Area code 807 is a telephone area code in the Canadian province of Ontario, encompassing the Northwestern Ontario region. The 807 Area Code was created in early 1962 when this region of Ontario split from area code 705. The main reason for the split was not the exhaustion 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, Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Marathon, and Greenstone. The area is split between the Central and Eastern time zones.
The incumbent local exchange carriers in 807 are Tbaytel, Bell Canada and Bell Aliant's Dryden Municipal Telephone Service.
807 is one of the least populated area codes in Canada. It is less than 40% used, and CNAC estimates that it will not be exhausted for many decades. In the early 21st century, as 705 neared exhaustion, CNAC briefly considered "erasing" the 807-705 boundary and turning 807 into an overlay for all of Ontario north and west of the Golden Horseshoe. However, because of the potential for confusion, this solution was ultimately not implemented. As a result, 807 is the only area code in Ontario without an overlay, and hence the only one still with 7-digit dialling. Other Canadian area codes modelling this are 506, 709 and 867. Although Northwestern Ontario should not need an additional area code for the foreseeable future, it is still possible that 10-digit dialing may be implemented in the area in the near future.
Armstrong (807) 583
Atikokan (807) 324, 590, 594, 596, 597, 598, 770
Balmertown - See Red Lake
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 (807) 662
Deer Lake (807) 775
Devlin (807) 486
Dorion (807) 857
Dryden (807) 212, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 323, 995
Eagle River (807) 755
Ear Falls (807) 222
Emo (807) 482
Flanders (807) 947
Fort Frances (807) 270, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 788, 789, 861, 994
Fort Hope (807) 242
Fort Severn (807) 478
Geraldton (807) 790, 853, 854, 855, 863
Grassy Narrows (807) 925
Gull Bay First Nation (807) 982
Hemlo (807) 238
Hornepayne (807) 379, 868
Hudson (807) 582
Ignace (807) 747, 934, 936
Jellicoe (807) 879
Kaministiquia (807) 933
Kasabonika (807) 535
Kenora (807) 219, 407, 444, 456, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 547, 548
Kingfisher Lake (807) 532
Lac La Croix First Nation (807) 485
Lansdowne House (807) 479
Longlac (807) 876
Macdiarmid (807) 885
Madsen - See Red Lake
Manitouwadge (807) 378 826
Marathon (807) 228, 229, 230, 231, 371, 787
McKenzie Island - See Red Lake
McKenzie Portage (807) 543
Morson (807) 488
Muskrat Dam (807) 471
Minaki (807) 224
Mine Centre (807) 599
Nakina (807) 329
Nestor Falls (807) 484
Nibinamik First Nation (Summer Beaver) (807) 593
Nicikousemenecaning First Nation (Bears Passage) (807) 481
Nipigon (807) 372, 880, 887, 888, 889
Ogoki (807) 349
Oxdrift (807) 937
Pass Lake (807) 977
Perrault Falls (807) 529
Pickle Lake (807) 928
Pikangikum (807) 773
Poplar Hill (807) 772
Rainy River (807) 275, 276, 360, 852
Raith (807) 448
Red Rock (807) 886
Red Lake (807) 726, 727, 728, 729, 735, 749
Redditt (807) 225
Sachigo Lake First Nation (807) 595
Sandy Lake (807) 771, 774, 776
Sapawe (807) 929
Savant Lake (807) 584
Schreiber (807) 373, 824, 825
Shebandowan (807) 926
Sioux Lookout (807) 214, 374, 737, 738
Sioux Narrows (807) 226, 232
Starratt Olsen - See Red Lake
Stratton (807) 483
Terrace Bay (807) 375, 821, 823, 825
Thunder Bay (807) 251, 252, 285, 286, 333, 343, 344, 345, 346, 355, 356, 357, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 577, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 683, 684, 700, 701, 707, 708, 709, 766, 767, 768, 777, 867, 935, 939, 957, 983, 999
Upsala (807) 985, 986
Vermilion Bay (807) 227
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations (White Dog) (807) 927
Wabigoon First Nation (807) 938 943
Weagamow First Nation (807) 469
Webequie First Nation (807) 353
White River (807) 822
Wunnumin Lake First Nation (807) 442
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