Area code 807 is a telephone

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. The numbering plan area (NPA), comprising only

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, 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. Major communities served by area code 807 include

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, Rainy River,

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, and Greenstone. The area is split between the Central and

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Zones. The incumbent local exchange carriers in the numbering plan area are Tbaytel,

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. 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 for all of Ontario north and west of the

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. However, the potential for confusion prevented that solution from being ultimately implemented. As a result, 807 is the only area code in Ontario without an overlay and hence the only one that still allows 7-digit dialing. Other such Canadian area codes are

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. Although Northwestern Ontario should not need an additional area code anytime soon, 10-digit dialing may still need to be implemented in the area in the near future. That prospect became more likely in August 2022 when the

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ordered a transition to the three-digit code 9-8-8 for suicide prevention resources. Despite the fact that 988 is not in use as a local exchange in area code 807, the CRTC has ordered 10-digit local calling to be implemented by 31 May 2023. The CRTC's decision followed the decision of the US

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to adopt 9-8-8 as the number for the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Communities and central office prefixes

* Armstrong (807) 583 *

Atikokan Atikokan (, Ojibwe for ' caribou bones') is a town in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population was 2,642 as of the 2021 census. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes ...

(807) 324, 590, 594, 596, 597, 598, 770 * Balmertown - See Red Lake * Barwick (807) 487 * Beardmore (807) 875 * Bearskin Lake (807) 363 * Big Trout Lake (807) 537 * Caramat (807) 872 * Cat Lake (807) 347 * Clearwater Bay (807) 733 * Cloud Bay (807) 964 *

Cochenour Red Lake is a municipality with town status in the Canadian province of Ontario, located northwest of Thunder Bay and less than from the Manitoba border. The municipality consists of six small communities—Balmertown, Cochenour, Madsen, McKen ...

(807) 662 * Deer Lake (807) 775 * Devlin (807) 486 * Dorion (807) 857 *

(807) 212, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 323, 995 * Eagle River (807) 755 * Ear Falls (807) 222 * Emo (807) 482 *

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(807) 947 *

(807) 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 788, 789, 861, 994 *

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(807) 242 *

Fort Severn Fort Severn, in present-day Annapolis, Maryland, was built in 1808 on the same site as an earlier American Revolutionary War fort of 1776. Although intended to guard Annapolis harbor from British attack during the War of 1812, it never saw act ...

(807) 478 *

Geraldton Geraldton ( Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...

(807) 790, 853, 854, 855, 863 * Grassy Narrows (807) 925 * Gull Bay First Nation (807) 982 * Hemlo (807) 238 *

Hornepayne Hornepayne is a township of 980 people (Canada 2016 Census) in the Algoma District of Ontario, Canada. The town was established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway's transcontinental line was built through the area. It was ren ...

(807) 379, 868 * Hudson (807) 582 * Ignace (807) 747, 934, 936 * Jellicoe (807) 879 * Kaministiquia (807) 933 * Kasabonika (807) 535 *

(807) 219, 407, 444, 456, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 547, 548 * Kingfisher Lake (807) 532 * Lac La Croix First Nation (807) 485 * Lansdowne House (807) 479 *

Longlac Greenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian Census. It stretches along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac and covers . The town was formed in 2001, as part ...

(807) 876 * Macdiarmid (807) 885 * Madsen - See Red Lake * Manitouwadge (807) 378 826 *

(807) 228, 229, 230, 231, 371, 787 * McKenzie Island - See Red Lake * McKenzie Portage (807) 543 * Morson (807) 488 * Muskrat Dam (807) 471 * Minaki (807) 224 * Mine Centre (807) 599 *

Nakina Greenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian Census. It stretches along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac and covers . The town was formed in 2001, as part ...

(807) 329 * Nestor Falls (807) 484 * Nibinamik First Nation (Summer Beaver) (807) 593 * Nicikousemenecaning First Nation (Bears Passage) (807) 481 *

Nipigon Nipigon () is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Lake Helen running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is located approxima ...

(807) 372, 880, 887, 888, 889 * Ogoki (807) 349 * Oxdrift (807) 937 *

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(807) 977 * Perrault Falls (807) 529 *

Pickle Lake Pickle Lake is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the most northerly community in the province that has year-round access by road. Located north of Thunder Bay, highway access is via Highway 599, the only access road to th ...

(807) 928 * Pikangikum (807) 773 * Poplar Hill (807) 772 * Rainy River (807) 275, 276, 360, 852 * Raith (807) 448 * Red Rock (807) 886 *

Red Lake Red Lake may refer to: Lakes Australia *Red Lake (Western Australia) Croatia *Red Lake (Croatia) (Crveno jezero) Romania *Red Lake (Romania) (Lacul Roşu) United States * Red Lake (Arizona–New Mexico) * Red Lake (Orlando), Florida *Red Lake ( ...

(807) 726, 727, 728, 729, 735, 749 * Redditt (807) 225 * Sachigo Lake First Nation (807) 595 * Sandy Lake (807) 771, 774, 776 * Sapawe (807) 929 *

Savant Lake Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. History Town was originally named after a civil engineer in charge of building the railroad, Bucke. In 1928, another town ...

(807) 584 * Schreiber (807) 373, 824, 825 * Shebandowan (807) 926 * Sioux Lookout (807) 214, 374, 737, 738 * Sioux Narrows (807) 226, 232 * Starratt Olsen - See Red Lake * Stratton (807) 483 * Terrace Bay (807) 375, 821, 823, 825 *

(807) 251, 252, 285, 286, 333, 343, 344, 345, 346, 355, 356, 357, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 577, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 683, 684, 700, 701, 707, 708, 709, 766, 767, 768, 777, 867, 935, 939, 957, 983, 999 * Upsala (807) 985, 986 * Vermilion Bay (807) 227 * Wabaseemoong Independent Nations (White Dog) (807) 927 *

Wabigoon First Nation Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, commonly known as Wabigoon First Nation (Anishinaabemowin: ''Waabigoniiw Saaga'iganiiw Anishinaabeg''), is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who inhabit the Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It ...

(807) 938 943 * Weagamow First Nation (807) 469 *

Webequie First Nation Webequie First Nation is located on the northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540 km (336 mi) north of Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada. Webequie is a fly-in community with no summer road access. The primary way into the c ...

(807) 353 * White River (807) 822 * Wunnumin Lake First Nation (807) 442

References

External links

CNA exchange list for area +1-807Telecom archives
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Communities and central office prefixes

See also

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