I can answer based on having lived in Victoria (just across the water) for 5 years.
Pretty much, you can ride year round. It might be wet, and it might be cold, but it is not common for the streets to be covered for continuous days with ice or snow.
Having said that, I would not want to rely on a motorcycle as my only form of transport 12 months of the year. You will often have days when snow falls at night and it is still on the ground until perhaps 11 in the morning. That means you need to find some other way of getting to work in the morning. Similarly, you might get cold snaps from time to time that leave the roads coated with black ice - you don't want to go riding on that.
Michael
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