Appendix Q: Health Impact Assessment
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Title
Appendix Q: Health Impact Assessment
Subject
Social determinants of health--Ontario, Northern
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Publication Date
2026
Publisher
Webequie Supply Road Project
Document Type
Research paper
Language
English
Region
Northern Ontario, Canada
Access
Open Access
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Abstract
Webequie First Nation, the proponent, is proposing to construct the Webequie Supply Road (‘the
Project’), a 107-kilometre all-season road connecting Webequie Airport and the McFaulds Lake area in
northern Ontario. The Project includes the construction, operation and maintenance of the Webequie
Supply Road, which would be within an approximately 35 metres wide right-of-way to accommodate a
two-lane all-season road. Supportive infrastructure is required as part of the Project and includes
aggregate/rock source areas (i.e., pit/quarries), temporary construction camps with storage and
laydown yards, rest and maintenance areas, access roads and a permanent Maintenance and Storage
Facility.
The Project would connect Webequie First Nation to existing mineral exploration activities and potential
future mineral development within the Ring of Fire area of Ontario. The Project could also become part
of a future all-season road network connecting the Webequie First Nation and the Ring of Fire area to
the provincial highway system in Nakina and/or Pickle Lake. The Ring of Fire is located in Northern
Ontario, within the boundaries of Treaty 9. The lands are Anishinaabe (Ojibway) and First Nations
ancestral territory.
The primary objectives of the Project (“Need for the Project”), as determined by Webequie First Nation
are:
1. Establish an all-season corridor that will facilitate the movement of materials, supplies, and
people between the Webequie Airport and the mineral exploration and proposed mine
development activities in the McFaulds Lake area of Northwestern Ontario (specifically, the
camps, the drilling/exploration projects and, in the future, mining facilities).
2. Provide enhanced employment and other economic development opportunities to Webequie
community members, while also allowing them to continue to reside in or around their
community’s traditional territory, engage in traditional uses of the land, and preserve their
language and culture; and
3. Provide experience/training opportunities for youth to help encourage pursuit of additional
skills through post-secondary education.
The Webequie Supply Road Project is subject to the federal IA process. The Project is also subject to
comprehensive Environmental Assessment (EA) under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. For
the purposes of the HIA, the two main phases of the IA process during which the majority of the HIA
steps are carried out are Planning Phase and Impact Statement Phase, which includes preparation of the
EAR / IS.
Project’), a 107-kilometre all-season road connecting Webequie Airport and the McFaulds Lake area in
northern Ontario. The Project includes the construction, operation and maintenance of the Webequie
Supply Road, which would be within an approximately 35 metres wide right-of-way to accommodate a
two-lane all-season road. Supportive infrastructure is required as part of the Project and includes
aggregate/rock source areas (i.e., pit/quarries), temporary construction camps with storage and
laydown yards, rest and maintenance areas, access roads and a permanent Maintenance and Storage
Facility.
The Project would connect Webequie First Nation to existing mineral exploration activities and potential
future mineral development within the Ring of Fire area of Ontario. The Project could also become part
of a future all-season road network connecting the Webequie First Nation and the Ring of Fire area to
the provincial highway system in Nakina and/or Pickle Lake. The Ring of Fire is located in Northern
Ontario, within the boundaries of Treaty 9. The lands are Anishinaabe (Ojibway) and First Nations
ancestral territory.
The primary objectives of the Project (“Need for the Project”), as determined by Webequie First Nation
are:
1. Establish an all-season corridor that will facilitate the movement of materials, supplies, and
people between the Webequie Airport and the mineral exploration and proposed mine
development activities in the McFaulds Lake area of Northwestern Ontario (specifically, the
camps, the drilling/exploration projects and, in the future, mining facilities).
2. Provide enhanced employment and other economic development opportunities to Webequie
community members, while also allowing them to continue to reside in or around their
community’s traditional territory, engage in traditional uses of the land, and preserve their
language and culture; and
3. Provide experience/training opportunities for youth to help encourage pursuit of additional
skills through post-secondary education.
The Webequie Supply Road Project is subject to the federal IA process. The Project is also subject to
comprehensive Environmental Assessment (EA) under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. For
the purposes of the HIA, the two main phases of the IA process during which the majority of the HIA
steps are carried out are Planning Phase and Impact Statement Phase, which includes preparation of the
EAR / IS.
Cataloger
Haley Lesemann
Citation
“Appendix Q: Health Impact Assessment,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/766.