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Power Plants in Canada

Canada has 1,159 power plants on the map, adding up to about 144 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS1,159

TOTAL CAPACITY144 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

How Canada’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Hydro556 · 48% · 81 GW

Wind241 · 21% · 12 GW

Solar143 · 12% · 2 GW

Biomass111 · 10% · 3 GW

Gas75 · 6% · 20 GW

Coal15 · 1% · 10 GW

Oil9 · 1% · 2 GW

Nuclear6 · 1% · 14 GW

Other2 · 0% · 17 MW

Wave and Tidal1 · 0% · 20 MW

Largest power plants in Canada

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

5,616 MWRobert-BourassaHydro

5,428 MWChurchill FallsHydro

3,740 MWDarlingtonNuclear

3,390 MWBruce BNuclear

3,220 MWBruce ANuclear

2,779 MWLa Grande-4Hydro

2,746 MWMicaHydro

2,730 MWG.M. ShrumHydro

2,480 MWRevelstokeHydro

2,417 MWLa Grande-3Hydro

2,160 MWPickering BNuclear

2,141 MWSundanceCoal

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