 599, 632, (873) 267 391 Dixville – see Coaticook Doncaster - see Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Drummondville – (819) 250, 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, (873) 270, 377, 382 Dudswell – (819) 884, 887 Duhamel – see Montpellier Duhamel-Ouest