905

English Area codes +, 289, and 365 Etymology So called after these areas being often assigned the Area codes 905, 289, and 365 area code 905 in their telephone numbers. Compare with en 416 Toronto, which has a similar etymology. Proper noun the 905 en Canada geography Suburban areas in the province of Ontario closely surrounding the city of Toronto. en Edward Relph Toronto: Transformations in a City and Its Region University of Pennsylvania Press Metropolitan Portraits 2013 978-0-8122-0918-1 https://books.google.ca/books?id=4RCCAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 77 2021-01-10 The part of the urban region outside the City of Toronto is often referred to locally as "the 905", the telephone area code that distinguishes it from the 416 area code of the City. Because the 905 has mostly been built up since the 1970s it is also common to regard everything there as "the outer suburbs", a useful name that implies that while this recently developed area is an extension of the inner suburbs it is nevertheless different from them. en Allen J. Scott Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy Oxford University Press 2001 978-0-19-158941-6 178 https://books.google.ca/books?id=mHE0b45cEEUC&pg=PA178 2021-01-10 Essentially, Toronto had higher commercial property taxes than the 905 area and relatively lower residential property taxes.