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Area code 807
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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.

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 other Canadian area code without an overlay is 867, used in the three northern territories.)cite-ref-1[1]

In August 2022, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ordered a transition to the three-digit code 988 for suicide prevention resources.cite-ref-2[2] Although 988 is not in use as a local exchange prefix in area code 807,cite-ref-3[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.cite-ref-4[4]

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Communities and central office prefixes

• Premium services: 1-807-976
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
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
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
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
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
Wabigoon First Nation: 938, 943
White River: 297, 822

See also
References

cite-note-11. "File not found". 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
cite-note-22. "Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2022-234". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
cite-note-33. "CO Code/Phone Number Lookup". Canadian Numbering Administrator. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
cite-note-44. "Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-191". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.

External links

• CNA exchange list for area +1-807
• Telecom archives

| | North : 867 | |
|---|---|---|
| West : 204 / 431 | 807 | East : 249/705 |
| | South : 218 , 906 | |
| Yukon , Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867 | Yukon , Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867 | Yukon , Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867 |
| Manitoba area codes: 204/431/584 | Manitoba area codes: 204/431/584 | Manitoba area codes: 204/431/584 |
| Michigan area codes: 231 , 248/947 , 269 , 313 , 517 , 586 , 616 , 734 , 810 , 906 , 989 | Michigan area codes: 231 , 248/947 , 269 , 313 , 517 , 586 , 616 , 734 , 810 , 906 , 989 | 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 | Minnesota area codes: 218 , 320 , 507/924 , 612 , 651 , 763 , 952 | Minnesota area codes: 218 , 320 , 507/924 , 612 , 651 , 763 , 952 |