Area code 807 is a telephone

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in the

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(NANP) for the

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Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

. The numbering plan area (NPA), comprising only

Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the ...

, 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

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario. Its population i ...

Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The history of the name exten ...

, Dryden,

Fort Frances Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census was 7,466 Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination. It hosts the annual Fort Frances C ...

, Rainy River,

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Manitouwadge Manitouwadge is a township (Canada), township in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Thunder Bay District, at the north end of Ontario Highway 614, Highway 614, east of Thunder Bay and no ...

, 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 Tbaytel, formerly the Thunder Bay Telephone Company, is a municipally-owned telecommunications company operating in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and the surrounding area. Tbaytel's services include data, voice, wireless, internet, digital TV and ...

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, and

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Dryden Municipal Telephone Service Dryden Municipal Telephone System (DMTS) is a formerly-municipally owned telephone company in Dryden, Ontario, Canada, offering local residential and business land line service within Dryden, long-distance service to Dryden and surrounding areas. ...

. 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

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for all of Ontario north and west of the

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. 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

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. The only Canadian area code without overlay is

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. In August 2022, the

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ordered a transition to the three-digit code ''988'' for suicide prevention resources. Although 988 is not in use as a local exchange prefix in area code 807, the CRTC mandated ten-digit local calling by 31 May 2023. The CRTC's decision followed the decision of the U.S.

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to adopt ''988'' for the U.S.

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Communities and central office prefixes

* Armstrong: 583 *

Atikokan Atikokan () 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 itself as the "Canoeing Ca ...

: 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 Big Trout Lake is a large lake in Northern Ontario. The Fawn River fills 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 on Post Island near the norther ...

: 537 * Caramat: 872 * Cat Lake: 347 *

Clearwater Bay Clear Water Bay () is a bay on the eastern shore of Clear Water Bay Peninsula of Hong Kong, located within Clear Water Bay Country Park. There are two beaches at Clear Water Bay: " Clear Water Bay First Beach" and "Clear Water Bay Second Beach" ...

: 200, 733 * Cloud Bay: 964 *

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

: 662 * Deer Lake: 775 *

Devlin Devlin may refer to: * Devlin (surname) * Devlin (given name) * Devlin (rapper), a British rapper * ''Devlin'' (TV series), a 1974 animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera * ''Devlin'', a 1988 novel by Roderick Thorp * ''The Devil and Max Devlin ' ...

: 486, 704, 907, 908 * Dorion: 857 * Dryden: 212, 215, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 265, 322, 323, 995 * Eagle River: 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 Hi ...

: 222 *

Emo Emo () is a genre of rock music characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of hardcore punk and from the Washington, D.C., hardcore scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore. The bands ...

: 482 *

Flanders Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-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 culture, la ...

: 947 *

: 208, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 703, 788, 789, 798, 861, 994 *

Fort Hope Fort Hope are a British rock band formed in 2013 after the disbandment of electronic rock band My Passion in 2012. The band has released three EPs and released their debut mini-album in May 2014, which peaked at 8 on the UK top Rock and Meta ...

: 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 ...

: 478 *

Geraldton Geraldton (Wajarri language, Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu language, Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West (Western Australia), Mid West region of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. As of the , Geraldt ...

: 209, 790, 806, 853, 854, 855, 858, 863 * Grassy Narrows: 925 *

Gull Bay First Nation Gull Bay First Nation or Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (''Gayaashki-zaagiing Anishinaabeg'' in the Fiero orthography) is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation band government located in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It i ...

: 982 * Hemlo: 238 *

Hornepayne Hornepayne is a township (Canada), 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 th ...

: 379, 868 *

Hudson Hudson may refer to: People * Hudson (given name) * Hudson (surname) * Hudson (footballer, born 1986), Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back * Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos, Brazilian f ...

: 582, 702, 808, 809 *

Ignace Ignace may refer to: * 11963 Ignace, main-belt asteroid *Ignace (name), surname and given name of French origin *Ignace, Ontario, township in Northwestern Ontario, Canada *Ignace (film) ''Ignace'' is a 1937 French musical comedy film directed by ...

: 747, 934, 936 * Jellicoe: 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 ...

: 933 * Kasabonika: 535 *

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

: 532 *

Lac La Croix First Nation Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation (formerly Lac La Croix First Nation) () 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 approximatel ...

: 485 *

Lansdowne House Lansdowne House, now 9 Fitzmaurice Place, is the remaining part of an aristocratic English town house building to the south of Berkeley Square in central London, England. The initial name was for two decades Shelburne House, then its title ...

: 479 *

Longlac Longlac is a community in the municipality of Greenstone, Ontario, Greenstone, in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located along Ontario Highway 11, Highway 11 and the Canadian National Railway, on the namesake Longlac Bay at the northern end of ...

: 810, 876 *

Macdiarmid McDiarmid, also MacDiarmid, is a Scottish surname. People Notable people with this surname include: McDiarmid * Archie McDiarmid (1881–1957), Scottish-born Canadian track and field athlete * Bunny McDiarmid (contemporary), New Zealand enviro ...

: 885 * Madsen: - See Red Lake *

: 378, 826, 827 *

: 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 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, betwee ...

: 224 * Mine Centre: 599 * Nakina: 329 * Nestor Falls: 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 ...

: (Summer Beaver) 593 *

Nicikousemenecaning First Nation Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, formerly known as the Nicickousemenecaning First Nation and as the Red Gut First Nation, is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who inhabit the banks of Rainy Lake of the Rainy River District in Northwester ...

: (Bears Passage) 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 Helen Lake running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is located approxima ...

: 236, 293, 372, 712, 713, 880, 887, 888, 889 * Ogoki: 349 * Oxdrift: 203, 937 *

Pass Lake Pass Lake is a small lake located south of Loveland Pass in Summit County, Colorado. Pass Lake drains east via an unnamed stream which flows into North Fork Snake River The North Fork Snake River is a tributary of the Snake River in central Colo ...

: 977 * Perrault Falls: 205, 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 ...

: 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 Sachigo Lake First Nation () 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 Hudson Bay drainage basin, approximat ...

: 595 * Sandy Lake: 771, 774, 776 * Sapawe: 929 *

Savant Lake Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. History The town was founded when the National Transcontinental Railway was built in the early 1900s. It was originall ...

: 584 * Schreiber: 373, 824, 825 * Shebandowan: 926 *

Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 5,838 people (up 10.8% since 2016). Known locally as the "Hub of the North", it is serviced by the Sioux Lookout Airport, Highway 72, and the Sioux Lookout railway ...

: 214, 233, 239, 240, 374, 737, 738 * Sioux Narrows: 226 * Starratt Olsen: - See Red Lake * Stratton: 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 Ontario Highway 17, Highway 17. The name originates from a series of lake Terrace (geology), ter ...

: 296, 375, 821, 823, 825 *

: 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 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 ...

: (Whitedog) 927 * Wabigoon First Nation: 938, 943 * Weagamow First Nation: 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 ...

: 353 * White River: 297, 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 territ ...

: 442

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Communications in Ontario

Communities and central office prefixes

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