Ontario

Area code 249 is part of the North American Numbering Plan, used in Ontario.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18

Type

geographic

Status

in service

In service since

2011

Country

Canada

Projected exhaust

2033 Q3

Prefixes assigned

587

Prefixes available

Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.

This is a summary profile. A detailed profile for 249 — the communities it covers, its split/overlay relationships and its full history — is being added with the same source-cited discipline as our published profiles. For now, see Ontario for context, or the full technical record on NumberResearch.

Sources

NumberResearch.org ↗

Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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Where 249 is used and its regional context.

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