List of largest power stations in Canada


This article lists the largest electrical generating stations in Canada in terms of current installed electrical capacity. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear, natural gas, oil shale and peat, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass, geothermal heat, hydro, solar energy, solar heat, tides, waves and the wind.
As of 2020 the largest power generating facility is the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario and has an installed capacity of 6,430 MW.

Largest power stations

List of the electrical generating facilities in Canada with a current installed capacity of at least 250 MW.
RankNameProvinceLocationCapacity
Annual Generation
TypeOwner
1Bruce Nuclear 6,43048,169Nuclear Bruce Power
2Robert-Bourassa5,61631,000HydroHydro-Québec
3Churchill Falls5,42835,000HydroNL Hydro
4Darlington Nuclear 3,51228,000Nuclear OPG
5Pickering Nuclear 3,09420,000Nuclear OPG
6Mica2,8057,202HydroBC Hydro
7La Grande-42,77914,600HydroHydro-Québec
8Gordon M. Shrum2,73015,000HydroBC Hydro
9Revelstoke Dam2,4808,200HydroBC Hydro
10La Grande-32,41712,600HydroHydro-Québec
11La Grande-2-A2,10611,600HydroHydro-Québec
12Lennox2,10050Natural gas or Fuel oilOPG
13Sundance1,861?CoalTransAlta
14Beauharnois1,85311,700Hydro Hydro-Québec
15Manic-51,5287,400HydroHydro-Québec
16Sir Adam Beck II1,499?HydroOPG
17La Grande-11,4367,900Hydro Hydro-Québec
18Limestone1,3509,000Hydro Manitoba Hydro
19René-Lévesque1,3265,400Hydro Hydro-Québec
20Genesee1,286?Coal
Natural gas 		Capital Power
TransAlta
21Keephills1,240?CoalTransAlta
Capital Power
22Jean-Lesage1,229?Hydro Hydro-Québec
23Kettle1,2208,500Hydro Manitoba Hydro
24Bersimis-11,178?HydroHydro-Québec
25Manic-5-PA1,064?HydroHydro-Québec
26R. H. Saunders1,045?HydroOPG
27Outardes-31,026?Hydro Hydro-Québec
28Greenfield1,005?Natural gasCalpine
Mitsui
29Long Spruce9807,100Hydro Manitoba Hydro
30Coleson Cove978?Fuel oilNB Power
31Shipshaw896?HydroRio Tinto Alcan
32Sainte-Marguerite-38842,730HydroHydro-Québec
33Laforge-18784,500HydroHydro-Québec
34Bersimis-2869?Hydro Hydro-Québec
35Goreway839?Natural gasSithe Global Power
36Boundary Dam824?CoalSaskPower
36Muskrat Falls824?HydroNL Hydro
38Seven Mile8053,400HydroBC Hydro
39Shepard800?Natural gasCapital Power
ENMAX
40Kemano790?HydroRio Tinto Alcan
41Outardes-4785?HydroHydro-Québec
42Sheerness 7805,500CoalATCO Power
TransAlta
43Eastmain-1-A7682,300HydroHydro-Québec
44Carillon753?Hydro Hydro-Québec
45Chutes-des-Passes750?HydroRio Tinto Alcan
46Peace Canyon6943,250HydroBC Hydro
47Halton Hills683?Natural gasOPG
48Mactaquac672?HydroNB Power
49Point Lepreau Nuclear 6604,111Nuclear NB Power
50Romaine-26403,300HydroHydro-Québec
51Queen Elizabeth634?Natural gasSaskPower
52Lingan620?CoalNova Scotia Power
53Bay d'Espoir6042,657HydroNL Hydro
54Kootenay Canal5833,175HydroBC Hydro
55Poplar River 582?CoalSaskPower
56Brighton Beach580?Natural gasATCO Power
OPG
57St. Clair577?Natural gasInvenergy
58Bécanour 550?Natural gasTC Energy
58Portlands550?Natural gasOPG
60Battle River540?Coal
Natural gas 		ATCO Power
61Toulnustouc5262,600HydroHydro-Québec
62Outardes-2523?Hydro Hydro-Québec
63Sarnia Regional506?Natural gasTransAlta
64Sir Adam Beck I498?HydroOPG
65Holyrood 490?Fuel oilNL Hydro
65Waneta4901,980HydroTeck
BC Hydro
67Eastmain-14802,700HydroHydro-Québec
67Joffre480?Natural gasATCO Power
Capital Power
NOVA Chemicals
69Grand Rapids4792,320HydroManitoba Hydro
70Bridge River4782,500HydroBC Hydro
71Brisay4692,300HydroHydro-Québec
72Belledune458?CoalNB Power
73Des Joachims429?HydroOPG
74Tufts Cove415?Fuel oil
Natural gas 		Nova Scotia Power
75Bécancour 411?Natural gasHydro-Québec
76Isle-Maligne402?HydroRio Tinto Alcan
77York400?Natural gasCapital Power
Unknown
78Millbank399?Fuel oilNB Power
79Romaine-3395?HydroHydro-Québec
80Péribonka3852,200Hydro Hydro-Québec
81McCormick367?HydroHydro-Québec
Alcoa
82Seigneurie de Beaupré363.5?WindBoralex
Énergir
La Côte-de-Beaupré
83Brazeau355397HydroTransAlta
84Rivière-du-Moulin350?WindEDF Renewables
85Abitibi349?HydroOPG
86Waneta Dam Expansion335627.4HydroColumbia Power
Columbia Basin Trust
87Laforge-23191,800Hydro Hydro-Québec
88Trenton305?CoalNova Scotia Power
89Trenche302?Hydro Hydro-Québec
90Blackspring Ridge300?WindEDF Renewables
90Calgary300?Natural gasEnmax
90Henvey Inlet300?WindPattern Energy
90Lac Alfred300?WindEDF Renewables
94La Tuque294?Hydro Hydro-Québec
95E.B. Campbell288900HydroSaskPower
96Kelsey2871,970Hydro Manitoba Hydro
97Bayside280?Natural gasNB Power
98Shand276?CoalSaskPower
99Island275?Natural gasCapital Power
100Lower Notch274?HydroOPG
101Beaumont270?Hydro Hydro-Québec
101Romaine-1270?Hydro Hydro-Québec
103Smoky Falls267?HydroOPG
Moose Cree
104Thorold265?Natural gasNorthland Power
105Brandon263?Natural gasManitoba Hydro
106North Battleford260?Natural gasNorthland Power
107Nipawin255?HydroSaskPower

Largest power stations under construction

List of the electrical generating facilities under construction in Canada with an expected installed capacity of at least 250 MW.
RankNameProvinceLocationCapacity TypeOwner
1Napanee900Natural gasOPGOn Hold
2Keeyask695HydroManitoba Hydro2021
3Site C dam580HydroBC Hydro2024

Largest decommissioned power stations

List of former electrical generating facilities in Canada that had an installed capacity of at least 250 MW at the time of their decommissioning. Only facilities that have permanently shut down all of their electricity generating units are included.
RankNameImageProvinceLocationCapacity TypeOwner
1Nanticoke3,964CoalOPG1973-2013
2Lakeview2,400CoalOPG1962-2005
3Lambton1,976CoalOPG1969-2013
4Gentilly Nuclear925Nuclear
Hydro-Québec1983-2012
5Wabamun582CoalTransAlta1956-2010
6Thunder Bay306BiomassOPG1963-2018