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Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada
Table 8-1
Electricity generated from fossil fuels — Total electricity generated

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Table 8-1
Electricity generated from fossil fuels - Total electricity generated
Table summary
This table displays the results of Electricity generated from fossil fuels - Total electricity generated Coal, Natural gas, Diesel and light fuel oil, Heavy fuel oil, Wood and spent pulping liquor, Other fuels and Total all fuels, calculated using gigawatt hours units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	gigawatt hours
	Coal	Natural gas	Diesel and light fuel oil	Heavy fuel oil^{Table 8-1 Note 1}	Wood and spent pulping liquor	Other fuels^{Table 8-1 Note 2}	Total all fuels
Canada	55,918.0	54,716.0	1,309.0	2,333.0	10,302.0	381.0	124,959.0
Newfoundland and Labrador	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	269.0	231.0	1,669.0	0.0	0.0	2,169.0
Prince Edward Island	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	4.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	9.0
Nova Scotia	4,844.0	1,456.0	20.0	54.0	409.0	0.0	6,783.0
New Brunswick	2,094.0	1,310.0	1.0	266.0	544.0	0.0	4,215.0
Quebec	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	134.0	226.0	199.0	1,571.0	0.0	2,130.0
Ontario	0.0	7,973.0	70.0	72.0	1,316.0	0.0	9,431.0
Manitoba	30.0	17.0	26.0	8.0	56.0	0.0	137.0
Saskatchewan	11,979.0	8,973.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20,953.0
Alberta	36,971.0	33,681.0	9.0	61.0	1,750.0	381.0	72,853.0
British Columbia	0.0	847.0	68.0	1.0	4,654.0	0.0	5,570.0
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	56.0	653.0	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	0.0	0.0	709.0
.. not available for a specific reference period 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero Note: Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for tables" section. Note 1 Includes petroleum coke. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes manufactured gases, other petroleum products, other fuels. Return to note 2 referrer

Date modified:: 2021-02-18