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Table 4
Percentage of electricity generation by utility companies, by province and energy source, 2005

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Hydro1
Nuclear
Coal
Natural gas
HFO2
Other3
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 96.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 10.0 0.0 71.7 1.9 15.8 0.6
New Brunswick 18.8 21.6 18.0 5.2 36.1 0.2
Quebec 96.4 2.8 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0
Ontario 22.3 50.2 19.7 7.3 0.6 0.0
Manitoba 98.8 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saskatchewan 24.0 0.0 55.8 20.1 0.0 0.1
Alberta 5.4 0.0 81.7 12.8 0.0 0.1
British Columbia 94.3 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.1
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut 70.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.4
Canada 59.0 15.6 18.2 4.9 2.3 0.1
1. Hydro includes small amounts of wind and tide.
2. Heavy fuel oil includes petroleum coke.
3. Other includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels and station service.
Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 57-003-X, tables 18 and 19.