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The 647 area code is part of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). NANP is a system that is used to assign area codes to certain regions and cities in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and some locations in the Pacific. It was established in 1947 and was originally intended to create phone numbers that were easy to remember. 647 is an overlap area code that was created in 2001 and is located in the Ontario province of Canada.

The 647 area code is used to designate the greater Toronto area and some bordering areas such as Pickering, Mississauga, Brampton, and Scarborough. It is used mostly to serve residential customers, although the area code is also used for some businesses in the Toronto area. Most of the local telephone exchanges in the 647 area code are run by local service providers such as Bell Canada, Rogers Cable, and Cogeco. There are currently over 2.1 million customers that are served by this area code.