Over 8,500 customers still without power in Ontario after ice storm: Hydro One

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 10, 2025 12:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

More than 8,500 customers stay without powerfulness aft a almighty outpouring tempest encrusted parts of cardinal and eastbound Ontario with crystal much than a week ago.

Hydro One said successful an update connected Thursday that of those who are inactive without power, 6,539 impact secondary properties, specified arsenic cottages and trailers.

It is not harmless to entree galore of these properties owed to water conditions, and restoration for these customers volition proceed implicit the coming weeks arsenic conditions allow, Hydro One said. 

Hydro One says 2,169 residential customers are inactive without powerfulness and each outage and incidental affecting these customers has a unit assigned to it connected Thursday.

The utility's outage representation shows astir of the customers without powerfulness are successful the Bracebridge and Fenelon Falls areas.

More than a cardinal homes and businesses successful the provinces experienced outages owed to the March 30 crystal storm.

Hydro One says powerfulness has been restored to much than 99 per cent of customers and cleanup and restoration proceed connected Thursday, with the usage of helicopters, boats and off-road vehicles owed to favourable weather.

At this clip successful the restoration process, the inferior says it has started to merchandise out-of-province contractors and utilities providing assistance.