OTTAWA — Starting Saturday, the new area code 683 will be introduced in the regions of Ontario currently served by area codes 705 and 249.
This area includes the northeastern and central Ontario communities of Alliston, Barrie, Bracebridge, Collingwood, Huntsville, Kapuskasing, Kirkland Lake, Lindsay, Midland, North Bay, Orillia, Parry Sound, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Temiskaming Shores and Timmins.
“The introduction of the new area code is in response to the increasing demand for phone numbers in the region, ensuring residents and businesses continue to have enough numbers to meet demand well into the future,” explains a press release today from the Telecommunications Alliance, an organization that runs communications campaigns on behalf of Canada’s major telecom service providers to inform the public about the introduction of new area codes.
“The new area code will be introduced gradually starting on June 18. After this date, consumers and businesses requesting a new phone number may receive one with the new area code,” said Kelly T. Walsh, program manager of the Canadian Numbering Administrator, in the release.
Existing numbers will keep the same area code as before, and local calling areas remain the same, the release says.
Special numbers such as 211, 311, 411, 611 and 911 will still be dialled using only three digits.
“Business customers using communications systems that restrict long distance calling will need to add 683 as a local area code,” the release says.
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