Area codes 519 and 226

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Area code 519 is an area code that covers almost all of southwestern Ontario and was introduced in 1953; portions of area code 416 and area code 613 were combined to form the new code area. In turn, in 1957, parts of 519 and 613 formed 705. It is bounded by area code 905 in the east except for Simcoe County which is bordered by area code 705 in the northeast. It was overlaid with the new area code 226 on October 21, 2006, at which time ten-digit dialing became mandatory. Area code 226 is Canada's 25th geographical area code (not including area code 600).

The incumbent local exchange carriers in 519/226 are Bell Canada, Amtelecom, Execulink Telecom and several other independent companies that cover vast tracts of rural Ontario.

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[edit] History

The 226 area code was first proposed as a result of an NPA exhaustion study performed in the 1990s. The issue was raised with the CRTC by telecommunications firms and SAIC Canada, and in 1992 a relief plan was approved (Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-25). Although it primarily accepted the industry proposal, the CRTC required a permissive dialling period of four months, with consistent network announcements to consumers, instead of the proposed two month period. On 15 April 2003, the committee recommended delaying the introduction of the 226 area code from 19 February 2005 to 21 October 2006, primarily as a result of updated forecasts of the 519 NPA exhaustion projections.

Area code 519 covers a wide area (over 250 km) with no one city controlling a majority of the available numbers. In theory, therefore, the 226 overlay area code could have been introduced and fully utilised without breaking seven-digit dialing in any of the NPA 519 communities. This would however have required exchange numbers to be issued in a specific pattern where (for instance) if 519-999-9999 were a Windsor number, the same number in the new area code, 226-999-9999, be issued in London, Guelph or some other community which is not and will not become a local call to any point in the Windsor area.

[edit] Dialing areas

  • Guelph (226)-251 326 820, (519)-265 341 362 400 515 546 553 710 731 760 763 766 767 780 803 820 821 822 823 824 826 827 829 830 831 835 836 837 838 840 993 994
  • Hanover (519)-364 506
  • Harriston (519)-338
  • Harrow 226-480, (519)-738
  • Hepworth (519)-935
  • Hespeler (226)-201 218 243, (519)-212 220 221 222 223 224 230 239 240 241 242 244 248 249 260 277 651 654 658 700 714 716 841
  • Hillsburgh (519)-308 855
  • Ilderton (519)-666
  • Ingersoll (519)-303 425 485 926
  • Jarvis (519)-587
  • Kerwood (519)-247
  • Kincardine (519)-396
  • Kingsville (519)-712 733
  • Kitchener-Waterloo (226)-218 220 338 339 444 747 808 868 954, (519)-208 240 279 340 342 404 465 489 496 497 498 500 501 502 503 504 505 513 514 554 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 584 585 588 589 590 591 593 594 597 603 616 635 707 721 722 725 729 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 772 778 781 783 804 807 880 883 884 885 886 888 893 894 895 896 897 904 954 957 998
  • LaSalle (519)-734 970 978
  • Leamington (226)-202, (519)-322 324 325 326 329 398 613
  • Lion's Head (519)-793
  • Listowel (226)-622, (519)-291 292 418 444 492 815
  • London (226)-234 268 289 373 448 663 678 688 777, (519)-200 203 204 266 280 281 282 286 317 318 319 430 432 433 434 435 438 439 451 452 453 455 457 471 472 473 474 476 488 494 495 518 520 521 552 601 614 615 617 619 630 636 639 640 641 642 643 645 646 649 652 657 659 660 661 663 667 668 670 671 672 673 675 679 680 681 685 686 690 691 694 697 701 702 709 719 777 789 808 850 851 852 854 857 858 859 860 868 870 871 872 873 878 902 907 913 914 930 931 932 933 936 937 951 953 963 964
  • Long Point (519)-586
  • Lucan (519)-227
  • Lucknow (519)-528, 812
  • Maidstone (226)'-252, (519)-737
  • Markdale (519)-986
  • Meaford (226)-662, (519)-538
  • Merlin (519)-689
  • Mildmay (519)-367
  • Milverton (519)-595
  • Mitchell (519)-348
  • Monkton (519)-347
  • Mount Brydges (226)-490, (519)-264 559
  • Mount Forest (519)-261 313 314 321 323 509 604
  • Nairn (519)-232]
  • Newbury (519)-693]
  • New Dundee (519)-391 696
  • New Hamburg (519)-662
  • Norwich (226)-325, (519)-468
  • Oil Springs 226-466, (519)-834
  • Orangeville (226) -200 882 (519)-215 216 217 278 288 307 415 806 938 939 940 941 942 943
  • Owen Sound (226)-664 668 884, (519)-270 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 387 416 447 470 477
  • Palmerston (519)-343
  • Paris (519)-302 442
  • Parkhill (519)-294 459
  • Petrolia 226-465 738, (519)-882
  • Port Dover (519)-583
  • Port Elgin (519)-385 386 389 706 708 832
  • Port Franks (519)-243
  • Port Rowan (519)-586
  • Port Stanley (226)-658, (519)-782
  • Preston (519)-201 219 650 653 920 947
  • Ridgetown (519)-674
  • Ripley (519)-395
  • Rockwood (226)-328, (519)-605 856
  • Sarnia 226-472 886, (519)-312 328 330 331 332 333 336 337 339 344 346 381 383 384 402 464 466 479 490 491 541 542 704 918
  • Sauble Beach (519)-422
  • Seaforth (519)-522 527 600
  • Sebringville (519)-393
  • Shelburne (519)-306 925
  • Simcoe (226)-206 567, (519)-410 420 426 427 428 429 718 909
  • Stratford (226)-880 999 (519)-271 272 273 274 275 276 301 305 508 703 801 814 949
  • St. Clements (519)-218 699
  • St. Jacobs (519)-206 664 906
  • St. Marys (226)-661, (519)-284
  • St. Thomas (519)-207 631 633 637
  • Strathroy (519)-205 245 246 299
  • Southampton (519)-483 797
  • Tara (519)-934
  • Tavistock (519)-412 655
  • Tecumseh (519)-478 735 739 956 979
  • Teeswater (519)-392
  • Thamesford (519)-285 295
  • Thamesville (519)-692
  • Thedford (519)-296
  • Thornbury (226)-665, (519)-599
  • Thorndale (519)-461 609
  • Tilbury (519)-607 682
  • Tillsonburg (226)-231, (519)-407 544 550 688 842 983
  • Tiverton (519)-361 368
  • Tobermory (519)-596
  • Wallaceburg (519)-626 627 628
  • Walkerton (519)-507 540 881 889 901
  • Waterford (519)-443
  • Watford 226-462, (519)-849 876
  • Wellesley (226)-660, (519)-656
  • Wiarton (519)-534
  • Windsor (226)-280 345 346 788 946, (519)-250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 419 551 560 561 562 563 564 566 567 790 791 792 796 800 816 817 818 819 890 903 915 916 919 944 945 946 948 960 962 965 966 967 968 969 971 972 973 974 977 979 980 981 982 984 985 987 988 989 990 991 992 995 996 997 999
  • Wingham (519)-357 450 530 531 912
  • Woodstock (226)-228 883 888, (519)-290 320 421 456 469 532 533 535 536 537 539 602 606 708
  • Wyoming 226-307 461, (519)-845

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Province of Ontario area codes: 226, 289, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905
North: 705
West: 313, 586, 734, 810, 989 Area code 226/519 East: 705, 905/289
South: 216, 419/567, 440, 814
State of Michigan area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989
State of Ohio area codes: 216, 234, 330, 419, 440, 513, 567, 614, 740, 937
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Area Codes: 215, 267, 412, 484, 570, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
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