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Yes, ice accumulation was fairly localized, at least in my area (Hamilton). But the storm did affect a large area of Southern Ontario. In the area where I live, which is closer to sea level, we got rain. Most of the images posted were shot a few km away, up on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment that's maybe 50-100m higher, but enough of a difference to result in accumulation on the top vs. minimal in the area just below (at least in my area). Right at the edge of the escarpment was some really great ice accumulation due to wind/storm direction coming from the east (normally comes from the west). Just maybe 1-2km from the escarpment edge, accumulation tapered somewhat, with some areas being thinner or spotty in accumulation.
On Thursday however, I was in the Vaughan (north Toronto) area where they got a lot more freezing rain. The drive in was quite nasty and very slushy (luckily main roads had been adequately salted). By the end of reception coverage, the car was thoroughly coated in ice and the trees around the reception hall were super coated and looked really pretty. I was tempted to return to that area on Friday, but being unfamiliar with area for conservation lands with public access and good photo potential, as well as a late riser following a 15-hour event like this wedding, I decided to stay local. In our area where I did the photos, the ice was already in significant decay by Friday evening, but based on some news reports, seems some areas still had a lot on Saturday.
The last similar ice storm was around Christmas 2014 and IIRC, created far more infrastructure havoc. The ice also stuck around longer because it was much colder.
The images above were of bent over grasses that normally would stand 1-1.5m high. I found these to be some of the more interesting motifs due to the repeating patterns, etc. The multitude of coated tree branches were very impressive to see, and were everywhere. But it was for me very much information overload and from which difficult to find decent compositions. Sometimes it was just random bits here and there, other times I found something more structured, like the images on the previous page. After the initial 'cool factor' of grabbing lots of gratuitous ice shots, the challenge was reducing compositions to something visually appealing, at least for me.
By the end of Friday I found a number of examples like the first one below, that I found amusing, in which the ice had separated from what it originally coated, but retained the object's shape.
M240 & 50 Lux ASPH, APO-Telyt 180/3.4
More ice/bokeh shots with 90AA:
90AA f/8ish vs. f/2ish:
As much of an inconvenience the ice storm was to everyday life, as well as potentially damaging to trees, wildlife, etc., once again, it was a great display of the beauty that can often be found in nature. 
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