Did basically that exact stretch last summer, did some riding at night out of necessity (as we were doing ~1200KM days) and saw squat all for wildlife except for one bear running into the forest from quite some distance off the road already. The forest is cut back quite a way off the roads on both sides in many/most stretches of the TC up there so wildlife can't really sneak up on vehicles.
Saw the usual smattering of small animals having naps on the asphalt but nothing that presented any particular danger.
The trees are further away from the road on hwy 17 compared to some of the smaller highways, but still if a moose comes barreling out of the trees you have very little time to react. Bears are much smarter, I saw two last summer and both of them scurried away when they saw me coming.
Here's me encountering a bear on hwy 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbAL1OZ3D-M
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