also a resident of canada, ontario. i get calls at my office from this number several times a day. it never leaves messages or says anything on the rare occasions i pick up. i also get several calls a day from other american phone numbers, sometimes offering me a vacation deal or what have you, but mostly just leaving dead air. some other numbers include:
1-616-980-2982
1-701-456-3703
1-317-634-8133
I have gotten calls from this number everyday for the last week, all dead air each time. I have reported it to the authorities, it constitutes as harassment.
Several calls, no messages. I stayed on the line for the first few seconds once, and after repeated "hello", "hello" etc. was greeted by a telemarketer selling PRIMUS home phone packages. While the caller gave me a very anglicized name, I believe that by his South Asian accent and the length of connection time (dead air) that these calls may be originating from an overseas call centre.