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A new overlay area code, 437, started operation on March 25, 2013. [6] [7] That effectively allocates 24 million numbers to a city of 2.5 million people. Area code 942 is scheduled for addition to the 416/647/437 overlay on April 26, 2025. [8] Area code 387 has been reserved for Toronto's future use.
The Jamieson Building (also known as the Woolworth building) was built in 1895 at the north-west corner of Queen Street West and Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. It is adjacent to the Toronto Eaton Centre. A distinctive feature of the building is the curved façade at its corner.
Woolworth Canada was eventually renamed Venator Group Canada in 1998 and finally Foot Locker Canada in 2001. [ 45 ] Woolworths (United Kingdom) originally was the British unit of F.W. Woolworth, but operated independently as a separate company from 1982, running stores in the UK, Isle of Man , Jersey and Guernsey .
In a 1993 zone split, Metropolitan Toronto retained the 416 code, while the other municipalities of the Greater Toronto Area were assigned the new area code 905. [89] This division by area code has become part of the local culture to the point where local media refer to something inside Toronto as "the 416" and outside of Toronto as "the 905". [90]
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 519/226/548/382 overlay area in the west, 705/249/683 in the north, 613/343/753 in the east, and Western New York State's 716/624 area on the ...
Area code 226 was added to the numbering plan area in 2006, and 548 was added in 2015. In 2023, the overlay was expanded again with the addition of area code 382. The primary incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) in the overlay complex is Bell Canada , with numerous other small independent companies that covered vast tracts of rural Ontario.
Area codes 705, 249, and 683 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of northeastern and central Ontario in Canada.Area code 705 was created in a 1956 area code split from portions of the 613 and 519 numbering plan areas.
Bloor West Village is a residential neighbourhood and shopping district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] Bordered on the south by Bloor Street, it encompasses all businesses along Bloor Street between South Kingsway and Ellis Park Road, consisting of more than 400 shops, restaurants and services, plus the residential neighbourhood to the north.