Area code 807
Area code 807 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of Ontario. The numbering plan area (NPA), comprising only Northwestern Ontario, was created in early 1962 in an area code split of NPA 705. The main reason for the split was not central office prefix exhaustion, but routing efficiency for calls from Western Canada to northwestern Ontario.[citation needed]
Major communities served by area code 807 include Thunder Bay, Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Marathon, Manitouwadge, and Greenstone. The area is split between the Central and Eastern Time Zones.
The incumbent local exchange carriers in the numbering plan area are Tbaytel, Bell Canada, and Bell Aliant's Dryden Municipal Telephone Service.
The numbering plan area is one of the least populated in Canada. Fewer than 40% of its telephone numbers are in use and the Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium (CNAC) estimates that it will not be exhausted for many decades. In the turn of the 3rd millennium, as area code 705 neared exhaustion, the CNAC briefly considered "erasing" the 807-705 boundary and turning 807 into an overlay complex for all of Ontario north and west of the Golden Horseshoe. However, the potential for confusion advised against the implementation. As a result, 807 is the only area code in Ontario without an overlay, and hence the last one that used to allow seven-digit dialing. The only Canadian area code without overlay is 867.[1]
In August 2022, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ordered a transition to the three-digit code 988 for suicide prevention resources.[2] Although 988 is not in use as a local exchange prefix in area code 807,[3] the CRTC mandated ten-digit local calling by 31 May 2023. The CRTC's decision followed the decision of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to adopt 988 for the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.[4]
Communities and central office prefixes
[edit]- Armstrong: 583
- Atikokan: 207, 290, 324, 590, 594, 596, 597, 598, 770, 780, 781
- Balmertown: - See Red Lake
- Barwick: 487
- Beardmore: 875
- Bearskin Lake: 363
- Big Trout Lake: 537
- Caramat: 872
- Cat Lake: 347
- Clearwater Bay: 200, 733
- Cloud Bay: 964
- Cochenour: 662
- Deer Lake: 775
- Devlin: 486, 704, 907, 908
- Dorion: 857
- Dryden: 212, 215, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 265, 322, 323, 995
- Eagle River: 755
- Ear Falls: 222
- Emo: 482
- Flanders: 947
- Fort Frances: 208, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 703, 788, 789, 798, 861, 994
- Fort Hope: 242
- Fort Severn: 478
- Geraldton: 209, 790, 806, 853, 854, 855, 858, 863
- Grassy Narrows: 925
- Gull Bay First Nation: 982
- Hemlo: 238
- Hornepayne: 379, 868
- Hudson: 582, 702, 808, 809
- Ignace: 747, 934, 936
- Jellicoe: 879
- Kaministiquia: 933
- Kasabonika: 535
- Kenora: 219, 255, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 407, 444, 456, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 512, 513, 514, 547, 548, 549, 842
- Kingfisher Lake: 532
- Lac La Croix First Nation: 485
- Lansdowne House: 479
- Longlac: 810, 876
- Macdiarmid: 885
- Madsen: - See Red Lake
- Manitouwadge: 378, 826, 827
- Marathon: 213, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 292, 371, 500, 787
- McKenzie Island: - See Red Lake
- McKenzie Portage: 201, 543
- Morson: 488
- Muskrat Dam: 471
- Minaki: 224
- Mine Centre: 599
- Nakina: 329
- Nestor Falls: 484
- Nibinamik First Nation: (Summer Beaver) 593
- Nicikousemenecaning First Nation: (Bears Passage) 481
- Nipigon: 236, 293, 372, 712, 713, 880, 887, 888, 889
- Ogoki: 349
- Oxdrift: 203, 937
- Pass Lake: 977
- Perrault Falls: 205, 529
- Pickle Lake: 928
- Pikangikum: 773
- Poplar Hill: 772
- Rainy River: 360, 852
- Raith: 448
- Red Rock: 294, 886
- Red Lake: 237, 335, 726, 727, 728, 729, 735, 749
- Redditt: 225
- Sachigo Lake First Nation: 595
- Sandy Lake: 771, 774, 776
- Sapawe: 929
- Savant Lake: 584
- Schreiber: 373, 824, 825
- Shebandowan: 926
- Sioux Lookout: 214, 233, 239, 240, 374, 737, 738
- Sioux Narrows: 226
- Starratt Olsen: - See Red Lake
- Stratton: 483
- Terrace Bay: 296, 375, 821, 823, 825
- Thunder Bay: 234, 235, 251, 252, 285, 286, 317, 333, 343, 344, 345, 346, 355, 356, 357, 358, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 577, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 683, 684, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 706, 707, 708, 709, 766, 767, 768, 777, 867, 935, 939, 957, 983, 999
- Upsala: 985, 986
- Vermilion Bay: 206, 227
- Wabaseemoong Independent Nations: (Whitedog) 927
- Wabigoon First Nation: 938, 943
- Weagamow First Nation: 469
- Webequie First Nation: 353
- White River: 297, 822
- Wunnumin Lake First Nation: 442
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2022-234". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "CO Code/Phone Number Lookup". Canadian Numbering Administrator. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-191". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
External links
[edit]| North: 867 | ||
| West: 204/431 | 807 | East: 249/705 |
| South: 218, 906 | ||
| Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867 | ||
| Manitoba area codes: 204/431/584 | ||
| Michigan area codes: 231, 248/947, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 989 | ||
| Minnesota area codes: 218, 320, 507/924, 612, 651, 763, 952 | ||
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