Table 3.40
Installed generating capacity and generation of electric energy by province and territory, 2006

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Installed generating capacity and generation of electric energy by province and territory, 2006: Part 1
  Installed generating capacity
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
Installed generating capacity and generation of electric energy by province and territory, 2006: Part 2
  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
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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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