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 62,539 52,329 1,335 6,284 10,431 2,732 135,650
Newfoundland and Labrador . 240 192 1,397 x .. 1,829
Prince Edward Island . . 0 5 3 .. 8
Nova Scotia 5,549 1,479 23 1,456 241 0 8,748
New Brunswick 2,906 2,016 16 1,771 457 18 7,184
Quebec . 228 181 317 880 57 1,663
Ontario 35 16,317 86 206 1,010 297 17,951
Manitoba 69 25 2 11 57 7 171
Saskatchewan 11,172 5,679 11 .. 107 x 16,969
Alberta 42,809 24,369 12 1,083 1,860 1,704 71,837
British Columbia .. 1,967 117 37 5,816 649 8,586
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut . 9 694 . .. 0 703
Includes petroleum coke
Includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels and station service.
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