Includes production by electric utilities and industry.
Supplementary notes
The source notes that data prior to 2015 might not be comparable because the number of the facilities generating electricity surveyed increased from 400 to 1,200 that year.
Figures were rounded.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2005 to 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Canada's electricity production by electric utilities and industries has increased over the past decades. It amounted to over *** terawatt-hours in 2022, up from approximately *** at the beginning of the period. In 2022, hydropower was by far the largest source of electricity in the country and accounted for roughly ** percent of the total electric power production.
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