Table 3.40
Installed generating capacity and generation of electric
energy by province and territory, 2006
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Installed generating capacity | |||||
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Total | Hydro | Thermal 1 | Nuclear | Wind and tidal | |
megawatts | |||||
Canada | 123,792 | 72,661 | 36,324 | 13,345 | 1,463 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,494 | 6,777 | 717 | 0 | 0 |
Prince Edward Island | 171 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 14 |
Nova Scotia | 2,463 | 404 | 2,006 | 0 | 53 |
New Brunswick | 4,549 | 936 | 2,933 | 680 | 0 |
Quebec | 40,219 | 36,686 | 2,536 | 675 | 322 |
Ontario | 32,521 | 8,349 | 11,769 | 11,990 | 414 |
Manitoba | 5,629 | 5,024 | 501 | 0 | 104 |
Saskatchewan | 3,879 | 855 | 2,853 | 0 | 171 |
Alberta | 11,736 | 924 | 10,427 | 0 | 385 |
British Columbia | 14,828 | 12,598 | 2,230 | 0 | 0 |
Yukon | 108 | 77 | 30 | 0 | 1 |
Northwest Territories | 142 | 31 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
Nunavut | 54 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
Generation of electric energy | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Hydro | Thermal 1 | Nuclear | Wind and tidal | |
megawatt hours | |||||
Canada | 592,007,821 | 349,469,015 | 147,653,525 | 92,418,514 | 2,466,767 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 42,768,071 | 41,709,866 | 1,058,205 | 0 | 0 |
Prince Edward Island | 42,500 | 0 | 6,251 | 0 | 36,249 |
Nova Scotia | 11,453,829 | 1,019,420 | 10,305,730 | 0 | 128,679 |
New Brunswick | 18,204,620 | 3,730,625 | 10,107,532 | 4,366,463 | 0 |
Quebec | 180,247,851 | 172,591,117 | 2,642,745 | 4,595,198 | 418,791 |
Ontario | 158,023,212 | 36,032,893 | 38,388,999 | 83,456,853 | 144,467 |
Manitoba | 34,479,065 | 33,650,538 | 503,412 | 0 | 325,115 |
Saskatchewan | 19,665,130 | 4,031,938 | 15,060,990 | 0 | 572,202 |
Alberta | 64,108,428 | 1,868,916 | 61,398,827 | 0 | 840,685 |
British Columbia | 61,858,017 | 54,247,228 | 7,610,789 | 0 | 0 |
Yukon | 359,031 | 334,608 | 23,844 | 0 | 579 |
Northwest Territories | 653,358 | 251,866 | 401,492 | 0 | 0 |
Nunavut | 144,709 | 0 | 144,709 | 0 | 0 |
Includes steam, internal combustion and combustion
turbine.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Manufacturing and Energy Division, 2008,
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, 2006, Catalogue
no. 57-202-X.
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