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The numbering plan area surrounds the city of Toronto (area codes 416/647/437), leading locals to refer to the primarily suburban cities surrounding Toronto as "the 905" or "905 belt". It is bound by the 519/226/548 overlay area in the west, 705/249/683 in the north, 613/343 in the east, and Western New York State's 716/624 area on the eastern prong of the Niagara Peninsula.
The area code was created on October 21, 1997, by combining regions that were previously served with area code 403 and area code 819 in one numbering plan area (NPA). As the least populated NPA in mainland North America, serving about 130,000 people, it is geographically the largest, at 3,921,739 km 2 (1,514,192 sq mi), with Alaska ( 907 ) a distant second.
There are 446 area codes in the world: 353 in the US, 52 in Canada, 20 non-geographic, and 21 others. Most of the other area codes are in the Caribbean. However, some are located in the Pacific including 670 (Northern Mariana Islands), 671 (Guam), and 684 (American Samoa). California is the state with the most area codes at 37 followed by Texas ...
Area codes 416, 647, and 437 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Area code 416 is one of the original North American area codes created by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947.
