Table 5
Electricity generation, by utilities, by source, 2005
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Province/territory | Hydro1 | Nuclear | Coal | Natural gas | Heavy fuel oil2 | Other3 |
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percent | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 96.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia | 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 Territory, 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. Includes small amounts of wind and tidal. 2. Includes petroleum coke. 3. Includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels and station service. Data source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Report on Energy Supply-demand in Canada, catalogue number 57-003. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, EnviroStats, volume 1, number 2, "Heavy fuel oil consumption in Canada", catalogue number 16-002-XWE. |
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