Power outages in Thunder Bay, Ont. are continuing to grow as the winter weather condition worsens throughout Tuesday afternoon.

"Just like the driving conditions are treacherous, the working conditions for our power line workers are equally treacherous," said Thunder Bay Hydro spokesperson Eileen Dias.

"We are being hampered by weather conditions and we have every single truck out there working on restoration."

Diaz said with about "2,500 individual customers without power," the estimated restoration time for Thunder Bay's Intercity Mall and the surrounding businesses in that area is approximately 6 p.m.

Details can be viewed on Thunder Bay Hydro's outage map.

Power outages close facilities

The winter weather, coupled with the power outage, has forced some facilities in Thunder Bay, Ont. to close for the day.

According to a written statement by city officials, swim lessons at the Canada Games Complex will be made up next week and any facility rental contracts will be amended.

In Kenora, all city transit services are also cancelled for Tuesday while transit in Thunder Bay is in service, but delayed at times due to road conditions.

Closures in Thunder Bay:

Confederation College campus (Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Kenora, Red Lake)

McKellar Park School

Lakehead University's PACI building

Ogden Community School

St. Jude School

Westgate High School

Algonquin Avenue Public School

Ogden Child Care Centre

The Canada Games Complex

Thunder Bay District Health Unit in Thunder Bay and Marathon

Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre

NorWest Community Health Centre

Thunder Bay Public Library branches

School closures in other parts of northwestern Ontario:

Crestview

Dryden/Vermilion Bay

Gorham & Ware

Ignace

​Kakabeka Falls

Kenora/ Sioux Narrows

Mckenzie

Pickle Lake

Red Lake / Ear Falls

Sioux Lookout

Upsala

Valley Central

Whitefish Valley

School Closures

Winter storm conditions have also affected school buses in the city of Thunder Bay and in parts of the region on Tuesday morning.

Officials said almost all schools in rural parts of Thunder Bay will remain closed Tuesday, however Lakehead Public schools as well as Thunder Bay Catholic and French Catholic schools in the city will stay opened.

According to Environment Canada, the city of Thunder Bay can expect to see anywhere between five to 10 centimetres of blowing snow, with winds gusting up to 60 kilometres per hour.

"Because the transition was occurring overnight last night, between rain to snow...and then combine that with the strong, gusty winds [we are] seeing a number of branches and power lines coming down because of that," said Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson.

Nor'westerview and Five Mile Elementary schools will remain open, despite cancelled school buses

Slippery Road Conditions

With the freezing rain turning into snow early Tuesday morning, road conditions in the city are slippery and packed with snow, according to the Thunder Bay Police Service.

Officials are asking the public to drive with caution and give yourself a few more minutes when travelling throughout the city today.