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 363 183 30 872 101 208 1 628
Newfoundland and Labrador 38 333  892
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 2 465  39
New Brunswick 3 749 5 012 59.4
Quebec 177 939 20 279
Ontario 41 849 1 116 96 196 1568.3
Manitoba 35 406
Saskatchewan 5 321
Alberta 5 339  1
British Columbia 52 136 8 525
Yukon  411
Northwest Territories  234  20
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