Northern Ontario First Nation Launches Road-Building Project Linking Community to Ring of Fire

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, signs an agreement with Webequie First Nation Chief Cornelius Wabasse, centre, and Greg Rickford, Indigenous Affairs Minister at Queen's Park in Toronto on Oct. 29, 2025. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

Construction is underway on the first all-season access road leading into Northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire mining region.

Premier Doug Ford visited Webequie First Nation on June 25 to commemorate the start of construction of the 107-kilometre Webequie Supply Road, which will connect the first nation community to the Ring of Fire mineral deposits. The road is scheduled to open by November 2030.