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Area code 807 is a telephone area code in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, encompassing the Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario is the region within 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 Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the...

region. The 807 Area Code was created in early 1962 when this region of Ontario split from the 705 Area Code. The main reason for the split was not exhaust of 705, but rather for routing efficiency for calls from Western Canada to northwestern Ontario; such routing efficiency can now be achieved using the highly-computerized digital exchanges that did not exist in the 1960s.

Major communities served by the 807 area code include Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...

, Kenora, Dryden

Dryden, Ontario

Dryden is the second-largest city in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located on Wabigoon Lake. It is the smallest community in the province of Ontario designated as a city...

, Fort Frances, Marathon

Marathon, Ontario

Marathon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Thunder Bay District, on the north shore of Lake Superior north of Pukaskwa National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Shield.- History :...

, and Greenstone

Greenstone, Ontario

Greenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario. The area of the town is , stretching along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac; it is one of the largest incorporated towns in Canada....

.

The incumbent local exchange carriers in 807 are Bell Canada

Bell Canada

Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...

, Thunder Bay Telephone

Thunder Bay Telephone

Thunder Bay Telephone is a municipally owned telecommunications company operating in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and the surrounding area. The company uses the marketing name TBayTel in advertisements and official communications....

, and Dryden Municipal Telephone System.

Since it is less than 30% used and has a CNAC estimated exhaust year of AD

Anno Domini

and Before Christ are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars....

2160, a plan to overlay the nearly exhausted area code 705

Area code 705

Area codes 705 and 249 are telephone area codes that covers most of northeastern and central Ontario in Canada. 705 was initially created in 1957 by the North American Numbering Plan from portions of the area covered by area codes 613 and 519...

while remaining the only area code covering its current area was considered, but was not recommended and will not be implemented due to potential confusion. As a result, 807 is the only area code in Ontario not overlaid and still with 7-digit dialing.

Communities included

Armstrong
Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Armstrong is a community and divisional point on the Canadian National Railway in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The Whitesand First Nation's Armstrong Settlement is coterminous to this community....

(807) 583
Atikokan (807) 590, 594, 596, 597, 598
Balmertown
Balmertown, Ontario
Balmertown is a community in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The community is centred at the intersection ofDexter Road and 6th Street....

(807) 735
Barwick (807) 487
Beardmore (807) 875
Bearskin Lake (807) 363
Big Trout Lake (807) 537
Caramat (807) 872
Cat Lake (807) 347
Clearwater Bay (807) 733
Cloud Bay (807) 964
Cochenour
Cochenour, Ontario
Cochenour is a community in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The community is centred at the intersection ofWilliam Street and Mill Street....

(807) 662
Deer Lake (807) 775
Devlin (807) 486
Dorion
Dorion, Ontario
Dorion is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Thunder Bay District. The township had a population of 379 in the Canada 2006 Census. Ouimet Canyon and the Dorion Bible Camp are located in the community.-Demographics:...

(807) 857
Dryden
Dryden, Ontario
Dryden is the second-largest city in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located on Wabigoon Lake. It is the smallest community in the province of Ontario designated as a city...

(807) 212, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223
Eagle River (807) 755
Ear Falls
Ear Falls, Ontario
Ear Falls is a small settlement and township located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, on the right bank of the English River near the outlet of Lac Seul...

(807) 222
Emo
Emo, Ontario
Population trend:* Population in 2006: 1305* Population in 2001: 1331* Population in 1996: 1366* Population in 1991: 1275-Emo Walleye Classic:The Emo Walleye Classic is a two-day catch and release fishing tournament held annually in Emo, during the final week of May each year...

(807) 482
Flanders (807) 947
Fort Frances (807) 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 788
Fort Hope (807) 242
Fort Severn
Fort Severn, Ontario
Fort Severn First Nation is located on Hudson Bay and is the most northern community in Ontario, Canada.As of 2001, the population was 401, consisting of 90 families in an area of 40 square kilometres...

(807) 478
Geraldton (807) 853, 854, 855
Grassy Narrows (807) 925
Gull Bay First Nation
Gull Bay First Nation
Gull Bay First Nation or Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek is an Anishinaabe First Nation located in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately north of Thunder Bay, Ontario on Highway 527 on the south western shore of Lake Nipigon...

(807) 982
Hemlo (807) 238
Hornepayne
Hornepayne, Ontario
Hornepayne is a township of 1209 people located in the Algoma District of Ontario, Canada. The town was originally established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway's transcontinental line was built through the area. It was renamed Hornepayne in 1920 after British financier...

(807) 868
Hudson
Hudson, Kenora District, Ontario
Hudson is an unincorporated place and community in the municipality of Sioux Lookout, Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lost Lake on the English River in the Nelson River drainage basin.-History:...

(807) 582
Ignace
Ignace, Ontario
Ignace is a township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Highway 17 and Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and Kenora. It is on the shore of Agimak Lake, and, as of 2006, the population of Ignace was 1,431.The town was...

(807) 934, 936
Jellicoe (807) 879
Kaministiquia
Kaministiquia, Ontario
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....

(807) 933
Kasabonika (807) 535
Kenora (807) 219, 407, 444, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 547, 548
Kingfisher Lake (807) 532
Lac La Croix First Nation
Lac La Croix First Nation
Lac La Croix First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation located in Rainy River District in northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota border. It is approximately 200 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario...

(807) 485
Lansdowne House (807) 479
Longlac (807) 876
Macdiarmid (807) 885
Madsen
Madsen, Ontario
Madsen is a community in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The community is centred at the intersection ofMain Street and Birch Lane....

(807) 749
Manitouwadge
Manitouwadge, Ontario
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 west of Sault Ste. Marie.-History:...

(807) 826
Marathon
Marathon, Ontario
Marathon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Thunder Bay District, on the north shore of Lake Superior north of Pukaskwa National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Shield.- History :...

(807) 228, 229, 230, 231
McKenzie Island (807) 662
McKenzie Portage (807) 543
Morson (807) 488
Muskrat Dam (807) 471
Minaki
Minaki, Ontario
Minaki 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, between Wade to the west and Ena Lake at the east, and was...

(807) 224
Mine Centre (807) 599
Nakina (807) 329
Nestor Falls (807) 484
Nibinamik First Nation
Nibinamik First Nation
Nibinamik First Nation , also known as Summer Beaver Band, is a small Oji-Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario, located on the Summer Beaver Settlement that is connected to the rest of the province by its airport, and a winter/ice road that leads to the Northern Ontario Resource...

(Summer Beaver) (807) 593
Nicikousemenecaning First Nation (Bears Passage) (807) 481
Nipigon
Nipigon, Ontario
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...

(807) 880, 887, 888, 889
Ogoki (807) 349
Oxdrift (807) 937
Pass Lake (807) 977
Perrault Falls (807) 529
Pickle Lake
Pickle Lake, Ontario
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 town from the south. More northerly communities rely...

(807) 928
Pikangikum (807) 773
Poplar Hill (807) 772
Rainy River
Rainy River, Ontario
The Canadian town of Rainy River is situated on the Ontario-Minnesota border, along the Rainy River opposite Baudette, Minnesota, USA, and southeast of the Lake of the Woods...

(807) 852
Raith (807) 448
Red Rock
Red Rock, Ontario
Red Rock is a township in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located in the Thunder Bay District. The community of Red Rock is at the mouth of the Nipigon River where it drains into Nipigon Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior. The population as of 2006 is 1,063....

(807) 886
Red Lake
Red Lake, Ontario
Population trend:* Population in 2006: 4526* Population in 2001: 4233* Population total in 1996: 4778** Golden : 2248** Red Lake : 2277* Population in 1991:** Golden : 2355** Red Lake : 2268-Climate:...

(807) 726, 727, 728, 729
Redditt
Redditt, Ontario
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...

(807) 225
Sachigo Lake First Nation
Sachigo Lake First Nation
Sachigo Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nation 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, approximately north of the town of Sioux Lookout...

(807) 595
Sandy Lake (807) 771, 774, 776
Sapawe (807) 929
Savant Lake
Savant Lake, Ontario
Savant Lake is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.-Transportation:Savant Lake is on Ontario Highway 599, roughly halfway between Ignace and Pickle Lake...

(807) 584
Schreiber
Schreiber, Ontario
Schreiber is a municipal township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the northernmost point of Lake Superior along Highway 17. The town, with a population of approximately 900 people, is almost completely located inside the geographic township of Priske, with a small western portion of...

(807) 824, 825
Shebandowan
Shebandowan, Ontario
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 Thunder Bay, Unorganized in Canadian census data....

(807) 926
Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 5,336 and an elevation of 1280 ft / 390 m. Known locally as the "Hub of the North", it is serviced by the Sioux Lookout Airport, Highway 72, and the Sioux Lookout railway station...

(807) 737, 738
Sioux Narrows (807) 226, 232
Stratton (807) 483
Terrace Bay
Terrace Bay, Ontario
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...

(807) 821, 823, 825
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...

(807) 251, 252, 285, 333, 343, 344, 345, 346, 355, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 577, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 683, 684, 707, 708, 709, 766, 767, 768, 777, 935, 939, 957, 983, 999
Upsala
Upsala, Ontario
Upsala is a geographic township in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 17, 142 km west of Thunder Bay.It was named after the city of Uppsala in Sweden....

(807) 985, 986
Vermilion Bay
Vermilion Bay, Ontario
Vermilion Bay is an unincorporated community on Vermilion Bay on Eagle Lake in the township of Machin, Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on Ontario Highway 17 between the cities of Kenora to the west and Dryden to the east.-Recreation:Fishing is a popular activity for...

(807) 227
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations or more fully as the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations of One Man Lake, Swan Lake and Whitedog, is a Ojibway First Nation located 120 km northwest of Kenora, Ontario and east of the Ontario-Manitoba border of northwestern Ontario, Canada...

(White Dog) (807) 927
Wabigoon First Nation (807) 938
Weagamow First Nation (807) 469
Webequie First Nation
Webequie First Nation
Webequie First Nation is located on the northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540 km north of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Webequie is a fly-in community with no summer road access. The primary way into the community is by air to Webequie Airport or winter road, which...

(807) 353
White River
White River, Ontario
White River is a township located in Ontario, Canada, on the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 631. It was originally set up as a rail town on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885...

(807) 822
Wunnumin Lake First Nation
Wunnumin Lake First Nation
Wunnumin Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nation located 360 km northeast of Sioux Lookout in Ontario, Canada...

(807) 442

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