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Local Telephone Service Areas (TEL)

Updated December 2005

The Local Telephone Service Areas generally correspond to the wireline service areas of the local telephone companies operating in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. Population data is based on Statistics Canada 2001 census data.

TEL Area number Name Population
TEL-01 Southern Quebec, Québec, Charlevoix, Saguenay, Bas Saint-Laurent, Thetford Mines, Plessisville, Saint-Rosaire, Victoriaville, Saint-Barnabé South, Saint-Valérien-de-Milton, Saint-Jacques-de-Horton, Hudson's Bay 6,261,046
TEL-02 Sept-Îles and Gaspésie, Beauce, Saint-Georges, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce 515,661
TEL-03 Abitibi and James Bay, Mont-Laurier, Les Bois-Francs, Saint-Ours, Magdalen Islands, Clarendon, Bedford, Drummondville-Sud, Château-Richer, Frontenac 361,787
TEL-04 Valcourt 10,846
TEL-05 La Baie 1,135
TEL-06 Courcelles 987
TEL-07 Lambton 2,199
TEL-08 Nantes 1,424
TEL-09 Saint-Victor 2,460
TEL-10 Warwick 10,773
TEL-11 Acton 4,232
TEL-12 Saint-Éphrem 2,585
TEL-13 Saint-Liboire 4,453
TEL-14 Etchemin, Nicolet, Saint-Ludger 34,187
TEL-15 Sainte-Rosalie, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil 13,797
TEL-16 Saint-Paulin 9,908
TEL-17 Québec, Charlevoix, Saguenay, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Bas Saint-Laurent, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Étienne, Deschaillons, Fortierville, Villeroy, Île d'Orléans, Tring-Jonction, Lac-aux-Sables, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Bellechasse 1,098,302
TEL-18 Aylmer, Manitoulin Island East, Bruce Peninsula North, Coldwater, Cambray 37,250
TEL-19 South, North, East Ontario 10,922,032
TEL-20 North-Eastern Ontario 109,185
TEL-21 Watford  6,899
TEL-22 Port Elgin 19,352
TEL-23 Cochrane 6,348
TEL-24 Thunder Bay 123,853
TEL-25 Dryden 6,555
TEL-26 Kenora 11,812
TEL-27 Woodstock, Port Franks 8,833
TEL-28 Cottom 4,092
TEL-29 Grand Bend 6,862
TEL-30 Goderich 9,277
TEL-31 Lansdowne 3,492
TEL-32 Mornington 5,865
TEL-33 Millbrook 5,732
TEL-34 Keene 3,370
TEL-35 North Frontenac 2,320
TEL-36 North Renfrew 4,055
TEL-37 Moosonee, Iroquois Falls, Marten River, Temagami 4,171
TEL-38 Forest 9,433
TEL-39 Kirkton, Uniondale 9,471
TEL-40 Moose Creek 1,690
TEL-41 Superior North, Sioux Lookout to Raith, Highway 105, Greenstone 37,808
TEL-42 Bayfield 7,009
TEL-43 Westport 2,820
TEL-44 Mildmay 14,131
TEL-45 Southern B.C., Dawson Creek Area 3,882,826
TEL-46 Fort Nelson Area 10,269
TEL-47 Prince Rupert 14,643
TEL-48 Rainy River District 23,855
TEL-49 Sable Island 15
TEL-50 Sioux Narrows to East Hawk Lake 2,475
TEL-51 South, North, East Ontario 10,924,506
TEL-52 North-Eastern Ontario, Hwy 144 Kenogamissi Lake- Watershed 109,818
TEL-53 South, North, East Ontario 10,921,398
TEL-58new Abitibi and James Bay 182,455
TEL-60new Nunavik 9,780
TEL-61new Abitibi, Chibougamau and James Bay 177,301
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Created: 2005-06-21
Updated: 2006-01-18
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