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Power plants in Canada

A directory of 1,159 power plants in Canada with a combined installed capacity of 143,579 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

1,159power plants
143,579MW total capacity
10fuel types
1with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Canada)

Hydro: 556 plants556HydroWind: 241 plants241WindSolar: 143 plants143SolarBiomass: 111 plants111BiomassGas: 75 plants75GasCoal: 15 plants15CoalOil: 9 plants9OilNuclear: 6 plants6Nuclear

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Canada electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

191gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
77.0%low-carbon electricity
63.9%renewables
23.0%fossil fuels
Hydro: 53 % of electricity53HydroGas: 18 % of electricity18GasNuclear: 13 % of electricity13NuclearWind: 8 % of electricity8WindCoal: 4 % of electricity4CoalSolar: 2 % of electricity2SolarBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergyOil: 1 % of electricity1Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Canada

#PlantFuelMW
1Robert-BourassaHydro5,616
2Churchill FallsHydro5,428
3DarlingtonNuclear3,740
4Bruce BNuclear3,390
5Bruce ANuclear3,220
6La Grande-4Hydro2,779
7MicaHydro2,746
8G.M. ShrumHydro2,730
9RevelstokeHydro2,480
10La Grande-3Hydro2,417
11Pickering BNuclear2,160
12SundanceCoal2,141
13La Grande-2-AHydro2,106
14LennoxGas2,000
15BeauharnoisHydro1,877
16Manic-5Hydro1,596
17Sir Adam Beck 2Hydro1,499
18La Grande-1Hydro1,436
19GeneseeCoal1,376
20LimestoneHydro1,350

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Hydro (556)Wind (241)Solar (143)Biomass (111)Gas (75)Coal (15)Oil (9)Nuclear (6)