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Electric power generation, by province and territory: Part 1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  thousands of megawatt hours
1980 366,677.1 46,257.7 126.7 6,863.0 9,283.0 97,807.0 110,125.2
1981 378,531.2 44,665.1 30.8 6,569.4 8,935.5 102,904.2 110,945.4
1982 376,485.0 44,264.5 34.6 6,580.8 8,395.1 100,019.5 110,292.9
1983 395,464.4 39,992.1 11.4 6,159.8 11,588.1 110,538.9 117,819.6
1984 424,852.9 45,534.3 2.0 7,222.2 12,231.5 122,069.5 120,614.0
1985 446,412.2 41,387.2 1.5 7,511.0 11,422.5 136,726.1 121,661.5
1986 455,820.0 40,407.2 11.9 7,398.4 12,196.2 148,260.9 125,222.4
1987 482,107.6 40,089.4 56.4 7,749.1 12,601.3 156,951.7 131,581.5
1988 489,046.1 41,149.7 84.7 8,891.8 15,906.6 149,004.9 142,743.3
1989 482,151.7 34,864.0 104.4 9,167.8 17,588.8 144,848.3 141,436.5
1990 466,061.8 36,503.3 80.8 9,429.6 16,664.9 135,458.4 129,342.9
1991 489,845.7 36,967.5 71.1 9,385.1 15,759.4 142,281.2 140,670.7
1992 501,523.3 36,680.7 34.1 9,722.3 15,962.3 147,077.2 138,517.5
1993 511,276.2 40,846.2 58.8 9,713.6 15,111.7 154,443.5 140,708.7
1994 533,487.2 38,405.0 39.9 9,760.3 15,866.7 162,899.0 148,433.3
1995 537,075.7 37,902.4 16.1 9,550.9 12,666.7 172,556.3 147,293.5
1996 551,888.2 36,816.5 8.8 9,985.3 15,367.7 170,520.3 146,584.8
1997 554,439.7 41,748.7 20.9 10,494.2 16,699.6 165,997.3 146,651.6
1998 543,933.7 45,116.4 2.6 10,756.7 18,990.3 154,734.5 141,321.3
1999 558,092.9 42,637.9 8.2 11,071.8 18,576.4 168,884.8 148,066.5
2000 583,373.4 43,597.9 48.1 11,605.1 18,778.2 179,728.1 152,928.0
2001 565,757.3 41,219.1 43.4 11,826.3 20,169.2 170,791.1 152,308.1
2002 578,728.9 44,122.7 18.9 12,109.2 19,417.6 176,951.8 153,764.4
2003 564,218.5 42,039.2 42.4 12,386.9 20,923.7 177,461.0 150,063.4
2004 571,291.9 41,530.7 42.9 12,563.8 20,809.1 174,572.3 156,008.3
2005 597,248.2 42,147.1 38.4 12,371.7 20,280.8 179,767.5 158,522.1
2006 585,097.5 42,783.3 33.1 11,425.3 18,116.5 178,845.2 157,892.5

Electric power generation, by province and territory: Part 2
  Manitoba Saskat-
chewan
Alberta British Columbia Yukon Territory Northwest Territories including Nunavut Northwest Territories Nunavut
  thousands of megawatt hours
1980 19,461.7 9,188.1 23,391.3 43,333.9 384.4 455.1 .. ..
1981 18,423.9 9,676.4 24,501.2 51,007.8 391.5 479.9 .. ..
1982 20,778.7 9,842.9 27,229.5 48,238.0 345.8 462.6 .. ..
1983 22,084.2 10,353.4 29,028.0 47,213.2 242.8 432.9 .. ..
1984 21,479.4 11,525.0 31,058.9 52,368.8 255.4 491.9 .. ..
1985 22,741.4 11,815.9 33,252.9 59,126.3 256.5 509.3 .. ..
1986 24,052.9 11,913.4 34,718.8 50,759.1 344.1 534.8 .. ..
1987 19,902.3 12,440.2 36,770.2 63,066.4 432.3 466.9 .. ..
1988 16,307.7 12,936.9 40,172.3 60,942.8 439.2 466.0 .. ..
1989 18,740.7 13,501.0 43,335.4 57,654.8 440.2 469.9 .. ..
1990 20,149.2 13,939.8 42,874.4 60,662.2 484.6 471.7 .. ..
1991 22,871.0 13,576.0 44,339.6 62,981.4 460.6 477.4 .. ..
1992 26,763.1 14,126.8 47,520.3 64,057.6 480.5 580.7 .. ..
1993 27,121.4 15,302.6 48,276.6 58,773.8 334.9 584.4 .. ..
1994 28,434.8 15,470.6 52,274.2 61,015.3 297.1 591.0 .. ..
1995 29,224.6 16,356.0 52,317.9 58,006.3 386.6 798.2 .. ..
1996 31,172.4 16,512.2 51,816.9 71,764.7 500.0 838.7 .. ..
1997 33,749.4 16,877.5 54,046.7 66,961.3 376.4 816.1 .. ..
1998 31,738.2 16,948.0 55,603.1 67,709.7 317.5 695.3 .. ..
1999 28,690.9 16,804.4 54,253.2 68,044.9 295.7 .. .. ..
2000 32,500.1 17,479.1 57,406.0 68,240.9 296.4 .. 550.9 214.4
2001 33,447.7 17,146.1 60,408.5 57,332.1 303.1 .. 545.4 215.2
2002 29,437.2 17,809.4 59,082.9 64,945.0 312.2 .. 566.0 191.6
2003 21,152.2 19,719.2 56,254.7 63,050.9 320.1 .. 646.2 133.2
2004 27,703.2 18,206.4 58,220.6 60,495.6 328.6 .. 646.3 139.4
2005 37,000.8 19,023.4 59,159.7 67,811.2 343.7 .. 640.0 141.6
2006 34,172.0 18,530.3 60,120.6 62,021.4 359.0 .. 653.5 144.7
Total utility and industry generation made by hydro (including tidal and wind), steam (conventional and nuclear), internal combustion and combustion turbine.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 127-0001.