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 345 477 31 375 89 493 1 469
Newfoundland and Labrador  41 321  865
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island  806  44
New Brunswick  2 857   414 14
Quebec  171 596  20 376  4 213  72
Ontario  33 050  879  84 866 1 383
Manitoba  32 185
Saskatchewan  4 240
Alberta  2 572
British Columbia  56 167  9 211
Yukon  430
Northwest Territories  253
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