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Table 8-2
Electricity generated from fossil fuels — Utility generation

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Utility generation
  Coal Natural gas Diesel and light fuel oil Heavy fuel oil 1 Wood and spent pulping liquor Other fuels 2 Total all fuels
  gigawatt hours
Canada 97,625 22,951 546 7,673 . -10 128,784
Newfoundland and Labrador . . 0 783 . -10 773
Prince Edward Island . . 0 6 . 0 6
Nova Scotia 7,054 300 58 2,695 . . 10,106
New Brunswick 3,513 2,042 45 3,816 . . 9,415
Quebec . 608 69 270 . . 947
Ontario 28,494 7,518 14 26 . . 36,053
Manitoba 352 34 9 . . . 395
Saskatchewan 11,620 3,106 31 0 . . 14,757
Alberta 46,592 6,653 45 77 . . 53,367
British Columbia . 2,691 32 . . . 2,723
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut . . 243 . . . 243
Incluldes petroleum coke
Includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels and station service.