Canada/Powerplants
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Contents |
Resources
- Portal:Power Plants - documentation about this project
- Interactive full map featuring all power plants in Canada.
- KML file for Google Earth
of all the power plants on Enipedia.
- Canada gives a larger overview of energy production and use in Canada, beyond that of electricity production.
- If a power plant is missing, a new power plant can be added here
Dataset Overview
There are currently 1,357 powerplants listed for Canada. Of these, 567 do not have a fuel type specified, and 0 do not have coordinates specified for them.
Maintenance pages
These pages are meant to help with fixing issues in the dataset.
- Power plants with references - shows a list of power plants in Canada, along with references and notes associated with them.
- Power plants without coordinates - we don't know where these plants are located.
- Power plants without fuel types - we don't know what fuel these plants use.
- Power plants without power conversion units - we don't have information on the individual power conversion units for these power plants. Many of these units (usually a boiler + turbine + generator) may exist for a given power plant.
Energy Companies
Canada
For a full list of energy companies in Canada see Canada/Energy_Companies.
Number of plants per fuel type
Click on the links in the "Fuel Type" column to go to an overview of all the power plants in that country using that fuel. Note: there may be double counting here if a power plant has more than one fuel type.
| Fuel Type | Number of Power Plants |
|---|---|
| Hydro | 490 |
| Wind | 90 |
| Natural Gas | 75 |
| Diesel Oil | 59 |
| Coal | 20 |
| Biomass | 18 |
| Landfill Gas | 16 |
| Fuel Oil | 10 |
| Municipal Solid Waste | 6 |
| Nuclear | 5 |
| Biogas | 4 |
| Solar Radiation | 3 |
| Waste Heat | 2 |
| Hydrogen | 1 |
Power Plants on the Map (top 50)
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See also our full map featuring all power plants in Canada.
Power Generation by Fuel Type
Note: this only takes into account power plants for which fuel type is known to Enipedia.
Power Plant Output (MWh) vs CO2 Emissions (Tons)
Power Plant Generation Capacity Expansion Plans (2010-2020)
List of Power Plants in Canada (limited to 200)
| title | CapacityMW | fuel_types | OutputMWh | CO2kg | IntensityKgMWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Powerplant | 7276 | Nuclear | 33,500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mildred Lake Powerplant | 31,700,000 | 11,702,700,000 | 369 | ||
| Churchill Falls Powerplant | 5428 | Hydro | 27,700,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert-bourassa Powerplant | 5616 | Hydro | 27,200,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Darlington (on) Powerplant | 3524 | Nuclear | 24,200,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Point Aconi Powerplant | 165 | Coal | 22,800,000 | 1,479,340,000 | 65 |
| Pickering Powerplant | 3100 | Nuclear | 21,000,000 | 29,215,000 | 1 |
| Nanticoke Powerplant | 3640 | Biomass, Coal, Natural Gas | 17,300,000 | 16,238,600,000 | 940 |
| Sundance (ab) Powerplant | 2126 | Coal | 15,800,000 | 15,875,700,000 | 1,004 |
| Gm Shrum Powerplant | 2730 | Hydro | 13,700,000 | 0 | 0 |
| La Grande Iv Powerplant | 2779 | Hydro | 13,500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Manic V Powerplant | 1596 | Hydro | 13,200,000 | 0 | 0 |
| La Grande Iii Powerplant | 2417 | Hydro | 11,800,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sault Ste Marie (on) Powerplant | 11,800,000 | 3,771,360,000 | 320 | ||
| Cold Lake Powerplant | 168 | Natural Gas | 10,500,000 | 4,593,040,000 | 437 |
| La Grande Ii A Powerplant | 2106 | Hydro | 10,400,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesee Powerplant | 1212 | Coal | 9,532,930 | 9,616,160,000 | 1,013 |
| Revelstoke Powerplant | 1843 | Hydro | 9,421,150 | 0 | 0 |
| Beauharnois Powerplant | Hydro | 9,012,770 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mica Powerplant | 1805 | Hydro | 8,874,190 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton Powerplant | 8,524,710 | 2,686,580,000 | 315 | ||
| Joffre Nova Cogen Powerplant | 480 | 8,443,260 | 2,742,750,000 | 325 | |
| La Grande I Powerplant | 1436 | Hydro | 6,993,020 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotford Cogen Powerplant | 170 | Natural Gas | 6,945,910 | 1,763,870,000 | 254 |
| Limestone (mb) Powerplant | 1340 | Hydro | 6,798,770 | 0 | 0 |
| Sir Adam Beck Ii Powerplant | 1499 | Hydro | 6,584,070 | 0 | 0 |
| Bersimis I Powerplant | 1178 | Hydro | 6,502,280 | 0 | 0 |
| Kettle Rapids Powerplant | 1220 | Hydro | 6,502,280 | 0 | 0 |
| Lambton Powerplant | 1976 | Coal | 6,387,010 | 6,451,880,000 | 1,010 |
| Boundary Dam Powerplant | 824 | Hydro | 6,203,510 | 6,815,740,000 | 1,099 |
| Manic Iii Powerplant | Hydro | 6,048,350 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheerness Powerplant | 760 | Coal | 5,771,890 | 6,407,230,000 | 1,110 |
| Keephills Powerplant | 800 | Coal | 5,623,100 | 6,232,890,000 | 1,109 |
| Robert H Saunders Powerplant | 1045 | Hydro | 5,214,100 | 0 | 0 |
| Manic Ii Powerplant | 1145 | Hydro | 5,189,560 | 0 | 0 |
| Long Spruce Powerplant | 1010 | Hydro | 5,009,620 | 0 | 0 |
| Bersimis Ii Powerplant | 869 | Hydro | 4,979,970 | 0 | 0 |
| Battle River Powerplant | 670 | Coal | 4,871,540 | 5,482,410,000 | 1,125 |
| Sainte-marguerite-3 Powerplant | 884 | Hydro | 4,508,660 | 0 | 0 |
| Primrose Cogen Powerplant | 85 | Natural Gas | 4,474,380 | 2,356,560,000 | 527 |
| Point Lepreau Powerplant | 635 | Nuclear | 4,403,210 | 4,848,000 | 1 |
| Gentilly Powerplant | 635 | Nuclear | 4,362,630 | 0 | 0 |
| Laforge I Powerplant | 878 | Hydro | 4,293,960 | 0 | 0 |
| Seven Mile Powerplant | 805 | Hydro | 4,178,940 | 0 | 0 |
| Kemano Powerplant | 790 | Hydro | 4,154,920 | 532,721,000 | 128 |
| Outardes Iii Powerplant | 1026 | Hydro | 3,865,590 | 0 | 0 |
| Chute Des Passes Powerplant | 750 | Hydro | 3,795,560 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalhousie Powerplant | 300 | Fuel Oil | 3,701,640 | 1,574,850,000 | 425 |
| Shipshaw Powerplant | 896 | Hydro | 3,665,200 | 0 | 0 |
| Lingan Powerplant | 600 | Coal | 3,628,880 | 4,113,330,000 | 1,134 |
| Peace Canyon Powerplant | 694 | Hydro | 3,578,300 | 0 | 0 |
| Carillon Powerplant | 753 | Hydro | 3,345,710 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarnia Regional Powerplant | 506 | Natural Gas | 3,337,470 | 1,210,880,000 | 363 |
| Mactaquac Powerplant | 672 | Hydro | 3,260,340 | 0 | 0 |
| Outardes Iv Powerplant | 785 | Hydro | 3,220,470 | 0 | 0 |
| Bay D'espoir Powerplant | 604 | Hydro | 3,133,570 | 0 | 0 |
| Sir Adam Beck I Powerplant | 498 | Hydro | 2,834,520 | 0 | 0 |
| Poplar River Powerplant | 582 | Coal | 2,825,190 | 3,222,020,000 | 1,140 |
| Coleson Cove Powerplant | 978 | Fuel Oil | 2,796,720 | 1,037,340,000 | 371 |
| Kootenay Canal Powerplant | 583 | Hydro | 2,705,200 | 0 | 0 |
| Toulnustouc River Powerplant | 526 | Hydro | 2,688,840 | 0 | 0 |
| Belledune Powerplant | 458 | Coal | 2,472,930 | 2,892,590,000 | 1,170 |
| Eastmain-1 Powerplant | 507 | Hydro | 2,453,690 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Rapids (mb) Powerplant | 479 | Hydro | 2,412,800 | 0 | 0 |
| Outardes Ii Powerplant | 523 | Hydro | 2,412,290 | 0 | 0 |
| Muskeg River Cogen Powerplant | 172 | Natural Gas | 2,376,200 | 1,190,140,000 | 501 |
| Bayside Courtenay Powerplant | 260 | Natural Gas | 2,368,540 | 693,516,000 | 293 |
| Meridian Cogen Powerplant | 220 | Natural Gas | 2,049,570 | 747,270,000 | 365 |
| Des Joachims Powerplant | 429 | Hydro | 2,044,740 | 0 | 0 |
| Espanola Mill Powerplant | 2,037,110 | 90,809,200 | 44 | ||
| Fort Nelson Powerplant | Natural Gas | 1,988,900 | 1,246,970,000 | 627 | |
| Brisay Powerplant | 469 | Hydro | 1,973,180 | 0 | 0 |
| Peribonka River Powerplant | 405 | Hydro | 1,967,550 | 0 | 0 |
| Wabamun Powerplant | 570 | Coal | 1,843,460 | 2,246,410,000 | 1,219 |
| Trenton (ns) Powerplant | 307 | Coal | 1,842,020 | 2,207,700,000 | 1,198 |
| Shand Powerplant | 276 | Coal | 1,824,540 | 2,216,230,000 | 1,215 |
| Poplar Creek Powerplant | 356 | Natural Gas | 1,751,930 | 635,766,000 | 363 |
| Edmundston Mill Powerplant | 44.5 | Biomass | 1,730,360 | 122,093,000 | 71 |
| Isle Maligne Powerplant | 402 | Hydro | 1,717,580 | 0 | 0 |
| Becancour Tce Powerplant | 1,695,180 | 491,785,000 | 290 | ||
| Abitibi Canyon Powerplant | 349 | Hydro | 1,679,240 | 0 | 0 |
| Paugan Powerplant | 206 | Hydro | 1,614,840 | 0 | 0 |
| Mccormick Dam Powerplant | 351 | Hydro | 1,597,460 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazeau Powerplant | 355 | Hydro | 1,561,670 | 0 | 0 |
| Holyrood Powerplant | 500 | Fuel Oil | 1,554,610 | 624,908,000 | 402 |
| Cardinal Power Powerplant | 156 | Natural Gas | 1,554,610 | 523,333,000 | 337 |
| Laforge Ii Powerplant | 319 | Hydro | 1,554,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Waneta Powerplant | 450 | Hydro | 1,541,220 | 0 | 0 |
| Burnside Powerplant | 132 | Fuel Oil | 1,531,580 | 727,580,000 | 475 |
| Trenche Powerplant | 302 | Hydro | 1,518,220 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoky Falls Powerplant | 1,496,750 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shawinigan Ii Powerplant | 200 | Hydro | 1,474,770 | 0 | 0 |
| Eb Campbell Powerplant | 288 | Hydro | 1,472,220 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackay River Tc Powerplant | 165 | Natural Gas | 1,431,180 | 719,044,000 | 503 |
| Sarnia Refinery Powerplant | 1,407,480 | 736,842,000 | 523 | ||
| Tolko Manitoba Powerplant | 1,365,500 | 107,490,000 | 79 | ||
| Mackenzie Finlay Powerplant | 1,351,490 | 106,897,000 | 79 | ||
| Brighton Beach Powerplant | 580 | Natural Gas | 1,306,130 | 349,735,000 | 268 |
| Nipawin Powerplant | 255 | Hydro | 1,303,520 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridge River Ii Powerplant | Hydro | 1,267,740 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rapide-blanc Powerplant | 204 | Hydro | 1,251,380 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufts Cove Powerplant | 415 | Fuel Oil, Natural Gas | 1,246,320 | 554,383,000 | 445 |
| Beaumont (hq) Powerplant | 270 | Hydro | 1,242,180 | 0 | 0 |
| Lower Notch Powerplant | 274 | Hydro | 1,226,850 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocher-de-grand-mere Powerplant | 230 | Hydro | 1,176,240 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississauga Cogen Powerplant | 108 | Natural Gas | 1,155,010 | 433,074,000 | 375 |
| Twin Falls (nl) Powerplant | 225 | Hydro | 1,150,170 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelsey Powerplant | 250 | Hydro | 1,145,060 | 0 | 0 |
| Queen Elizabeth Powerplant | 218 | Natural Gas | 1,114,060 | 563,841,000 | 506 |
| Otto Holden Powerplant | 243 | Hydro | 1,104,160 | 0 | 0 |
| La Tuque Powerplant | 294 | Hydro | 1,104,160 | 0 | 0 |
| Wells (on) Powerplant | 239 | Hydro | 1,093,940 | 0 | 0 |
| Wreck Cove Powerplant | 230 | Hydro | 1,022,370 | 0 | 0 |
| Mcmahon Cogen Powerplant | 120 | Natural Gas | 999,075 | 511,464,000 | 512 |
| Belle Plaine Powerplant | 974,004 | 542,173,000 | 557 | ||
| Coteau Creek Powerplant | 186 | Hydro | 958,473 | 0 | 0 |
| Chute Du Diable Powerplant | 205 | Hydro | 957,195 | 0 | 0 |
| Chute A La Savane Powerplant | 210 | Hydro | 957,195 | 0 | 0 |
| Sir Adam Beck Pgs Powerplant | 950,806 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jenpeg Powerplant | 135 | Hydro | 950,806 | 0 | 0 |
| Foster Creek Powerplant | 80 | Natural Gas | 949,801 | 503,162,000 | 530 |
| Manic I Powerplant | 184 | Hydro | 942,678 | 0 | 0 |
| Otter Rapids (on) Powerplant | 182 | Hydro | 940,582 | 0 | 0 |
| Thunder Bay Powerplant | 306 | Coal, Natural Gas | 938,221 | 1,127,970,000 | 1,202 |
| Iroquois Falls Npi Powerplant | 120 | Natural Gas | 932,892 | 338,935,000 | 363 |
| Cory Mine Cogen Powerplant | 260 | Natural Gas | 931,612 | 285,751,000 | 307 |
| West Windsor Powerplant | 922,512 | 333,967,000 | 362 | ||
| Chute A Caron Powerplant | 224 | Hydro | 920,134 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridge River I Powerplant | 248 | Hydro | 920,134 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterton Shell Powerplant | 896,974 | 509,374,000 | 568 | ||
| Stewartville Powerplant | 182 | Hydro | 889,463 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett Chute Powerplant | 176 | Hydro | 879,240 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawinigan Iii Powerplant | 194 | Hydro | 878,728 | 0 | 0 |
| Island Cogen Powerplant | 275 | Natural Gas | 874,643 | 429,879,000 | 492 |
| Arrow Lakes Powerplant | 185 | Hydro | 869,016 | 0 | 0 |
| Point Tupper Powerplant | 154 | Coal | 843,963 | 1,086,670,000 | 1,288 |
| Des Cedres Powerplant | 103 | Hydro | 828,121 | 0 | 0 |
| Prince Wind Farm Powerplant | 189 | Wind | 805,373 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheakamus Powerplant | 158 | Hydro | 792,338 | 0 | 0 |
| Seven Sisters Powerplant | 165 | Hydro | 766,779 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan River Powerplant | 170 | Hydro | 766,779 | 0 | 0 |
| Mountain Chute Powerplant | 170 | Hydro | 766,779 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand-mere Powerplant | 99 | Hydro | 764,606 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingston Cogen Powerplant | 110 | Natural Gas | 763,101 | 233,259,000 | 306 |
| Burrard Powerplant | 950 | Natural Gas | 749,469 | 346,526,000 | 462 |
| Rapides Des Iles Powerplant | 176 | Hydro | 748,990 | 0 | 0 |
| Maitland Powerplant | 745,179 | 411,376,000 | 552 | ||
| Brilliant Powerplant | 265 | Hydro | 741,219 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea (hq) Powerplant | 152 | Hydro | 736,108 | 0 | 0 |
| Cat Arm Powerplant | 127 | Hydro | 733,296 | 0 | 0 |
| Hr Milner Powerplant | 158 | Coal | 732,337 | 942,941,000 | 1,288 |
| Pine Portage Powerplant | 142 | Hydro | 730,996 | 0 | 0 |
| Ottawa Health Science Powerplant | 730,306 | 215,401,000 | 295 | ||
| Lennox Powerplant | 2100 | Fuel Oil, Natural Gas | 717,285 | 303,874,000 | 424 |
| Aubrey Falls Powerplant | 162 | Hydro | 700,325 | 0 | 0 |
| La Gabelle Powerplant | 131 | Hydro | 698,178 | 0 | 0 |
| Harmon Powerplant | 141 | Hydro | 695,213 | 0 | 0 |
| Chenaux Powerplant | 144 | Hydro | 695,213 | 0 | 0 |
| Aurora Mine Powerplant | 85 | Natural Gas | 690,312 | 344,858,000 | 499 |
| Atikokan Powerplant | 230 | Coal | 684,135 | 849,708,000 | 1,242 |
| Boyle Mill Powerplant | 682,780 | 45,201,400 | 66 | ||
| Kipling Powerplant | 157 | Hydro | 674,765 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Falls (mb) Powerplant | 136 | Hydro | 674,765 | 0 | 0 |
| Little Long Powerplant | 133 | Hydro | 654,318 | 0 | 0 |
| Decew Falls Ii Powerplant | 144 | Hydro | 654,318 | 0 | 0 |
| Deer Lake (nl) Powerplant | 129 | Hydro | 637,198 | 0 | 0 |
| Centennial Wind-1 Powerplant | 150 | Wind | 636,628 | 0 | 0 |
| Premiere Chute Powerplant | 131 | Hydro | 634,893 | 0 | 0 |
| Windsor-essex Powerplant | 632,500 | 203,670,000 | 322 | ||
| Carseland Powerplant | 80 | Natural Gas | 620,386 | 328,420,000 | 529 |
| John Hart Powerplant | 126 | Hydro | 613,423 | 0 | 0 |
| Bighorn (ab) Powerplant | 120 | Hydro | 603,199 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkland Lake Powerplant | 102 | Natural Gas | 575,599 | 191,101,000 | 332 |
| Beechwood Powerplant | 113 | Hydro | 575,084 | 0 | 0 |
| Balzac Ng Plant Powerplant | 120 | Natural Gas | 545,246 | 210,963,000 | 387 |
| Dow Alberta Powerplant | 542,947 | 292,014,000 | 538 | ||
| Ruskin Powerplant | 105 | Hydro | 539,812 | 0 | 0 |
| Island Falls Powerplant | 101 | Hydro | 537,256 | 0 | 0 |
| Rapides Farmers Powerplant | 104 | Hydro | 502,240 | 0 | 0 |
| Manitou Falls Powerplant | 73 | Hydro | 490,738 | 0 | 0 |
| Calgary Energy Powerplant | 300 | Natural Gas | 488,138 | 131,349,000 | 269 |
| Masson Powerplant | 105 | Hydro | 486,649 | 0 | 0 |
| Williams Lake Powerplant | 68 | Biomass | 486,219 | 33,138,600 | 68 |
| Chats Falls Powerplant | 96 | Hydro | 480,515 | 0 | 0 |
| Wb Rankine Powerplant | Hydro | 479,237 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rainbow Lake Cogen Powerplant | Natural Gas | 478,390 | 259,458,000 | 542 | |
| Cavalier Power Powerplant | 120 | Natural Gas | 477,746 | 184,846,000 | 387 |
| Tracy (qc) Powerplant | 477,573 | 188,276,000 | 394 | ||
| Medicine Hat Powerplant | 42 | Natural Gas | 473,234 | 239,167,000 | 505 |
| Stave Falls Rebuild Powerplant | 91 | Hydro | 467,224 | 0 | 0 |
| Baie-des-sables Powerplant | 110 | Wind | 466,605 | 0 | 0 |
| Rapides Des Quinze Powerplant | 103 | Hydro | 460,067 | 0 | 0 |
| Chute-des-chats Powerplant | 92 | Hydro | 456,489 | 0 | 0 |
| St Leon Powerplant | 442,955 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Caribou Falls Powerplant | 91 | Hydro | 437,064 | 0 | 0 |
| High Falls (mqp) Powerplant | 104 | Hydro | 434,508 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Saskatchewan Dow Powerplant | 432,508 | 147,975,000 | 342 | ||
| Upper Salmon Powerplant | 84 | Hydro | 429,396 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaspe Powerplant | Wind | 428,254 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pine Falls Powerplant | 89 | Hydro | 427,862 | 0 | 0 |
