Road Conditions Northern Ontario 2025 Winter. Plan ahead if you're driving. A prolonged and dynamic winter storm is set to impact ontario beginning thursday, bringing a combination of heavy snow, strong winds, freezing rain, and hazardous travel.
Winter ice roads, such as the james bay winter road in northern ontario, are an essential means of access and ground transportation for remote first nations communities. For many northern ontario first nations, apart from air travel, the only connection to the rest of the province is seasonal winter roads built each year on the frozen rivers, lakes,.