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

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Electricity generated from fossil fuels — Total electricity generated
Table summary
This table displays a modeled breakdown of total electricity generated from fossil fuels. The row headers provide information by province. The column headers provide information by fuel type in gigawatt hours.
  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 71,367 56,122 1,052 4,566 5,101 8,084 146,291
Newfoundland and Labrador . 273 169 947 .. .. 1,389
Prince Edward Island . . 0 3 x .. 5
Nova Scotia 6,016 2,433 17 866 252 111 9,694
New Brunswick 2,579 2,177 10 1,936 232 337 7,271
Quebec . 207 210 285 694 447 1,843
Ontario 4,344 24,940 28 209 523 772 30,816
Manitoba 50 41 15 56 .. 25 187
Saskatchewan 11,200 3,417 10 .. .. .. 14,627
Alberta 47,179 20,743 13 228 629 3,113 71,906
British Columbia .. 1,859 91 37 2,768 3,278 8,033
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut . 33 488 . .. .. 520
1.
Includes petroleum coke
2.
Includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels and station service.
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