{ "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/prefix/ca-438", "npa": "438", "slug": "ca-438", "iso": "CA", "country": "Canada", "regions": [ { "code": "QC", "name": "Quebec", "exchanges": 608 } ], "exchanges": 608, "known": 608, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 103, "mobile": 407, "voip": 98 }, "carriers": [ { "name": "Bell", "exchanges": 184, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 6, "mobile": 178 }, "ranges": [ "212–217", "219", "234–235", "245–247", "249–254", "261–262", "267–281", "283–287", "291–297", "301–304", "313–314", "321–325", "334–337", "339–344", "355–364", "412–422", "430–437", "439–443", "446", "449", "451", "453–459", "461–463", "465–468", "470–475", "480–482", "484–487", "489", "535", "560–576", "578", "581", "590–598", "650", "670–673", "692", "845–849", "851–854", "856", "902–904", "947–949" ] }, { "name": "Telus", "exchanges": 93, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 18, "mobile": 75 }, "ranges": [ "345–354", "452", "550", "580", "588", "763–765", "777", "820–832", "837–838", "842–844", "850", "860–865", "867–895", "930–946", "951–954" ] }, { "name": "Videotron", "exchanges": 82, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 12, "mobile": 70 }, "ranges": [ "257", "333", "365–367", "369–387", "389–399", "403–410", "490–499", "501–509", "518–531", "540–543", "545", "630" ] }, { "name": "Iristel", "exchanges": 75, "byLineType": { "mobile": 4, "voip": 71 }, "ranges": [ "230–231", "255–256", "298–299", "300", "500", "533", "544", "600–607", "609", "619", "700–703", "780–783", "790–799", "800–809", "812–817", "834", "839", "900–901", "905–910", "912–919", "960–962" ] }, { "name": "Rogers", "exchanges": 63, "byLineType": { "mobile": 63 }, "ranges": [ "200–209", "220–221", "223", "225–227", "229", "233", "282", "308", "368", "400–402", "483", "556", "622", "660", "662", "686", "699", "755", "766", "787", "833", "835–836", "920", "922–923", "925", "969", "978", "980–999" ] }, { "name": "Fibernetics", "exchanges": 27, "byLineType": { "voip": 27 }, "ranges": [ "228", "232", "236–239", "338", "388", "448", "488", "538", "558", "638", "738–740", "769–772", "788", "818–819", "970–973" ] }, { "name": "Distributel", "exchanges": 17, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 17 }, "ranges": [ "240–244", "315–320", "858", "896–899", "968" ] }, { "name": "Fido", "exchanges": 17, "byLineType": { "mobile": 17 }, "ranges": [ "464", "680", "722", "725", "728", "773", "778–779", "855", "866", "921", "924", "926–929", "979" ] }, { "name": "IXICA Communications", "exchanges": 15, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 15 }, "ranges": [ "224", "248", "424", "428", "444", "447", "577", "599", "608", "618", "644", "648", "677", "688", "748" ] }, { "name": "Zayo", "exchanges": 7, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 7 }, "ranges": [ "210", "258–260", "264–265", "469" ] }, { "name": "Fgltel", "exchanges": 6, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 6 }, "ranges": [ "548–549", "551–554" ] }, { "name": "InnSysVoice", "exchanges": 6, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 6 }, "ranges": [ "664–669" ] }, { "name": "TekSavvy Solutions", "exchanges": 6, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 6 }, "ranges": [ "326–331" ] }, { "name": "ISP Telecom", "exchanges": 4, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 4 }, "ranges": [ "476–479" ] }, { "name": "Primus Telecommunications Canada", "exchanges": 3, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 3 }, "ranges": [ "288–290" ] }, { "name": "Beanfield Technologies", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "222" ] }, { "name": "Cogeco", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "218" ] }, { "name": "Comwave Networks", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "266" ] } ], "grid": "mmmmmmmmmmf-fffffffmmmfmfmmmvmvvvmmmvvvvfffffmmmfmmmmmmvvffffmm-fffmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfffmmmmmmmvvvmmmm---m----mmffffffmmmmmffffff-fmmmmvmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmffmmmmffffffffvmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-mmmmmmmmmmm-f---f-mmmmmmmm-mmmmmf-mfvm-mmmmmmmmm-mmmmmmmmfmmmmmmffffmmmmmmmmvmmmmmmmmmmmvmmmmmmmmm--------mmmmmmmmmmmmmm-v-m--v-mmmmvm--ffmffff-m-v-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfm-mm------m-mmmmmmmmmfvvvvvvvvfv--------fv--m-------m-------v-----f---f-m---------m-m-ffffffmmmm---f--m-----m-f---m------mvvvv------------------m--m--m---------vvv-------f------m-------mmmm--vvvvm---mmmmmmm---mv-vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv--vvvvvvvvmmmmmmmmmmmmmmvmmmmv--fffmmmmmmmmmmmm-f-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmffffffffffvvmmmvvvvvv-vvvvvvvvmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfmfffffmmm-mfff-----vvv-----fmvvvv----mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm", "patterns": { "all": "^\\+1438[2-9]\\d{6}$", "fixed_line": "^\\+1438(?:2(?:1[02-8]|2[24]|4[0-48]|5[7-9]|6[04-6]|8[89]|90)|3(?:1[5-9]|2[06-9]|3[013]|7[45]|8[0-7])|4(?:2[48]|4[47]|69|7[6-9])|5(?:4[89]|5[1-4]|77|99)|6(?:[018]8|4[48]|6[4-9]|77)|748|8(?:4[2-4]|58|9\\d)|9(?:4[02-6]|5[2-4]|68))\\d{4}$", "mobile": "^\\+1438(?:2(?:[07]\\d|19|2[0135-79]|3[3-5]|4[5-79]|5[0-4]|6[127-9]|8[0-7]|9[1-7])|3(?:0[1-48]|1[34]|2[1-5]|3[4-79]|[4-69]\\d|7[0-36-9]|89)|4(?:[09]\\d|1[02-9]|2[0-2]|[38][0-79]|4[0-369]|5[1-9]|6[1-8]|7[0-5])|5(?:0[1-9]|1[89]|[26]\\d|3[015]|4[0-35]|5[06]|7[0-68]|8[018]|9[0-8])|6(?:22|[35]0|6[02]|7[0-3]|8[06]|9[29])|7(?:2[258]|55|6[3-6]|7[37-9]|8[0-37])|8(?:[26-8]\\d|3[0-35-8]|4[5-9]|5[0-6])|9(?:0[2-4]|[2389]\\d|4[17-9]|51|69|7[89]))\\d{4}$", "voip": "^\\+1438(?:2(?:28|3[0-26-9]|5[56]|9[89])|3(?:00|[38]8)|4[48]8|5(?:00|3[38]|44|58)|6(?:0[0-79]|19|38)|7(?:0[0-3]|3[89]|40|69|7[0-2]|88|9\\d)|8(?:0\\d|1[2-9]|3[49])|9(?:0[015-9]|1[02-9]|6[0-2]|7[0-3]))\\d{4}$" }, "sandbox": { "input": "+14385550123", "valid": true, "type": "Fixed line or mobile", "region": "CA", "formats": { "e164": "+14385550123", "international": "+1 438-555-0123", "national": "(438) 555-0123", "rfc3966": "tel:+1-438-555-0123" }, "parts": { "countryCode": "+1", "destinationCode": "438", "destinationKind": "area code", "subscriber": "5550123" } }, "faq": [ { "question": "Where is area code 438?", "answer": "Area code 438 is in Quebec, Canada: all 608 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 438, then the seven-digit number." }, { "question": "Is a 438 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 608 exchanges on record in 438, 407 (67%) were allocated as mobile, 103 (17%) as fixed line and 98 (16%) as VoIP. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type." }, { "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 438?", "answer": "18 carriers hold exchanges in 438 on record; the most: Bell (184), Telus (93) and Videotron (82). 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 438 phone number?", "answer": "In E.164 a 438 number matches ^\\+1438[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 (438) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP." } ], "neighbours": { "sameRegion": [ "ca-263", "ca-354", "ca-367", "ca-418", "ca-450", "ca-468", "ca-514", "ca-579", "ca-581", "ca-819", "ca-873" ], "previous": "ca-437", "next": "us-440" }, "meta": { "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25", "dataPoints": 608, "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" } ] } }