Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada
Table 8-2
Electricity generated from fossil fuels — Utility generation

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Table 8-2
Electricity generated from fossil fuels - Utility generation
Table summary
This table displays the results of Electricity generated from fossil fuels - Utility generation 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).
Coal Natural gas Diesel and light fuel oil Heavy fuel oilTable 8-2 Note 1 Wood and spent pulping liquor Other fuelsTable 8-2 Note 2 Total all fuels
gigawatt hours
Canada 55,918.0 35,069.0 863.0 2,238.0 2168 203.0 96,459.0
Newfoundland and Labrador Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 126.0 1,669.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 0.0 1,795.0
Prince Edward Island Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4.0 2.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 0.0 6.0
Nova Scotia 4,844.0 1,444.0 20.0 51.0 245 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 6,604.0
New Brunswick 2,094.0 1,295.0 0.0 262.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 3,651.0
Quebec Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 0.0 226.0 191.0 797 0.0 1,214.0
Ontario 0.0 5,897.0 70.0 63.0 396 0.0 6,426.0
Manitoba 30.0 17.0 15.0 0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 62.0
Saskatchewan 11,979.0 8,665.0 0.0 0.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 20,644.0
Alberta 36,971.0 17,253.0 0.0 0.0 342 203.0 54,769.0
British Columbia Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 457.0 58.0 0.0 388 0.0 903.0
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 41.0 344.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 385.0

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