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Winter tires required for most B.C. highways starting Oct. 1 | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The requirement or general use?

As far as I'm aware, other than BC now, only Quebec currently mandates winter tires. But they're fairly commonplace everywhere in Canada regardless.

On snow and ice, there is a profound difference in traction between winter and all season tires.