{
  "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/prefix/ca-263",
  "npa": "263",
  "slug": "ca-263",
  "iso": "CA",
  "country": "Canada",
  "regions": [
    {
      "code": "QC",
      "name": "Quebec",
      "exchanges": 63
    }
  ],
  "exchanges": 63,
  "known": 63,
  "byLineType": {
    "fixed_line": 13,
    "mobile": 50
  },
  "carriers": [
    {
      "name": "Rogers",
      "exchanges": 31,
      "byLineType": {
        "mobile": 31
      },
      "ranges": [
        "255",
        "266",
        "288",
        "355",
        "366",
        "388",
        "550",
        "552",
        "556",
        "558",
        "566",
        "588",
        "660",
        "662",
        "668",
        "688",
        "766",
        "770",
        "778",
        "788",
        "866",
        "877",
        "883",
        "885–887",
        "889",
        "899",
        "966",
        "990",
        "998"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "IXICA Communications",
      "exchanges": 13,
      "byLineType": {
        "fixed_line": 13
      },
      "ranges": [
        "200",
        "222",
        "300",
        "333",
        "400",
        "444",
        "500",
        "600",
        "666",
        "700",
        "777",
        "800",
        "888"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Videotron",
      "exchanges": 11,
      "byLineType": {
        "mobile": 11
      },
      "ranges": [
        "376",
        "378–387"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Telus",
      "exchanges": 5,
      "byLineType": {
        "mobile": 5
      },
      "ranges": [
        "223",
        "362–363",
        "993",
        "999"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fido",
      "exchanges": 3,
      "byLineType": {
        "mobile": 3
      },
      "ranges": [
        "880–882"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "patterns": {
    "all": "^\\+1263[2-9]\\d{6}$",
    "fixed_line": "^\\+1263(?:2(?:00|22)|3(?:00|33)|4(?:00|44)|500|6(?:00|66)|7(?:00|77)|8(?:00|88))\\d{4}$",
    "mobile": "^\\+1263(?:2(?:23|55|66|88)|3(?:55|6[236]|7[689]|8[0-8])|5(?:5[0268]|66|88)|6(?:6[028]|88)|7(?:66|7[08]|88)|8(?:66|77|8[0-35-79]|99)|9(?:66|9[0389]))\\d{4}$"
  },
  "sandbox": {
    "input": "+12635550123",
    "valid": true,
    "type": "Fixed line or mobile",
    "region": "CA",
    "formats": {
      "e164": "+12635550123",
      "international": "+1 263-555-0123",
      "national": "(263) 555-0123",
      "rfc3966": "tel:+1-263-555-0123"
    },
    "parts": {
      "countryCode": "+1",
      "destinationCode": "263",
      "destinationKind": "area code",
      "subscriber": "5550123"
    }
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Where is area code 263?",
      "answer": "Area code 263 is in Quebec, Canada: all 63 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 263, then the seven-digit number."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is a 263 number mobile or landline?",
      "answer": "Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 63 exchanges on record in 263, 50 (79%) were allocated as mobile and 13 (21%) as fixed line. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 263?",
      "answer": "5 carriers hold exchanges in 263 on record; the most: Rogers (31), IXICA Communications (13) and Videotron (11). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell."
    },
    {
      "question": "How do I validate a 263 phone number?",
      "answer": "In E.164 a 263 number matches ^\\+1263[2-9]\\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (263) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP."
    }
  ],
  "neighbours": {
    "sameRegion": [
      "ca-354",
      "ca-367",
      "ca-418",
      "ca-438",
      "ca-450",
      "ca-468",
      "ca-514",
      "ca-579",
      "ca-581",
      "ca-819",
      "ca-873"
    ],
    "previous": "us-262",
    "next": "us-267"
  },
  "meta": {
    "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25",
    "dataPoints": 63,
    "references": [
      {
        "authority": "CNAC",
        "title": "Canadian Numbering Administrator",
        "url": "https://www.cnac.ca/"
      },
      {
        "authority": "NANPA",
        "title": "North American Numbering Plan Administrator",
        "url": "https://nanpa.com/"
      },
      {
        "authority": "ITU",
        "title": "National numbering plan: Canada",
        "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T0202000025/en"
      }
    ]
  }
}