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 348 373 30 414 73 587 1 183
Newfoundland and Labrador 38156  892
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 1089 39
New Brunswick 2963 5388 71
Quebec 177158 20050
Ontario 38189 1011 68199 1112
Manitoba 34495
Saskatchewan 4706
Alberta 1821
British Columbia 49151 8422
Yukon 411
Northwest Territories 234
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