Jimmie Creek (Upper Toba Valley) — Canada

Jimmie Creek (Upper Toba Valley) is a 62 MW hydro power plant in British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by Alterra Power Corp [51%]; Axium Infrastructure Inc [49%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 62k homes (estimated). It ranks #379 of 1,210 Canada power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 52.8% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CAN0008606.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100001022910; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 62 MW, Jimmie Creek (Upper Toba Valley) is well above the median hydro plant in Canada (12 MW). Technically it is described as run-of-river. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Canada hydro capacity

less than 0.1% of 81,037 MW across 556 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

184 of 189 dated hydro plants in Canada are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Canada

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Alterra Power Corp [51%]; Axium Infrastructure Inc [49%].

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 157% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 99/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #145 largest hydro power plant of 556 in Canada by capacity.

Canada has 556 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 81,037 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• East Toba · Hydro · 147 MW · British Columbia
• Montrose · Hydro · 73 MW · British Columbia
• Upper Lillooet River · Hydro · 81.4 MW · British Columbia
• Boulder Creek · Hydro · 25.3 MW · British Columbia
• Jamie Creek · Hydro · 21 MW · British Columbia
• Soo River 2 · Hydro · 13 MW · British Columbia

Location

Coordinates 50.604, -124.0249 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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