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Table 8-1
Electricity generated from fossil fuels — Total electricity generated

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Total electricity generated
  Coal Natural gas Diesel and light fuel oil Heavy fuel oil 1 Wood and spent pulping liquor Other fuels 2 Total all fuels
  gigawatt hours
Canada 104,580 31,363 906 6,314 5,407 2,275 133,573
Newfoundland and Labrador . 248 12 1,118 . -8 1,119
Prince Edward Island . . 6 0 . 0 6
Nova Scotia 8,892 1,422 37 435 166 6 10,958
New Brunswick 4,382 1,644 26 4,050 196 5 10,303
Quebec . 710 40 393 462 0 1,605
Ontario 28,506 7,490 11 120 640 158 36,925
Manitoba 424 28 13 98 2 0 565
Saskatchewan 13,054 4,064 44 0 0 . 17,162
Alberta 49,320 11,583 22 1 1,290 1,601 63,817
British Columbia .. 4,046 83 100 2,652 494 7,376
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut . 92 612 . 0 19 722
Includes petroleum coke
Includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels and station service.