TJ O'Pootertoot
Senior Member
That is surprising. Note that local calling areas are in reference to a particular exchange, not to a whole area -- Oak Ridges is a local call both to 416 and to Newmarket; parts of Mississauga are a local call both to 416 and points west of Mississauga; but Oak Ridges and those parts of Mississauga are not a local call between them.
You beat me to the punch. You can't do a linear map.
I just started working in Aurora and I can call Toronto and Newmarket locally. But not Vaughan, Markham or Richmond Hill.
Someone explained to me that Bell gave residents a choice as to whether they wanted the rest of York Region or Toronto as a local call and they made their choice. That might be apocryphal.
As for the Wiki entry, it's dumb to have it apply to the old city of Toronto and we're at least 25 years past when Scarborough, North York etc were "outer surburbs." Anyone who goes to Wikipedia would certianly want info on TO as currently constituted. A sub-entry on the old city should be another entry.
And thanks for those maps. I basically knew the differences but it's great to see them.