Trans-Canada Highway Twinning Project

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is constructing two new lanes located on a 40-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway (also called Highway 17) between the Manitoba/Ontario border and the Highway 17/17-A Junction in Kenora, Ontario.

Latest update

September 17, 2024 – The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Vice-President of Operations, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has responded that the Trans-Canada Highway Twinning Project proposed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation cannot be designated under the amended Impact Assessment Act that came into force on June 20, 2024, because it has substantially begun. The reasons are provided in the Vice-President’s of Operations response.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document number Document title File Date
3 Vice President's Response - TransCanada Highway Twinning Project - September 17, 2024

Contacts

Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3
Telephone: 613-957-0700 or 1-866-582-1884
Fax: 613-957-0862
Email: information@iaac-aeic.gc.ca

Media Relations
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3
Email: media@iaac-aeic.gc.ca


Disclaimer

This map is for illustrative purposes. The markers represent the approximate locations based on available data. More than one marker may be identified for a given assessment.

  • Location

    • Highway 17 at Manitoba/Ontario border (Ontario)
    • Kenora (Ontario)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Highways and Roads

  • Assessment Status

    Completed

  • Start Date

    2023-06-14

  • Proponent

    Ontario Ministry of Transportation

  • Authorities

    • Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

  • Assessment Type

    Request for designation not applicable

  • Reference Number

    85999

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...within 200 kilometres
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