Area codes 613, 343, and 753
Area codes 613, 343, and 753 are telephone
History
Area code 613 was originally assigned to a numbering plan area that included all of Ontario with the exception of the
Ottawa and its twin city in
While there are fewer than two million people in the geographic area served by 613, the bulk of that population lives in the Ottawa area. To preserve seven-digit dialling between Ottawa and Hull, an
By the turn of the century, both 613 and 819 were close to exhaustion due to Canada's inefficient number allocation system. Every
Since Canada does not use
Ten-digit dialling in 613 and 819 became mandatory on October 21, 2006. Intraprovincial calls from rate centres with no local calling beyond a small fragment of their own area code were returning intercept messages if dialled as seven digits. Exchange protection in the National Capital Region was ended, except for the "dual dialability" scheme for government numbers on both sides of the river.[1] This situation could have been avoided had some 1-613 versions of seven-digit Ottawa-Hull numbers been assigned to areas a safe distance from the National Capital Region years earlier.
Within two years, it became apparent that a new area code was necessary due to the continued number allocation problem – an issue exacerbated by the proliferation of cell phones and pagers. A geographic split was quickly ruled out. Local telephone companies did not want the expense and burden of changing existing customers' numbers, which would have required en masse reprogramming of cell phones. As a result,
Area code 343, an overlay proposed in 2007,[2] and approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on September 10, 2008,[3] was activated for the region on May 17, 2010,[4] several years earlier than originally anticipated.[5]
On 10 November 2021, the Canadian Numbering Administrator approved an additional
Carriers
The main incumbent local exchange carrier in area code 613 is
Also served by area code 613 and Bell Canada is Saint-Régis, Quebec. The exchange covers the Mohawk nation territory of Akwesasne, which straddles the Ontario–Québec–New York border. Calls from Saint-Régis to Fort Covington, New York, are local although they cross an international border.[13]
In the west,
Communities and central office codes
- Adolphustown (Greater Napanee) – (613): 373
- Addington Highlands (township): see Denbigh, Northbrook
- Alexandria(North Glengarry) – (343): 432 474, (613): 525, 642
- For the municipality "Alfred and Plantagenet", see Alfred and Plantagenet
- Alfred(Alfred and Plantagenet) – (343): 371, 691, 789, (613): 605, 679, 708
- Almonte – (343): 372, 760, (613): 256, 461
- Arden(Central Frontenac) – (343): 268, (613): 335
- Arnprior – (343): 373, 761, (613): 622, 623, 626
- Athens – (613): 924, 927
- Avonmore(North Stormont) – (343): 433, (613): 346
- Bancroft – (343): 269, 357, 401, 476, 943, (613): 202, 303, 318, 332, 334, 412, 442, 553, 630
- Barry's Bay – (343): 241, (613): 756
- Bath(Loyalist Township) – (613): 351, 352, 881
- Beachburg(Whitewater Region) – (613): 582
- For the municipality of Belleville, see Belleville and Thurlow (former township now in the city)
- Belleville – (343): 261, 263, 270, 355, 362, 367, 600, 645, 889, (613): 210, 242, 243, 391, 403, 438, 480, 554, 661, 689, 707, 743, 771, 779, 813, 827, 847, 848, 849, 885, 902, 919, 920, 921, 922, 961, 962, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970
- Bloomfield(Prince Edward County) – (613): 393
- Bourget – (343): 374, 762, (613): 426, 487, 603
- Brighton – (343): 271, (613): 439, 475, 481, 814
- Brockville – (343): 225, 264, 300, 320, 327, 480, (613): 213, 246, 340, 341, 342, 345, 349, 423, 498, 499, 556, 640, 704, 802, 803, 865
- Calabogie(Greater Madawaska) – (613): 752
- Cardiff (Highlands East) – (613): 338
- Cardinal(Edwardsburgh/Cardinal) – (613): 655, 657, 671
- Carleton Place – (343): 213, 285, 375, 503, 763, (613): 250, 251, 253, 257, 418, 434, 451, 452, 456, 492, 508, 621, 964
- Carp – (343): 376, 764, (613): 470, 839
- Casselman – (343): 377, 765, (613): 427, 764
- Central Frontenac (township): see Arden, Parham
- Chalk River – (613): 589
- Chesterville (North Dundas) – (343): 378, 766, (613): 436, 448
- For the city "Clarence-Rockland", see Clarence Creek and Rockland
- Clarence Creek(Clarence-Rockland) – (343): 379, 767, (613): 420, 488
- Cobden – (613): 646, 647
- Coe Hill(Wollaston) – (613): 337
- Constance Bay (Ottawa) – (343): 380, 768, (613): 578, 832
- Cornwall – (343): 288, 301, 330, 356, 370, 431, 444, 475, 585, 885, (613): 209, 330, 360, 361, 362, 363, 505, 551, 571, 577, 662, 703, 861, 870, 930, 931, 932, 933, 935, 936, 937, 938
- Crysler(North Stormont) – (343): 381, (613): 987
- Cumberland – (343): 382, 769, (613): 467, 517, 573, 833, 892
- Deep River – (613): 584
- Delta – (613): 616, 928
- Denbigh(Addington Highlands) – (613): 333
- Deseronto – (343): 265, (613): 309, 396
- Douglas(Admaston/Bromley) – (613): 649
- East Hawkesbury (township): see St. Eugene
- Edwardsburgh/Cardinal (township): see Cardinal, Spencerville
- Eganville – (613): 628
- Elgin(Rideau Lakes) – (613): 359
- Embrun – (343): 383, 770, (613): 370, 443, 557
- Enterprise(Stone Mills) – (613): 358
- Finch(North Stormont) – (343): 434, (613): 984
- Foymount – (613): 754
- Frankford(Quinte West) – (613): 398, 486
- For the municipality of Frontenac Islands, see Wolfe Island, Kingston
- Gananoque – (343): 479, (613): 381, 382, 463, 718, 815
- Gilmour(Tudor and Cashel) – (613): 474
- Glen Robertson(North Glengarry) – (343): 435, (613): 874
- Gloucester (Ottawa) – (343): 384, 771, (613): 425, 455, 502, 822
- Golden Lake(North Algona Wilberforce) – (613): 625
- For Greater Madawaska (township), see Calabogie
- For the municipality "Greater Napanee", see Adolphustown, Napanee, Selby
- Harrowsmith – (613): 372
- Hawkesbury – (343): 500, (613): 306, 307, 632, 636
- Ingleside(South Stormont) – (343): 436, (613): 522, 537
- Inverary (South Frontenac) – (613): 353, 653
- Iroquois(South Dundas) – (343): 437, (613): 652, 669
- Jockvale(Ottawa) – (343): 212, 303, 385, 772, (613): 440, 459, 512, 823, 825, 843
- Kanata–Stittsville (Ottawa) – (343): 359 386 667 690, 773, (613): 254, 270, 271, 280, 287, 383, 435, 457, 509, 519, 576, 591, 592, 595, 599, 609, 663, 801, 831, 836, 886, 895, 963, 974, 977
- Kemptville (North Grenville) – (343): 387, 774, (613): 215, 258, 713
- Killaloe – (613): 757
- Kingston – (343): 266, 290, 302, 333, 344, 358, 363, 364, 422, 477, 884, 989, (613): 214, 217, 305, 328, 329, 331, 344, 384, 389, 417, 449, 453, 483, 484, 507, 514, 530, 531, 532, 533, 536, 539, 540, 541, 542, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 561, 572, 583, 634, 650, 766, 767, 770, 776, 777, 817, 840, 856, 876, 877, 887, 888, 893, 900, 929, 985
- L'Orignal(Champlain Township) – (343): 438, (613): 675
- Lanark Highlands (township), see Lanark, McDonalds Corners
- Lanark – (613): 259
- Lancaster(South Glengarry) – (343): 439, (613): 313, 347
- Lansdowne(Leeds and the Thousand Islands) – (613): 659
- Leeds and the Thousand Islands (township): see Lansdowne, Mallorytown, Seeleys Bay
- Long Sault(South Stormont) – (343): 440, (613): 534, 550
- Loyalist Township, see Bath and Odessa
- Maberly(Tay Valley) – (613): 268
- Madoc – (343): 472, (613): 473, 666
- Maitland– (613): 320, 348, 664
- Mallorytown– (613): 923, 973
- Manotick (Ottawa) – (343): 214, 388, 775, (613): 491, 692, 908
- Marmora – (613): 472, 644
- Martintown(South Glengarry) – (343): 441, (613): 528
- Maxville(North Glengarry) – (343): 442, (613): 527
- Maynooth(Hastings Highlands) – (613): 338
- McDonalds Corners(Lanark Highlands) – (613): 278
- Merrickville(Merrickville-Wolford) – (343) 340 389, (613): 269
- Metcalfe (Ottawa) – (343) 390, 776, (613): 574, 821
- Mississippi Mills (township): see Pakenham
- Moose Creek(North Stormont) – (613): 538
- Morrisburg – (343): 443, (613): 543, 643
- Napanee(Greater Napanee) – (343): 267, 478, (613): 308, 354, 409, 462
- Navan (Ottawa) – (343) 391, 778, (613): 429, 835
- Newburgh(Stone Mills) – (613): 378
- North Algona Wilberforce: see Golden Lake
- North Augusta – (613): 665, 926
- North Dundas (township): see Chesterville, South Mountain and Winchester
- North Glengarry (township): see Alexandria, Glen Robertson, Maxville
- North Gower (Ottawa) – (343): 392, 779, (613): 489, 493
- North Stormont (township): see Avonmore, Crysler, Finch, Moose Creek
- Northbrook(Addington Highlands) – (343): 272, 336
- Odessa(Loyalist Township) – (613): 386, 896
- Orleans (Ottawa) – (343): 221, 393, 780, (613): 424, 458, 510, 590, 824, 830, 834, 837, 841, 845
- Osgoode (Ottawa) – (343): 394, 467, 781, 955 (613): 465, 469, 516, 826, (753): 200
- In Ontario, the Ottawa–Hull exchange covers the pre-2001 city of Ottawa, from Nepean to Vanier only. For the municipality of Ottawa, see Ottawa–Hull, Constance Bay, Gloucester, Jockvale, Kanata, Manotick, Metcalfe, Navan, North Gower, Orléans, Osgoode.
- Ottawa–Hull city centre – (343): 200, 201, 203, 244, 262, 291, 292, 360, 488, 540, 541, 542, 666, 688, 689, 700, 777, 882, 883, 887, 888, 925, 988, 998, 999, (613): 203, 204, 212, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 252, 255, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 274, 276, 277, 282, 286, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 302, 304, 314, 315, 316, 317, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 350, 355, 356, 357, 364, 366, 368, 369, 371, 380, 400, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 410, 413, 415, 416, 421, 422, 437, 447, 454, 462. 482, 500, 501, 513, 514, 515, 518, 520, 521, 523, 526, 552, 558, 560, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 569, 580, 581, 593, 594, 596, 597, 598, 600, 601, 604, 606, 607, 608, 612, 614, 615, 617, 618, 619, 620, 627, 656, 660, 667, 668, 670, 680, 683, 686, 688, 690, 691, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 709, 710, 712, 714, 715, 716, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733, 734, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 755, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 765, 768, 769, 773, 778, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 816, 818, 820, 828, 829, 842, 844, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 857, 858, 859, 860, 862, 863, 864, 866, 867, 868, 869, 875, 878, 880, 882, 883, 884, 889, 890, 891, 894, 897, 898, 899, 901, 903, 904, 907, 909, 910, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 934, 940, 941, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 951, 952, 953, 954, 956, 957, 960, 971, 978, 979, 981, 983, 986, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 934p, 939p, 953p, 956p, 994p, 997p
- Pakenham(Mississippi Mills) – (343): 395, (613): 624
- Palmer Rapids(Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan) – (613): 758
- Parham (Central Frontenac) – (613): 375
- Pembroke independent – (613): 638
- Pembroke – (343): 369, 430, 544, (613): 281, 312, 401, 504, 559, 585, 602, 629, 631, 633, 635, 639, 717, 732, 735, 775
- Perth – (343): 341, 400, 402, (613): 200, 201, 264, 267, 300, 326, 390, 464, 466, 714, 772, 812
- Petawawa – (613): 506, 588, 685, 687
- Picton (Prince Edward County) – (343): 222, (613): 471, 476, 503, 645, 654, 846, 906
- Plantagenet(Alfred and Plantagenet) – (343): 396, 783, (613): 405, 673
- Plevna (North Frontenac) – (343): 273, (613): 479
- Portland (Rideau Lakes) – (613): 272, 972
- Prescott – (613): 529, 918, 925, 975
- For the municipality of Quinte West, see Frankford, Trenton and Wooler
- Renfrew – (343): 361, (613): 431, 432, 433, 570
- For the municipality of Prince Edward County, see Picton, Bloomfield, Wellington
- Richmond – (343): 200, 397, 784, (613): 444, 838
- Rideau Lakes (township): see Elgin, Portland
- Rockland (Clarence-Rockland) – (343): 200, 398, 785, (613): 419, 446
- Rolphton(Laurentian Hills) – (613): 586
- Russell – (343): 399, 786, (613): 445, 496
- Seeleys Bay(Leeds and the Thousand Islands) – (613): 387
- Selby(Greater Napanee) – (613): 388
- Sharbot Lake – (613): 279
- Smiths Falls – (343): 800, 881, (613): 205, 206, 207, 283, 284, 285, 414, 418, 430, 485, 682, 706, 855, 980, 982, 988
- South Dundas (township): see Iroquois, Morrisburg, Williamsburg
- South Frontenac (township): see Harrowsmith, Inverary, Sydenham, Verona
- South Glengarry (township): see Lancaster, Martintown
- South Mountain(North Dundas) – (343): 345, (613): 989
- South Stormont (township): see Ingleside, Long Sault
- Spencerville (Edwardsburgh/Cardinal) – (613): 648, 658
- Saint Regis(Akwesasane) – (343): 447, (613): 575
- St. Eugene(East Hawkesbury) – (343): 445, (613): 674
- St. Isidore – (343): 446, (613): 524
- Stirling(Stirling–Rawdon) – (613): 395, 490
- Stone Mills (township): see Enterprise, Newburgh, Yarker
- Sydenham (South Frontenac) – (613): 376
- Tamworth – (613): 379
- Thurlow (Belleville) – (613): 477, 494
- Toledo(Elizabethtown-Kitley) – (613): 275
- Trenton (Quinte West) – (613): 208, 392, 394, 495, 651, 681, 955, 965
- Tweed – (613): 478
- Vankleek Hill – (343): 304, 448, 473 886, (613): 676, 677, 678, 684, 872
- Verona(South Frontenac) – (613): 374
- Wellington (Prince Edward County) – (613): 399
- Westmeath(Whitewater Region) – (613): 587
- Westport – (613): 273
- Whitewater Region: see Beachburg, Westmeath
- Whitney(South Algonquin) – (613): 637
- Williamsburg(South Dundas) – (343): 449, (613): 535, 641
- Winchester(North Dundas) – (343) 346, 787, (613): 441, 774
- Wolfe Island (Frontenac Islands) – (613): 385
- Wollaston: see Coe Hill
- Wooler(Quinte West) – (613): 397, 497
- Yarker(Stone Mills) – (613): 377
- shared-cost service – (613): 310
p = Protected against assignment in both 819 and 613 – Government of Canada offices
See also
- List of Ontario area codes
- List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
References
- ^ http://www.localcallingguide.com/lca_prefix.php?switch=HULLPQ20CG1 lists (613) 934, 939, 953, 956, 994 and 997 and the matching numbers in (819).
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ (CRTC), Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (10 September 2008). "ARCHIVED – Code relief for area code 613 – Eastern Ontario". www.crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Area Codes for Ottawa, Ontario".
- ^ Hey, Ottawa, we've got your number: 343 Archived February 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Ottawa Citizen
- ^ NANP Planning Letter PL-571 (2021-11-10)
- ^ "Call 753 maybe: Eastern Ontario to add third area code in March".
- ^ "Welcome to 1000island.net, Your Partner in Internet Access". Lansdowne Tel.
- ^ "North Frontenac Telephone Company".
- ^ NRTC Communications. "Telephone, Internet, Security Systems and Hosting".
- ^ "Ontarioeast.net". Roxborough Telephone Company.
- ^ "WTC Communications". Westport Telephone Company.
- ^ Chow, Ray. "Local calling guide: Rate centre information". www.localcallingguide.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ The village http://www.rapidesdesjoachims.ca lists +1-613-586-2532 as its town hall, on this exchange in Rolphton.
External links
- [1] 613
- [2] 343
- Relief Planning
- Area Code Map of Canada
North: 819/873
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West: 705/249
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613/343/753 | East: 450/579
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South: 315/680, 518/838 | ||
Quebec area codes: 367/418/581, 263/438/514, 354/450/579, 468/819/873 | ||
New York area codes: 212/332/646, 315/680, 347/718/929, 363/516, 518/838, 585, 607, 631/934, 624/716, 329/845, 914, 917 |