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 wind.
As of 2023 the largest power generating facility is the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario and has an installed capacity of 6,610 MW.

Largest power stations

List of the electrical generating facilities in Canada with a current installed capacity of at least 250 MW.
RankNameProvinceStartupLocationCapacity
Annual generation
TypeOwner
1Bruce Nuclear 19776,61048,169Nuclear Bruce Power
2Robert-Bourassa19795,61631,000Hydro Hydro-Québec
3Churchill Falls 19715,42835,000Hydro NL Hydro
4Darlington Nuclear 19903,51228,000Nuclear OPG
5Pickering Nuclear 19713,09420,000Nuclear OPG
6Gordon M. Shrum19682,90715,000HydroBC Hydro
7Mica19732,8057,202HydroBC Hydro
8La Grande-419842,77914,600HydroHydro-Québec
9Revelstoke Dam19842,4807,800HydroBC Hydro
10La Grande-319842,41812,300HydroHydro-Québec
11Lennox19762,14050Natural gas or Fuel oilOPG
12La Grande-2-A19922,10611,600HydroHydro-Québec
13Sundance19701,861?Natural gasTransAlta
14Beauharnois19611,85311,700Hydro Hydro-Québec
15Daniel-Johnson19701,5967,400HydroHydro-Québec
16Sir Adam Beck II19541,5162,149HydroOPG
17La Grande-119951,4367,900Hydro Hydro-Québec
18Genesee19891,376?Natural gasCapital Power
TransAlta
19Limestone19901,3509,000Hydro Manitoba Hydro
20René-Lévesque19761,3265,400Hydro Hydro-Québec
21Site C20241,230HydroBC Hydro
22Jean-Lesage19671,229?Hydro Hydro-Québec
23Kettle19731,2208,500Hydro Manitoba Hydro
24Bersimis-119561,178?HydroHydro-Québec
25Manic-5-PA19701,064?HydroHydro-Québec
26R. H. Saunders19581,045?HydroOPG
27Outardes-319691,026?Hydro Hydro-Québec
28Greenfield20081,005?Natural gasCalpine
Mitsui
29Coleson Cove19761050?Fuel oilNB Power
30Long Spruce19799807,100Hydro Manitoba Hydro
31Napanee2020900Natural gasAtura Power
31Shipshaw2002896?HydroRio Tinto
32Sainte-Marguerite-320038842,730Hydro Hydro-Québec
33Laforge-119948784,500HydroHydro-Québec
34Bersimis-21959869?Hydro Hydro-Québec
35Keephills1983858?Natural gasTransAlta
36Goreway2009839?Natural gasSithe Global Power
37Muskrat Falls20218244,900HydroNL Hydro
38Seven Mile19798053,400HydroBC Hydro
39Shepard2015868?Natural gasCapital Power
ENMAX
40Kemano1954790?HydroRio Tinto
41Outardes-41969785?HydroHydro-Québec
42Sheerness19867805,500Natural gasHeartland Generation
TransAlta
43Bernard-Landry20127682,300HydroHydro-Québec
44Carillon1962753?Hydro Hydro-Québec
45Chutes-des-Passes750?HydroRio Tinto
46Keeyask20216954,400HydroKeeyask Hydropower Limited Partnership
47Peace Canyon6943,250HydroBC Hydro
48Halton Hills2010683?Natural gasOPG
49Mactaquac19686721,600HydroNB Power
50Point Lepreau Nuclear 19836604,111Nuclear NB Power
51Romaine-220146403,300HydroHydro-Québec
52Queen Elizabeth1959634?Natural gasSaskPower
53Holyrood 1971624.52,996Fuel oil
Diesel 		NL Hydro
54Lingan19796202,288CoalNova Scotia Power
55Bay d'Espoir 1967613.42,657HydroNL Hydro
56Kootenay Canal19765832,482HydroBC Hydro
57Poplar River 1981582?CoalSaskPower
58Brighton Beach2004580?Natural gasATCO Power
OPG
59St. Clair2009577?Natural gasInvenergy
60Bécancour 2006550?Natural gasTC Energy
60Portlands2008550?Natural gasOPG
61Battle River1969540?Natural gasATCO Power
62Boundary Dam1959531?CoalSaskPower
63Toulnustouc20055262,600HydroHydro-Québec
64Outardes-21978523?Hydro Hydro-Québec
65Sarnia Regional2006506?Natural gasTransAlta
66Waneta19544901,980HydroTeck
BC Hydro
67Eastmain-120124802,700HydroHydro-Québec
67Joffre2000480?Natural gasHeartland Generation
Capital Power
NOVA Chemicals
68Grand Rapids19574792,320HydroManitoba Hydro
69Bridge River19484782,500HydroBC Hydro
70Brisay19934692,300HydroHydro-Québec
71Travers2022465?photovoltaicGreengate Power
72Belledune1993458?CoalNB Power
72Sir Adam Beck I19224463,040HydroOPG
73Des Joachims1950429?HydroOPG
74Tufts Cove1965415?Fuel oil
Natural gas 		Nova Scotia Power
75Bécancour 411?Natural gasHydro-Québec
76Isle-Maligne1926402?HydroRio Tinto
77York2012400?Natural gasCapital Power
Unknown
78Millbank1991399?Fuel oilNB Power
79Romaine-32017395?HydroHydro-Québec
80Péribonka19523852,200Hydro Hydro-Québec
81McCormick367?HydroHydro-Québec
Alcoa
82Seigneurie de Beaupré2013363.5?WindBoralex
Énergir
La Côte-de-Beaupré
83Brazeau355397HydroTransAlta
84Rivière-du-Moulin2014350?WindEDF Renewables
85Abitibi1936349?HydroOPG
86Waneta Dam Expansion2015335627.4HydroColumbia Power
Columbia Basin Trust
87Laforge-219963191,800Hydro Hydro-Québec
88Trenton1969305?CoalNova Scotia Power
89Trenche302?Hydro Hydro-Québec
90Blackspring Ridge2014300?WindEDF Renewables
90Calgary2003300?Natural gasEnmax
90Henvey Inlet2019300?WindPattern Energy
90Lac Alfred2016300?WindEDF Renewables
93La Tuque1955294?Hydro Hydro-Québec
94E.B. Campbell1963288900HydroSaskPower
95Kelsey19612871,970Hydro Manitoba Hydro
96Bayside280?Natural gasNB Power
97Shand1992276?CoalSaskPower
98Island2002275?Natural gasCapital Power
99Lower Notch1971274?HydroOPG
100Beaumont1959270?Hydro Hydro-Québec
100Romaine-12015270?Hydro Hydro-Québec
102Smoky Falls1931267?HydroOPG
Moose Cree
103Thorold2010265?Natural gasNorthland Power
104Brandon1958263?Natural gasManitoba Hydro
105North Battleford2013260?Natural gasNorthland Power
106Nipawin1985255?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
1Gull Island2,250HydroNL Hydro2034
2Churchill Falls extension 1,100HydroNL Hydro2035
3Churchill Falls upgrade 550HydroNL Hydro2035
4Magpie-2450HydroHydro Quebec2026
4Napanee expansion430Natural gas turbineAtura Power2028
5Darlington New Nuclear300Nuclear OPG2029

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.
NameImageProvinceLocationCapacity
TypeOwnerYears in
service		Smokestack
configuration
Nanticoke3,964CoalOPG1973-201340 years198 m ×2
Lakeview2,400CoalOPG1962-2005
43 years150 m ×4
Lambton1,976CoalOPG1969-201344 years168 m ×3
Hearn1,200CoalOPG1951-198332 years215 m ×1
Gentilly Nuclear925Nuclear
Hydro-Québec1983-201229 yearsna
Wabamun582CoalTransAlta1956-201054 years156 ×3
Dalhousie315CoalNB Power1967-201245 years167 m & 162 m
Thunder Bay306Coal
Biomass 		OPG1963-201855 years198 m & 107 m