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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).
	gigawatt hours
	Coal	Natural gas	Diesel and light fuel oil	Heavy fuel oil^{Table 8-2 Electricity generated from fossil fuels - Utility generation Note 1}	Wood and spent pulping liquor	Other fuels^{Table 8-2 Electricity generated from fossil fuels - Utility generation Note 2}	Total all fuels
Canada	44,534	45,978	730	1,671	1,884	166	94,963
Newfoundland and Labrador	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	66	1,255	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1,321
Prince Edward Island	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1	0	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1
Nova Scotia	4,988	1,361	5	46	132	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	6,532
New Brunswick	1,823	943	4	179	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	2,949
Quebec	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	0	168	191	802	0	1,161
Ontario	0	9,366	69	0	356	5	9,796
Manitoba	0	17	15	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	32
Saskatchewan	10,035	9,270	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	19,412
Alberta	27,688	23,608	14	0	388	54	51,752
British Columbia	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1,339	96	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	206	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1,641
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	74	292	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	366
.. not available for a specific reference period 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:: 2022-05-02