Area codes 705 and 249 are telephone area codes in the

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(NANP) for most of northeastern and

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. Area code 705 was created in a 1957 split from portions of the 613 and 519 numbering plan areas. After a reduction in geographic coverage in 1962, the region covered by this area code was assigned a second area code, 249, in an

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in 2011. A third area code, 683, was then added, effective June 2022.

History

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received two area codes, 416 and 613, in the initial configuration of the

in 1947. Area code 416, in the southern part of the province, was split in 1953 to form area code 519 in the western part of the province. In 1957, area code 705 was created from portions of the 613 and 519 numbering plan areas and served nearly all of Ontario north and west of the

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. In 1962, the resulting numbering plan area was reduced in geographic extent by splitting off a portion with

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for northwestern Ontario. Area code 705 was not close to exhaustion, but creating a new area code was thought necessary to improve routing of calls from

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and the rest of

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to northwestern Ontario. On March 19, 2011, the remaining 705 numbering plan area area was assigned a second area code, 249, with the configuration of an

. Since then, all calls have required

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. The Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium had considered "erasing" the 807-705 boundary and turning 807 into an overlay for all of northern Ontario, which would have effectively reversed the 1962 split, but did not recommend the idea for fear of potential confusion. The incumbent local exchange carriers in 705/249 are Bell Canada,

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), Eastlink, Nexicom, and some municipally-owned carriers. In February 2017, area code 683 was reserved as a third area code for the region. After further debate, it was decided to activate 683 as a third overlaid area code for this region, effective June 18, 2022.

Service area

As of 2016, the numbering plan area has the following exchanges: *

Alliston Alliston is a settlement in Simcoe County in the Canadian province of Ontario. It has been part of the Town of New Tecumseth since the 1991 amalgamation of Alliston and nearby villages of Beeton, Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth. The pri ...

(249) - 221, 501, 900 (705) - 250, 391, 415, 434, 435, 440, 502, 530, 890 * Angus See Borden-Angus below * Bala (705) - 762 *

Barrie Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe. Although physically in Simcoe County, Barrie is politically ...

(249) - 251, 288, 315, 359, 495, 498, 535, 595, 800, 877, 880, 888, 938, 989 (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, 800, 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 Bobcaygeon is a community on the Trent–Severn Waterway in the City of Kawartha Lakes, east-central Ontario, Canada. Bobcaygeon was incorporated as a village in 1876, and became known as the "Hub of the Kawarthas". Its recorded name ''bob- ...

(249) - 490, (705) - 213, 392, 731, 738 * Bonfield (705) - 776 * Borden-Angus (249) - 227, 368 (705) - 230, 423, 424, 516 * Bracebridge (249) - 218, 502, (705) - 204, 205, 394, 637, 640, 641, 644, 645, 646, 706, 708, 801, 952 *

Brechin Brechin (; gd, Breichin) is a city and former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today ...

(705) - 484, 505, 714 * Bruce Mines (705) - 785 * Burk's Falls (705) - 382 * Buckhorn (705) - 657, 659 * Callander (705) - 712, 713, 752 * Campbellford (249) - 503, (705) - 202, 395, 409, 632, 653, 661, 947 * Chapleau (705) - 600, 864, 902, 904 *

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(705) - 679 * Cochrane (705) - 271, 272, 913 * Collingwood (249) - 225, 499, (705) - 293, 351, 416, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 467, 532, 539, 606, 607, 888, 994 * Cookstown (705) - 458, 916 *

Creemore Creemore () is a former village, now part of Clearview, Ontario, Clearview Township, located in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It lies approximately north of Toronto, 40 minutes west of Barrie, and 20 minutes south of Collingwood, Ontario, Col ...

(705) - 466 * Desbarats (705) - 782 *

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

(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 Englehart (Canada 2016 Census population 1,479) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the Blanche River in the Timiskaming District. Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park is located near the town of Englehart. History The Town ...

(705) - 544 * Espanola (249) - 200, 217, 999, (705) - 480, 501, 583, 601, 862, 863, 869, 936 * Fenelon Falls (249) - 998, (705) - 215, 886, 887 *

Goulais River The Goulais River (Pronounced: goo-lee) is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which rises in the Algoma highlands and empties into Goulais Bay on eastern Lake Superior near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It is one of the largest tributaries on th ...

(705) - 649 * Gravenhurst (705) - 687, 703, 710 * Greater Sudbury (249) - 266, 269, 350, 360, 377, 431, 805, 878, 879, (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, 809, 854, 935 * Hearst (705) - 207, 208, 211, 219, 222, 280, 396, 397, 404, 419 *

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

(705) - 609, 696, 697, 922 * Havelock (705) - 778 * 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 Innisfil is a town in Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County, immediately south of Barrie and north of Toronto. It has historically been a rural area, but due to being geographically sandwiched in between ...

(705) - 290, 291, 294, 431, 436, 456, 458, 615, (905) - 775, 778 * Iroquois Falls (705) - 232, 258 * Iron Bridge (705) - 509, 843 *

Johnson Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a ...

- See Desbarats * 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 (249) - 332, (705) - 212, 307, 308, 320, 324, 328, 340, 341, 344, 464, 701, 702, 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'' * McKellar (705) - 389 * Midland (249) - 301 492, (705) - 209, 245, 427, 433, 526, 527, 528, 529, 540, 543, 937, 956 * Millbrook (705) - 932 * Moose Factory (705) - 658 * Moosonee (705) - 336, 912 * Nephton (705) - 877 * North Bay (249) - 328, 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 * Norwood (705) - 639 * Orillia (249) - 385, (705) - 238, 242, 259, 298, 323, 325, 326, 327, 329, 330, 345, 350, 413, 418, 558, 619, 826, 907, 955 * Oro-Medonte (705) - 487, 835 * Parry Sound (249) - 219, 701, 988, (705) - 203, 346, 378, 746, 751, 771, 773, 774, 901, 938, 996 * Pefferlaw (249) -204, (705) - 318, 437, 513 *

Penetanguishene Penetanguishene , sometimes shortened to Penetang, is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual (French and English) community has a populati ...

(705) - 549, 614 *

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

(249) - 357, 494, (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, 933, 939, 940, 944, 954, 957, 974, 977, 979, 991 * Port Carling (705) - 765 *Port Loring/Loring (705) -757 * Port McNicoll/

Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental in ...

(705) - 534 *

Powassan Powassan is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located near North Bay. Powassan is located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, at its easternmost boundary with the Nipissing District. The municipality inc ...

(705) - 724 *Restoule (705) - 729 * Rosseau (249) - 222, (705) - 732 * Sables-Spanish Rivers (Massey) (705) - 865 * Sault Ste. Marie (249) - 252, 356, 493, 525, 889, (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 The Severn Bridge ( cy, Pont Hafren) is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the River Severn between South Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in South East Wales. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and Wale ...

(705) - 689 *

Smooth Rock Falls Smooth Rock Falls is an incorporated town in the Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 1,330 at the 2016 census. Geography and transportation The town lies on the Mattagami River and on Highway 11. The next fu ...

(705) - 314, 338 * South River (705) - 386 *

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(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 *

Temagami Temagami, formerly spelled as Timagami, is a municipality in northeastern Ontario, Canada, in the Nipissing District with Lake Temagami at its heart. The Temagami region is known as ''n'Daki Menan'', the homeland of the area's First Nations c ...

(705) - 569 *

Temiskaming Shores Temiskaming Shores is a city in the Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It was created by the amalgamation of the town of New Liskeard, the town of Haileybury, and the township of Dymond in 2004. The city had a total population ...

(249) - 991, (705) - 407, 425, 469, 570, 572, 622, 628, 629, 630, 631, 647, 648, 672, 680, 948 *

Thessalon Thessalon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located at the junction of Highway 17 and Highway 129 on the north shore of Lake Huron. It is surrounded by, but not part of, the municipality of Huron Shores, and is part of Algoma Di ...

(705) - 842 *

Timmins Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 (2021). The city's economy is based on natural resource ext ...

(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 * Trout Creek (705) - 723 * Udora (249) -205, (705) - 228, 317 * Wasaga Beach (705) - 352, 422, 429, 617 * Wawa (249) - 268, (705) - 414, 804, 856, 914 *Premium calls: 1+(249/705)-976.

References

External links

CNA Exchange Codes list for 705
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