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.)
In August 2022, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 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. Federal Communications Commission to adopt 988 for the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
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 Big Trout Lake: 537 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 Grassy Narrows: 925 Gull Bay First Nation: 982 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 Kingfisher Lake: 532 Lac La Croix First Nation: 485 Lansdowne House: 479 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 Sachigo Lake First Nation: 595 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 Wabaseemoong Independent Nations: (Whitedog) 927 Wabigoon First Nation: 938, 943 Weagamow First Nation: 469 Webequie First Nation: 353 White River: 297, 822 Wunnumin Lake First Nation: 442
See also List of Ontario area codes List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
References
External links CNA exchange list for area +1-807 Telecom archives