<P> Coordinates: 50 ° N 90 ° W ﻿ / ﻿ 50 ° N 90 ° W ﻿ / 50; - 90 </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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