Area code 519/226

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Area code 519 is an area code that covers almost all of southwestern Ontario and was introduced in 1953; portions of area code 416 and area code 613 were combined to form the new code area. In turn, in 1957, parts of 519 and 613 formed 705. It is bounded by area code 905 in the east except for Simcoe County which is bordered by area code 705 in the northeast. It was overlaid with the new area code 226 on October 21, 2006, at which time ten-digit dialing became mandatory. Area code 226 is Canada's 25th geographical area code (not including area code 600).

The incumbent local exchange carriers in 519/226 are Bell Canada, Amtelecom and several independent companies that cover vast tracts of rural Ontario.

1 History
2 Dialing areas
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The 226 area code was first proposed as a result of an NPA exhaustion study performed in the 1990s. The issue was raised with the CRTC by telecommunications firms and SAIC Canada, and in 1992 a relief plan was approved (Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-25). Although it primarily accepted the industry proposal, the CRTC required a permissive dialling period of four months, with consistent network announcements to consumers, instead of the proposed two month period. On 15 April 2003, the committee recommended delaying the introduction of the 226 area code from 19 February 2005 to 21 October 2006, primarily as a result of updated forecasts of the 519 NPA exhaustion projections.

Area code 519 covers a wide area (over 250 km) with no one city controlling a majority of the available numbers. In theory, therefore, the 226 overlay area code could have been introduced and fully utilised without breaking seven-digit dialing in any of the NPA519 communities. This would however have required exchange numbers to be issued in a specific pattern where (for instance) if 519-999-9999 were a Windsor number, the same number in the new area code, 226-999-9999, be issued in London, Guelph or some other community which is not and will not become a local call to any point in the Windsor area.

[edit] Dialing areas

Acton (519)-853, 929
Alvinston (519)-898
Amherstburg (519)-713 730 736
Arkona (519)-828
Arthur (519)-848
Aylmer (519)-765 773 779
Baden (519)-214 634
Belle River (519)-715 728
Blenheim (519)-676
Brantford (226)-388, (519)-209 304 309 512 516 717 720 732 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 761 770 771 774 802 805 861 865
Breslau (519)-213 648
Caledon (519)-316 927
Cambridge (226)-201, (519)-201 212 219 220 221 222 223 224 230 231 239 240 241 242 244 248 249 260 267 277 618 620 621 622 623 624 629 650 651 653 654 658 716 740 841 947
Chatham (519)-350 351 352 354 355 358 359 360 365 380 388 397 401 436 437 480 598 784 809 917
Chatsworth (519) -794
Chesley (519) -363
Clinton (519)-233 482 606 607
Comber (519)-839
Corunna (519)-481 813 862
Courtright (519)-431 867
Delhi (519)-582
Dorchester (519)-202 268 499
Dublin (519)-345
Dundalk (519)-923
Dungannon (519)-529
Elmira (519)-210 669
Elora (519)-413 846
Erin (519)-315 833
Essex (519)-776 961
Exeter (519)-235 297
Fergus (519)-407 787 843
Flesherton (519)-924
Forest '(519)-786
Glencoe (519)-287
Goderich (226)-222, (519)-440 441 524 525 605 612 891 955
Grand Bend (519)-238
Guelph (519)-265 341 362 400 515 546 553 710 731 760 763 766 767 780 803 820 821 822 823 824 826 827 829 830 831 835 836 837 838 840 993 994
Harrow (519)-738
Hepworth (519)-935
Hillsburgh (519)-308 855
Ingersoll (519)-303 425 485
Kerwood (519)-247
Kincardine (519)-396
Kingsville (519)-712 733
Kitchener-Waterloo (226)'-338 747, (519)-208 279 340 342 404 465 489 496 497 498 500 501 502 503 504 505 513 514 554 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 584 585 588 589 590 591 593 594 597 616 635 707 721 722 725 729 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 772 778 781 783 804 807 880 883 884 885 886 888 893 894 895 896 897 954 957 998
LaSalle (519)-734 970 978
Leamington (226)-202, (519)-322 324 325 326 329 398 613
Lion's Head (519)-793
Listowel (226)-622, (519)-291 292 418 444 492 815
London (226)-448, (519)-200, 203, 204, 266, 280, 281, 282, 286, 317, 318, 319, 430, 432, 433, 434, 435, 438, 439, 451, 452, 453, 455, 457, 471, 472, 473, 474, 476, 488, 494, 495, 518, 520, 521, 552, 601, 614, 615, 617, 619, 630, 636, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 645, 646, 649, 652, 657, 659, 660, 661, 663, 667, 668, 670, 671, 672, 673, 675, 679, 680, 681, 685, 686, 690, 691, 694, 697, 701, 702, 709, 719, 777, 789, 808, 850, 851, 852, 854, 857, 858, 859, 860, 868, 870, 871, 872, 873, 878, 902, 907, 913, 930, 931, 932, 933, 936, 937, 951, 953, 963, 964
Lucan (519)-227
Lucknow (519)-528, 812
Markdale (519)-986
Meaford (519)-538
Merlin (519)-689
Mildmay (519)-367
Milverton (519)-595
Mitchell (519)-348
Monkton (519)-347
Mount Brydges (519)-264 559
Mount Forest (519)-261 313 314 321 323 509 604
Newbury (519)-693]
New Hamburg (519)-662
Oil Springs (519)-834
Orangeville (226) -200 (519)-215 216 217 278 288 307 415 806 938 939 940 941 942 943
Owen Sound (226)-668, (519)-270 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 387 416 447 470 477
Paris (519)-302 442
Parkhill (519)-294 459
Petrolia (519)-882
Port Elgin (519)-385 386 389 706 708 832
Port Stanley (519)-782
Ridgetown (519)-674
Ripley (519)-395
Sarnia (519)-312 328 330 331 332 333 336 337 339 344 346 381 383 384 402 464 466 479 490 491 541 542 704 918 Brights Grove - 869 908
Sauble Beach (519)-422
Seaforth (519)-522 527
Sebringville (519)-393
Shelburne (519)-306 925
Simcoe (519)-410, 420, 426, 427, 428, 429, 718, 919
Stratford (226)-999 (519)-271 272 273 274 275 276 301 305 508 703 801 814 949
St. Clements (519)-218 699
St. Jacobs (519)-206 664
St. Marys (519)-284
St. Thomas (519)-207 631 633 637
Strathroy (519)-205 245 246 299
Southampton (519)-483 797
Tara (519)-934
Tavistock (519)-412 655
Tecumseh (519)-478 735 739 956
Teeswater (519)-392
Thamesford (519)-285 295
Thamesville (519)-692
Thornbury (519)-599
Tilbury (519)-682
Tillsonburg (226)-231, (519)-407 550 688 842 983
Tiverton (519)-361 368
Tobermory (519)-596
Wallaceburg (519)-626 627 628
Walkerton (519)-507 540 881 889 901
Waterford (519)-443
Watford (519)-849 876
Wellesley (519)-656
Wiarton (519)-534
Windsor (226)-788 (519)-250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 419, 551, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 790, 791, 792, 796, 816, 817, 818, 819, 890, 903, 919, 944, 945, 946, 948, 960, 962, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 971, 972, 973, 974, 977, 979, 980, 981, 982, 984, 985, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 995, 996, 997, 999
Wingham (519)-357 450 530 531 912
Woodstock (226)-888, (519)-290, 320, 421, 456, 469, 532, 533, 535, 536, 537, 539, 606, 708
Wyoming (519)-845

[edit] See also

List of North American area codes

[edit] External links

Province of Ontario area codes: 226, 289, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905
	North: 705
West: 313, 586, 734, 810, 989	Area code 226/519	East: 705, 905/289
	South: 216, 419/567, 440, 814
State of Michigan area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989
State of Ohio area codes: 216, 234, 419, 440, 567, 330, 513, 614, 740, 937
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Area Codes: 215, 267, 412, 484, 570, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878