Table 9
Primary electricity generation

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Primary electricity generation
Table summary
This table displays further details of primary electricity generation. The row headers provide information by province. The column headers provide information by type of generation, in natural units (gigawatt hours for hydro and nuclear; tonnes for uranium used). The first two columns both represent hydro generation but are further broken down to identify generation by utilities and by industries separately.
  Hydro Nuclear Uranium used
Utility Industry
    gigawatt hours tonnes
Canada 341 864 30 213 88 291 1 482
Newfoundland and Labrador  39 122  895
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island  1 068  43
New Brunswick  3 842   0 0
Quebec  169 986  19 706  3 525  66
Ontario  34 643  265  84 766 1 416
Manitoba  34 206
Saskatchewan  4 641
Alberta  1 975
British Columbia  51 733  9 304
Yukon  388
Northwest Territories  260
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