Also, in most cases this only reflects reports received in electronic format. Meteo-Media TV channel reported on jan 17th that some truckers saw the event at that time.
Major fireball reports from Northern Ontario.
It was seen from Hornepayne, White River, Timmins, Cubreviville, Sudbury, Echo Bay, Cutter, Sault Ste. Marie, and undoubtedly many others. It was, as seen from Sault Ste. Marie, on a 45 deg incline. There were two sharp bursts.