Information listed here is for your entertainment enjoyment and personal use. Some frequencies may now be out-of-date and no longer in use, and will be listed with the (OLD) tag. Some sensitive frequencies have been withheld for obvious reasons and will only be posted until they are no longer classified as sensitive, or has been officially released to the general public.

Here are some popular frequencies for the Durham Region area through to Trenton area. Most, if not all, should be able to be heard from anywhere along the north shore of Lake Ontario.

The following generalized list gives information throughout Durham Region and surrounding area. More more information regarding the local area, please click the list on the right menu. Not all areas are listed yet as I am working on the updates.

On the top menu, under Scanner/Radios, you will see the menu item "Frequency Lists". There you will find the frequency lists for the Durham Region and some area adjacent, that were gathered from Industry Canada. I try to update these lists evry or every other month.

On the software & Files page, I have the files for the Uniden 246 and 396 as well as the bcTool frequency import files for the Durham Region and surrounding areas. The page is being updated and new files are made available

Durham Regional Police had switched to a encrypted trunk system on November 16th, 1999. No scanner will be able to access the DRPS signals.

Aeronautical

The following local airport and Toronto Centre/Terminal frequencies are those that pertain to the Durham Region area. More local information is available in the local frequency lists.

 Frequency  Agency                            Location
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 120.1000   Oshawa Airport TWR                Oshawa
 118.4000   Oshawa Airport GND                Oshawa
 125.6750   Oshawa Airport ATIS               Oshawa
 123.0000   Peterborough UNICOM               Peterborough
 126.9250   Peterborough AWOS                 Peterborough
 133.4000   Toronto Terminal                  Pearson
 126.7000   Toronto Radio - FSS               Pearson
 124.9250   Toronto Centre - East Radar       Pearson
 127.0000   Toronto Centre - Simcoe Sector    Pearson
 134.2500   Toronto Centre - East Radar       Peterborough
 134.5750   Toronto Centre - Barrie Sector    Pearson
 124.6750   Toronto Centre - Picton Sector    Coe Hill
 124.8000   Toronto/Buttonville TWR           Markham
 121.8000   Toronto/Buttonville GND           Markham
 127.1000   Toronto/Buttonville ATIS          Markham
 122.8000   Toronto/Markham UNICOM            Markham
 128.7000   Trenton Military TWR              Trenton
 121.9000   Trenton Military GND              Trenton
 128.4000   Trenton Military Terminal         Trenton
 135.4500   Trenton Military ATIS             Trenton
 124.3500   Trenton Military Clearance        Trenton

The following are maps are for the sectors over Durham Region to as far as Kingston. Thanks to Peter Ivakitsch, at the Canadian Aeronautical Communications website, for creating and providing the ACC sector maps.

• Toronto ACC East Lo Sector map
• Toronto ACC East Hi Sector map

The following are the Cleveland Center frequencies that are used adjacent to Toronto Centre along the Lake Ontario area.

 Frequency  Agency                            Location
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 125.2000   Buffalo Sector                    Dunkirk NY
 125.8750   Rochester West                    Wayland NY
 127.4750   Rochester East                    Wayland NY

Fire Departments

The following fire related frequencies from the Durham Region and surrounding area.

 Frequency   PL    User/Agency                  Use
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 150.8300    NA    CKL/Manvers Twsp             Operations
 152.0750   167.9  Hamilton Twsp                Dispatch
 152.4650    NA    CKL/Manvers Twsp             Dispatch/Paging
 153.1250    NA    Clarington Fire              Dispatch/Paging
 153.5150    NA    Northumberland County        Fire
 153.8600    NA    Durham Region                Dispatch/Paging
 154.0700    NA    Ontario Fire Marshall        Ontario-wide
 154.7100    NA    Colborne Fire                Dispatch/Ops
 155.6700   173.8  Trent Hills Fire             Dispatch/Ops
 170.2950   146.2  Brighton Fire                Dispatch/Ops 
 414.1625    NA    CKL Rescue                   Kawartha Lakes area

Local Governments

The following is a list for local government frequencies in the Durham Region and the surrounding area.

 Frequency   PL    User/Agency                  Use
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 150.4700   123.0  CKL-Manvers Twsp             Works Department
 151.0850    NA    Durham Region                Works Department
 154.3550    NA    Clarington                   Works Department
 166.8900    NA    Scugog Twsp                  Works Department
 168.2700    NA    Durham Region                Works Department
 168.9600    NA    Durham Region                Works Department
 412.5625    NA    Durham Region                Social Services
 412.7875    NA    Durham Region                Social Services

Media/News

The following is a list for local media frequencies in the Durham Region and the surrounding area.

 Frequency   PL    User/Agency                  Use
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 150.6700   110.9  Rogers Newsroom              GTA area ground-air
 151.7900   110.9  Rogers Newsroom              GTA area air-ground
 152.0900   136.5  CTV CFTO                     GTA area studio link
 162.3300    67.0  CFRB                         GTA area traffic
 455.4125    NA    AM640                        GTA area traffic

Military Bases

The following is a list for local military frequencies in the Durham Region and the surrounding area.

 Frequency   PL    User/Agency                  Use
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 149.6800    NA    CFB Trenton                  APRON OPS F2
 149.8000    NA    CFB Trenton                  APRON OPS F1
 149.1500    NA    CFB Trenton                  Base OPS
 149.3500    NA    CFB Trenton                  Military Police
 149.6500    NA    CFB Trenton                  MSE
 142.0000    NA    CFB Trenton                  TACC F2

Police Services

The following is a list for local Police Forces in the Durham Region and surrounding area. There isn't much left to listen to, but it does get a bit busy Friday nights and summer weekends. Please remember that the Durham Regional Police are no longer receivable with a conventional scanner.

Also note that the OPP SIM channels are in addition to the GMCP - Conventional channels that is available via the top menu.

 Frequency   PL    User/Agency                  Use
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 142.0950   192.8  Kawartha Lakes Police Serv.  Ops
 142.4850   156.7  Cobourg Police Services      Encrypted
 142.2450   141.3  Port Hope Police Services    Encrypted
 421.6875   123.0  RCMP Bowmanville G1          General  

Transit/Taxi/Towing Services

The following is a list for local transit, taxi and towing services in the Durham Region and surrounding area.

 Frequency   PL    User/Agency                  Use
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 149.2450    67.0  Blue Line Taxi               Oshawa-Courtice area
 150.0700    NA    Taxi-Taxi                    Oshawa area
 151.7600    NA    City-Wide                    Oshawa area
 158.5350    NA    St. John's Ambulance         Durham Region area
 168.1200   136.5  Durham Transit West          General
 170.4150    NA    Durhamway Bus Lines          School Buses
 171.7200    NA    Jim's Towing                 Oshawa/Clarington area
 452.5125  DCS364  Bowmanville/Deluxe Taxi      Clarington area

Utility/Power Services

The following is a list for local utility and power services in the Durham Region and surrounding area.

 Frequency   PL    User/Agency                  Use
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 411.2625   123.0  Veridian                     Clarington area
 407.0375    NA    Veridian                     Clarington area

The frequencies and talkgroups for the Durham Region area are available via bcTool import file, that are downloadable from the Software and Files page.

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