Area code 807 is a telephone area code in the

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(NANP) for the Canadian province of

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. The numbering plan area (NPA), comprising only Northwestern Ontario, was created in early 1962 in an

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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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, Kenora,

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, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Marathon, 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

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, Bell Canada, and

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'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

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(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

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. Other such Canadian area codes are 506, 709, and 867. 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 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 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

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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 it ...

(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 Big Trout Lake is a large lake in Northern Ontario. The Fawn River flows into it from the west and drains it from the east. The reserve of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, also known as Big Trout Lake, is located on Post Island on ...

(807) 537 * Caramat (807) 872 * Cat Lake (807) 347 * Clearwater Bay (807) 733 * Cloud Bay (807) 964 * Cochenour (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 Ear Falls is a township located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, on the banks of the English River, Lac Seul, Pakwash Lake and Wenesaga Lake. It is located along Highway 105, north of Highway 17 and Vermilion Bay, about halfway between H ...

(807) 222 *

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(807) 482 *

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to cultu ...

(807) 947 * Fort Frances (807) 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 788, 789, 861, 994 * Fort Hope (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 ac ...

(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 Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (also known as Grassy Narrows First Nation or the ''Asabiinyashkosiwagong Nitam-Anishinaabeg'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Ojibwe First Nations band government who inhabit northern Kenora in Ontario, Canada ...

(807) 925 * Gull Bay First Nation (807) 982 * Hemlo (807) 238 * Hornepayne (807) 379, 868 * Hudson (807) 582 *

Ignace Ignace is a township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) and Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and Kenora. It is on the shore of ...

(807) 747, 934, 936 * Jellicoe (807) 879 *

Kaministiquia Kaministiquia () is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Thunder Bay District on Highway 102 approximately 30 kilometres west of Thunder Bay. A designated place served by a local services board, Kaministiquia had a p ...

(807) 933 * Kasabonika (807) 535 * Kenora (807) 219, 407, 444, 456, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 547, 548 *

Kingfisher Lake Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, ...

(807) 532 *

Lac La Croix First Nation Lac La Croix First Nation ( oj, Negwaakwaani-zaaga'igan) is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who reside in the Rainy River District of northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota border. It is approximately 200 km no ...

(807) 485 *

Lansdowne House Lansdowne House now 9 Fitzmaurice Place is the remaining part of a building to the south of Berkeley Square in central London, England, not to be confused with 57 Berkeley Square – opposite – a much later quadrilateral building which take ...

(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 pa ...

(807) 876 *

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(807) 885 * Madsen - See Red Lake *

Manitouwadge Manitouwadge is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Thunder Bay District, at the north end of Highway 614, east of Thunder Bay and north-west of Sault Ste. Marie. History Manitouwadge (''Manidoowaazh'' in O ...

(807) 378 826 * Marathon (807) 228, 229, 230, 231, 371, 787 * McKenzie Island - See Red Lake * McKenzie Portage (807) 543 * Morson (807) 488 * Muskrat Dam (807) 471 *

Minaki Minaki ( or ) is an unincorporated area and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the point where the Canadian National Railways transcontinental main line crosses the Winnipeg River, betw ...

(807) 224 * Mine Centre (807) 599 * Nakina (807) 329 * Nestor Falls (807) 484 *

Nibinamik First Nation Nibinamik First Nation (Ojibway language: ᓃᐱᓇᒥᐦᐠ (''Niibinamik'', "Summerbeaver"); unpointed: ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ), also known as Summer Beaver Band, is a small Oji-Cree First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario, located on the Summer B ...

(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 approximat ...

(807) 372, 880, 887, 888, 889 * Ogoki (807) 349 * Oxdrift (807) 937 * Pass Lake (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 the t ...

(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 (807) 726, 727, 728, 729, 735, 749 *

Redditt Redditt is an unincorporated community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the MacFarlane River, and located at the northern terminus of Ontario Highway 658, north of Kenora. Redditt is also the name of ...

(807) 225 *

Sachigo Lake First Nation Sachigo Lake First Nation ( ojs, ᓴᒋᑯ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) is an Oji-Cree First Nation band government in Unorganized Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on Sachigo Lake, part of the Sachigo River system and Hud ...

(807) 595 * Sandy Lake (807) 771, 774, 776 * Sapawe (807) 929 * Savant Lake (807) 584 * Schreiber (807) 373, 824, 825 *

Shebandowan Shebandowan is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Highway 11 in the Thunder Bay District. The community is administered by a local services board, and is counted as part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay Dis ...

(807) 926 *

Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Located approximately northwest of Thunder Bay, it has a population of 5,272 people (up 4.7% since 2011), an elevation of , and its boundaries cover an area of , of which is lake and wetla ...

(807) 214, 374, 737, 738 * Sioux Narrows (807) 226, 232 * Starratt Olsen - See Red Lake * Stratton (807) 483 *

Terrace Bay Terrace Bay is a township in Thunder Bay District in northern Ontario, Canada, located on the north shore of Lake Superior east of Thunder Bay along Highway 17. The name originates from a series of lake terraces formed as the water level in L ...

(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 Wabaseemoong Independent Nations or more fully as the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations of One Man Lake, Swan Lake and Whitedog, is an Ojibway First Nation band government who reside 120 km northwest of Kenora, Ontario and east of the Ontario- ...

(White Dog) (807) 927 * Wabigoon First Nation (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 Wunnumin Lake First Nation (Oji-Cree language: ᐊᐧᓇᒪᐣ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓃᕽ (''Wanaman-zaaga'iganiing'', "At Wunnumin Lake"); unpointed: ᐊᐧᓇᒪᐣ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ) is an Oji-Cree First Nation band government who inhabit territo ...

(807) 442

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Communications in Ontario

Communities and central office prefixes

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