List of Canadian electric utilities


This is a list of the electric utilities in Canada.

List of electric utilities by size

RankCompanyFoundedEstablishedType
1.Hydro-Québec1944Public, integrated4,316,91434,36137,310230,79514,370
2.Hydro One19061998Public, Private, T & D1,333,92028,924——4,744
3.Ontario Power Generation1999Provincial——21,72992,5005,640
4.BC Hydro18971961Public, integrated4,000,00018,00012,09743,7553,822
5.Alectra Utilities2017Municipal, integrated1,076,538—--3,954
6.ENMAX1905Municipal, integrated836,0002991721—3,160.1
7.TransAlta1911Investor-owned, generation——8,77545,7362,770
8.Toronto Hydro19111998Municipal, T & D761,000———2,461.7
9.ATCO1947Private, integrated233,1002,7322,443.1
10.Bruce Power2001Private, generation——6,30034,6002,380
11.EPCOR1996Municipal, T & D334,000203——2,008
12.Capital Power Corporation1891Private, generation——3,6547,0151,008
13.Manitoba Hydro18731961Public, integrated532,35911,7005,51133,9741,599
14.NB Power18801920Public, integrated335,5136,8013,29714,4181,712
15.SaskPower1929Public, integrated467,32914,8165,93019,8641,459
16.Nova Scotia Power19191972Private, integrated486,0005,0002,29312,0921,188.1
17.Hydro Ottawa18802000Municipal, distribution296,000—14150754.5
18.Enova Power2022Municipal, T & D157,4663,665---
19.Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro1954Public, integrated36,0005,0488,03442,1941,359
20.Saskatoon Light & Power1906Municipal, distribution58,600———120.8
21.Cornwall Electric18871905Private, distribution23,800---------------

List of electric utilities by province or territory

This is a list of Canadian public and private electric utilities, by province.

Electric Transmission:
Investor Owned:
Municipals:
Rural Electrification Associations:
  • Battle River Power Cooperative
  • Beaver REA
  • Blue Mountain Power Corp.
  • Borradaile REA
  • Braes REA
  • Claysmore REA
  • Devonia REA
  • Drayton Valley REA
  • Duffield REA
  • EQUS
  • Ermineskin REA
  • Fenn REA
  • Heart River REA
  • Kneehill REA
  • Lindale REA
  • MaKenzie REA
  • Mayerthorpe and District REA
  • Niton REA
  • North Parkland Power
  • Sterling REA
  • Stony Plain REA
  • Tomahawk REA
  • West Liberty REA
  • Willingdon REA
Sold to FortisAlberta:

Municipals:

Municipals:
  • Town of Perth Andover
  • Energie Edmundston Energy

  • Nova Scotia Power
  • Antigonish Electric Utility
  • Berwick Electric Light Commission
  • Canso Electric Light Commission
  • Lunenburg Electric Utility
  • Mahone Bay Electric Utility
  • Riverport Electric Light Commission

Ontario’s electricity distribution consists of multiple local distribution companies. Hydro One, a publicly-traded company owned in part by the provincial government, is the largest LDC in the province and services approximately 26 percent of all electricity customers in Ontario.
The other local distribution companies in Ontario may be municipally owned corporations or privately-operated entities, and include: