Area code 705

Area code 705 holds 770 in-service central-office prefixes in the CNAC register, covering roughly 7,700,000 telephone numbers. They are split between 28 carriers and 203 rate centres. The largest is Barrie. Recorded assignments run from October 14, 1999 to February 13, 2023. That ranks it 22 of 55 Canadian area codes by prefix count.

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In numbers

In-service prefixes: 770
Telephone numbers covered: 7,700,000
Carriers: 28
Rate centres: 203
Provinces and territories: 1
First assignment: October 14, 1999
Most recent assignment: February 13, 2023

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 270 prefixes, 35.1% of the total, ahead of 27 other carriers.

Carrier	Prefixes	Share	First assigned
Bell Canada	270	35.1 %	1999
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless)	60	7.8 %	1999
Bell Mobility	59	7.7 %	1999
Bragg Communications Inc.	50	6.5 %	2008
TELUS Mobility	44	5.7 %	2000
Northern Telephone Ltd.	39	5.1 %	2008
Fibernetics Corporation	35	4.5 %	2007
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable)	26	3.4 %	2004
Iristel Inc.	24	3.1 %	2007
TELUS Integrated Communications	23	3.0 %	2006
Comwave Networks	21	2.7 %	2013
ExaTEL Inc.	19	2.5 %	2001
Nexicom Telecommunications Inc	16	2.1 %	2006
Fido Solutions Inc.	13	1.7 %	2006
Bell Aliant, a division of Bell Canada	12	1.6 %	2012
Zayo Canada Inc.	12	1.6 %	2006
Distributel	8	1.0 %	2009
ISP Telecom Inc.	7	0.9 %	2006
Ontera, a division of Bell Canada	6	0.8 %	—
NorthernTel Limited Partnership	5	0.6 %	2013
Persona Communications Inc.	4	0.5 %	—
Videotron Ltd.	4	0.5 %	2010
InnSysVoice Corp	3	0.4 %	2015
Shaw Telecom Inc.	3	0.4 %	2007
CochraneTel	2	0.3 %	2003
IXICA Communications Inc.	2	0.3 %	2020
Nexicom Telecommunications Inc.	2	0.3 %	—
Nexicom Telephones Inc.	1	0.1 %	—

Where these numbers land

Prefixes in 705 serve 203 rate centres. A rate centre is the billing area a prefix is attached to, not where the handset is.

Rate centre	Province	Prefixes	Carriers
Barrie	ON	71	17
Sudbury	ON	50	14
Peterborough	ON	42	14
Sault Ste. Marie	ON	33	11
North Bay	ON	32	12
Lindsay	ON	20	11
Timmins	ON	20	9
Orillia	ON	19	10
Collingwood	ON	15	9
Huntsville	ON	14	9
Bracebridge	ON	13	7
Midland	ON	12	7
Alliston	ON	10	8
Parry Sound	ON	10	8
Espanola	ON	8	7
Kapuskasing	ON	8	6
Campbellford	ON	7	6
Kirkland Lake	ON	7	6
New Liskeard	ON	7	6
Blezard Valley	ON	6	6
Chapleau	ON	6	5
Elliot Lake	ON	6	5
Garson	ON	6	5
Gravenhurst	ON	6	4
Lively	ON	6	6
Wawa	ON	6	5
Azilda	ON	5	5
Borden-Angus	ON	5	3
Capreol	ON	5	5
Chelmsford	ON	5	5
Coniston	ON	5	5
Haliburton	ON	5	4
Hanmer	ON	5	5
Little Current	ON	5	5
Algoma Mills	ON	4	4
Bobcaygeon	ON	4	3
Haileybury	ON	4	4
Hastings	ON	4	4
Hearst	ON	4	3
Levack	ON	4	4
Mattawa	ON	4	2
Omemee	ON	4	4
South Porcupine	ON	4	4
Stroud	ON	4	3
Sturgeon Falls	ON	4	4
Wasaga Beach	ON	4	3
Beaverton	ON	3	3
Bethany	ON	3	3
Brechin	ON	3	3
Bridgenorth	ON	3	3
Buckhorn	ON	3	3
Cannington	ON	3	3
Cobalt	ON	3	3
Cochrane	ON	3	2
Cookstown	ON	3	3
Englehart	ON	3	3
Fenelon Falls	ON	3	3
Gogama	ON	3	3
Gore Bay	ON	3	3
Havelock	ON	3	3
Massey	ON	3	3
Moonstone	ON	3	2
Norwood	ON	3	3
Pefferlaw	ON	3	3
Penetanguishene	ON	3	3
Stayner	ON	3	3
Sunderland	ON	3	3
Whitefish	ON	3	3
Apsley	ON	2	2
Bailieboro	ON	2	2
Blind River	ON	2	2
Bluewater	ON	2	2
Burleigh Falls	ON	2	2
Callander	ON	2	2
Coboconk	ON	2	2
Creemore	ON	2	2
Elmvale	ON	2	2
Fauquier	ON	2	2
Goulais	ON	2	2
Honey Harbour	ON	2	2

How the allocation was built up

Period	Prefixes	Carriers
1995–1999	5	3
2000–2004	64	7
2005–2009	224	17
2010–2014	132	17
2015–2019	15	7
2020–2024	4	3

326 undated in the register.

Overlay area codes

705 shares its rate centres with 249, 683, 204, 236, 250, 403, 431, 587, 782, 825, 902. Overlay codes cover the same ground, which is why ten-digit dialling is required: two neighbours on one street can hold different area codes.

Allocated prefixes

Showing 283 of 770 prefixes, largest rate centres first.

Barrie, ON

705-220 · 705-229 · 705-241 · 705-252 · 705-279 · 705-300 · 705-302 · 705-305 · 705-309 · 705-315

Sudbury, ON

705-207 · 705-222 · 705-280 · 705-404 · 705-419 · 705-449 · 705-470 · 705-479 · 705-507 · 705-521

Peterborough, ON

705-201 · 705-243 · 705-270 · 705-304 · 705-312 · 705-313 · 705-400 · 705-403 · 705-486 · 705-536

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

705-206 · 705-251 · 705-253 · 705-254 · 705-255 · 705-256 · 705-257 · 705-260 · 705-297 · 705-420

North Bay, ON

705-223 · 705-303 · 705-316 · 705-358 · 705-402 · 705-471 · 705-472 · 705-474 · 705-475 · 705-476

Lindsay, ON

705-212 · 705-289 · 705-307 · 705-308 · 705-320 · 705-324 · 705-328 · 705-340 · 705-341 · 705-344

Timmins, ON

705-221 · 705-225 · 705-262 · 705-264 · 705-265 · 705-266 · 705-267 · 705-268 · 705-269 · 705-274

Orillia, ON

705-238 · 705-242 · 705-259 · 705-298 · 705-323 · 705-325 · 705-326 · 705-327 · 705-329 · 705-330

Collingwood, ON

705-293 · 705-351 · 705-416 · 705-441 · 705-443 · 705-444 · 705-445 · 705-446 · 705-467 · 705-532

Huntsville, ON

705-224 · 705-349 · 705-380 · 705-388 · 705-535 · 705-571 · 705-704 · 705-783 · 705-784 · 705-787

Bracebridge, ON

705-204 · 705-205 · 705-394 · 705-637 · 705-640 · 705-641 · 705-644 · 705-645 · 705-646 · 705-706

Midland, ON

705-209 · 705-245 · 705-427 · 705-433 · 705-526 · 705-527 · 705-528 · 705-529 · 705-540 · 705-543

Alliston, ON

705-250 · 705-391 · 705-415 · 705-434 · 705-435 · 705-440 · 705-502 · 705-530 · 705-890 · 705-900

Parry Sound, ON

705-203 · 705-346 · 705-746 · 705-751 · 705-771 · 705-773 · 705-774 · 705-901 · 705-938 · 705-996

Espanola, ON

705-480 · 705-501 · 705-583 · 705-601 · 705-862 · 705-863 · 705-869 · 705-936

Kapuskasing, ON

705-319 · 705-332 · 705-335 · 705-337 · 705-347 · 705-371 · 705-557 · 705-577

Campbellford, ON

705-202 · 705-395 · 705-409 · 705-632 · 705-653 · 705-661 · 705-947

Kirkland Lake, ON

705-462 · 705-567 · 705-568 · 705-570 · 705-572 · 705-668 · 705-962

New Liskeard, ON

705-425 · 705-622 · 705-628 · 705-647 · 705-648 · 705-650 · 705-948

Blezard Valley, ON

705-442 · 705-485 · 705-547 · 705-588 · 705-823 · 705-897

Chapleau, ON

705-600 · 705-860 · 705-864 · 705-870 · 705-902 · 705-904

Elliot Lake, ON

705-261 · 705-461 · 705-578 · 705-827 · 705-847 · 705-848

Garson, ON

705-459 · 705-550 · 705-592 · 705-693 · 705-699 · 705-830

Gravenhurst, ON

705-468 · 705-681 · 705-684 · 705-687 · 705-703 · 705-710

Lively, ON

705-379 · 705-483 · 705-556 · 705-596 · 705-692 · 705-836

Wawa, ON

705-414 · 705-804 · 705-850 · 705-852 · 705-856 · 705-914

Azilda, ON

705-512 · 705-553 · 705-587 · 705-820 · 705-983

Borden-Angus, ON

705-230 · 705-410 · 705-423 · 705-424 · 705-516

Capreol, ON

705-244 · 705-397 · 705-589 · 705-824 · 705-858

Chelmsford, ON

705-421 · 705-552 · 705-590 · 705-815 · 705-855

Coniston, ON

705-396 · 705-453 · 705-591 · 705-694 · 705-829

Haliburton, ON

705-306 · 705-455 · 705-457 · 705-809 · 705-935

Hanmer, ON

705-451 · 705-551 · 705-593 · 705-831 · 705-969

Little Current, ON

705-368 · 705-370 · 705-398 · 705-603 · 705-968

Algoma Mills, ON

705-208 · 705-227 · 705-573 · 705-849

Bobcaygeon, ON

705-213 · 705-392 · 705-731 · 705-738

Haileybury, ON

705-407 · 705-630 · 705-672 · 705-680

Hastings, ON

705-609 · 705-696 · 705-697 · 705-922

Hearst, ON

705-362 · 705-372 · 705-373 · 705-960

Levack, ON

705-554 · 705-595 · 705-832 · 705-966

Allocation source: Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC), the registry that records which carrier a central-office code was originally issued to. An allocation says who was issued the prefix, not who serves the number today: numbers can be ported between carriers, and caller ID can be spoofed outright.