Area codes 705 and 249
Area codes 705 and 249 are telephone area codes that cover most of northeastern and central Ontario in Canada. 705 was initially created in 1957 by the North American Numbering Plan (NANPA) from portions of the area covered by area codes 613 and 519, and covered nearly all of Ontario north and west of the Golden Horseshoe. Area code 807, covering northwestern Ontario, was split from area code 705 in early 1962. Although 705 was not close to exhaustion at the time, creating a new area code was thought necessary in order to improve routing of calls from Manitoba and western Canada to northwestern Ontario. Greater routing efficiency has since been achieved with the implementation of highly computerized digital exchanges that were not available in the early 1960s.
On March 19, 2011, area code 249 was added as an overlay code. Since this date, all calls require ten-digit dialing.[1] Previously, CNAC had considered "erasing" the 807-705 boundary and turning 807 into an overlay for all of northern Ontario--in effect, undoing the 1962 split. However, this was not recommended due to potential confusion.[2]
The incumbent local exchange carriers in 705/249 are Bell Canada, Northern Telephone, Ontera, EastLink and some municipally-owned carriers.
Communities included
These are among the areas that use this area code (as of 2011) with their corresponding phone exchanges:
- Alliston (249)-221, (705)- 250, 391, 415, 434, 435, 440, 502, 530, 890
- Angus (705) - 230, 423, 424, 516
- Bala (705) - 762
- Barrie (249) -251 595 877 888 (705) - 220, 229, 241, 252, 279, 300, 302, 305, 309, 315, 321, 331, 333, 393, 401, 408, 417, 481, 500, 503, 623, 627, 712, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 725, 726, 727, 728, 730, 733, 734, 735, 737, 739, 770, 780, 790, 791, 792, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 812, 814, 816, 817, 818, 828, 881, 896, 903, 915, 970, 984, 985, 986, 993, 999
- Baysville (705) - 767
- Beaverton (705) - 217 426 504
- Blind River (705) - 356 576
- Bobcaygeon (705) - 213, 392, 731, 738
- Bonfield (705) - 776
- Bracebridge (249) -218, (705) - 204, 205, 394, 637, 640, 641, 644, 645, 646, 706, 708, 801, 952
- Brechin (705) - 484, 505, 714
- Bruce Mines (705) - 785
- Burk's Falls (705) - 382
- Buckhorn (705) - 657 659
- Callander (705) - 712, 713, 752
- Campbellford (705) - 202, 395, 409, 632, 653, 661, 947
- Chapleau (705) - 600 864 902 904
- Cobalt (705) - 679
- Cochrane (705) - 271, 272
- Collingwood (249)- 225, (705) - 293, 351, 416, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 467, 532, 539, 606, 607, 888, 994
- Cookstown (705) - 458, 916
- Creemore (705) - 466
- Desbarats (705) - 782
- Dorset (705) - 766
- Dunsford (705) - 793
- Dwight (705) - 635
- Echo Bay (705) - 248
- Elliot Lake (705) - 261, 461, 578, 827, 847, 848, 849
- Elmvale (705) - 322
- Englehart (705) - 544
- Espanola (249)-217 999, (705) - 480, 501, 583, 601, 862, 863, 869, 936
- Fenelon Falls (249)-998, (705) - 215, 886, 887
- Goulais River (705) - 649
- Gravenhurst (705) - 687, 703
- Greater Sudbury (249)- 266 269 350, 360, 377, 878, (705) - 207, 222, 244, 280, 379, 396, 397, 404, 419, 421, 442, 449, 451, 453, 459, 470, 479, 483, 485, 507, 512, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 546, 547, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 556, 560, 561, 562, 564, 566, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 618, 621, 626, 662, 664, 665, 669, 670, 671, 673, 674, 675, 677, 682, 688, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 698, 699, 805, 806, 815, 820, 822, 823, 824, 825, 829, 830, 831, 832, 836, 853, 855, 858, 866, 867, 885, 897, 898, 899, 918, 919, 920, 921, 923, 929, 966, 967, 969, 983, 988
- Haliburton (249)- 993 (705) - 286, 306, 447, 448, 488, 489, 455, 457, 754, 854, 935
- Hearst (705) - 207, 208, 209, 211, 219, 222, 280, 396, 397, 404, 419
- Hastings (705) - 609 696 697 922
- Hearst (705) - 362, 372, 960
- Honey Harbour (705) - 756 906
- Huntsville (249)-700 704 995, (705) - 224, 349, 380, 388, 535, 571, 704, 783, 784, 787, 788, 789, 825, 909, 990
- Innisfil (705) 290, 291, 294, 431, 436, 456, 458, 615, 905 775, 778
- Iroquois Falls (705) - 232, 258
- Iron Bridge (705) - 509 843
- Kapuskasing (249)-994, (705)- 319, 332, 335, 337, 347, 371, 557, 577
- Kirkfield (705) - 438
- Kirkland Lake (249)-992, (705) - 462, 469, 567, 568, 642, 962
- Lakefield (705) - 651, 652
- Latchford (705) - 676
- Lefroy (705) - 456
- Lindsay (705) - 212, 307, 308, 320, 324, 328, 340, 341, 344, 464, 701, 821, 878, 879, 880, 928, 934, 982
- Little Britain (705) - 786
- Little Current (249)-997, (705)- 368, 370, 398, 603, 968
- Massey (705) - 602, 865
- Mattawa (249)-996, (705)- 200, 218, 744
- Midland (249)-301, (705) - 209, 245, 427, 433, 526, 527, 528, 529, 540, 543, 937, 956
- Moose Factory (705) - 658
- Moosonee (705) - 336 912
- North Bay (249) - 352, 358, 362 (705) - 223, 303, 316, 358, 402, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 482, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 667, 707, 758, 825, 839, 840, 845, 978, 980, 995
- Orillia (705) - 238, 242, 259, 298, 323, 325, 326, 327, 329, 330, 345, 350, 413, 418, 558, 619, 826, 955
- Oro (705) - 835, 487
- Parry Sound (249)-219, 988, (705) - 203, 346, 378, 746, 751, 771, 773, 774, 901, 938, 996
- Pefferlaw (705) - 318, 437, 513
- Penetanguishene (705) - 549, 614
- Peterborough (249)-357, (705) - 201, 243, 270, 292, 295, 296, 304, 312, 313, 400, 403, 486, 536, 559, 612, 616, 639, 651, 652, 654, 655, 656, 657, 659, 660, 700, 740, 741, 742, 743, 745, 748, 749, 750, 755, 760, 761, 768, 772, 775, 799, 802, 808, 813, 837, 838, 868, 872, 874, 875, 876, 877, 891, 917, 926, 927, 930, 931, 932, 933, 939, 940, 944, 954, 957, 974, 977, 979, 991
- Port Carling (705) - 765
- Port McNicoll/Victoria Harbour (705) - 534
- Powassan (705) - 724
- Rosseau (249)- 222, (705)- 732
- Sables-Spanish Rivers (Massey) (705) - 865
- Sault Ste. Marie (249)-252, (705) - 206, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 260, 297, 420, 450, 541, 542, 574, 575, 759, 777, 779, 908, 910, 941, 942, 943, 945, 946, 949, 963, 971, 975, 987, 989, 992, 998
- Searchmont (705) - 781
- Sebright (705) - 833
- Severn Bridge (705) - 689
- Smooth Rock Falls (705) - 314, 338
- South River (705) - 386
- Spanish (705) - 844
- St. Joseph Island (705) - 246
- Stayner (249) - 220, (705) - 428, 430, 517
- Stroud (705) - 431, 436, 615
- Sturgeon Falls (705) - 452 753
- Sudbury - see Greater Sudbury above
- Sundridge (705) - 384
- Timmins (249) - 351, 361 (705) - 221, 225, 235, 240, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 274, 288, 360, 363, 365, 399, 406, 412, 465, 531, 579, 620, 625, 709, 951
- Temagami (705) - 569
- Temiskaming Shores (249)-991, (705) - 407, 425, 469, 570, 572, 622, 628, 629, 630, 631, 647, 648, 672, 680, 948
- Trout Creek (705) - 723
- Udora (705) - 228 317
- Wasaga Beach (705)-352 422 429 617
- Wawa (249)-268, (705) -414 804 856 914
See also
- List of North American area codes
References
- ↑ "Telecom Decision CRTC 2009-622". Crtc.gc.ca. 2009-10-06. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ↑ http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/relief/705/documents/NPA_705_PD_20_July_2009.doc
External links
Ontario area codes: 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905 | ||
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North: 867 | ||
West: 807, 906 | Area codes 705/249 | East: 613/343, 819 |
South: 905/289, 519/226, 906, 989 | ||
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867 | ||
Quebec area codes: 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819 | ||
Michigan area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989 |