List of Canadian electric utilities

This is a list of the electric utilities in Canada.

List of electric utilities by size

Rank	Company	Founded	Established	Type	Head office	Customers	Transmission (km)	Capacity (MW)	Generation (GWh)	Revenue ($M)	Ref
1.	Hydro-Québec		1944	Public, integrated	Quebec	4,316,914	34,361	37,310	230,795	14,370	^[1]^{[note 1]}
2.	Hydro One	1906	1998	Public, Private, T & D	Ontario	1,333,920	28,924	—	—	4,744	^[2]
3.	Ontario Power Generation		1999	Public, generation	Ontario	—	—	21,729	92,500	5,640	^[3]
4.	BC Hydro	1897	1961	Public, integrated	British Columbia	4,000,000	18,000	12,097	43,755	3,822	^[4]
5.	Alectra Utilities		2017	Municipal, integrated	Ontario	1,076,538	—	-	-	3,954	^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
6.	ENMAX	1905		Municipal, integrated	Alberta	836,000	299^[9]	1721^[10]	—	3,160.1	^[11]^{[note 2]}
7.	TransAlta	1911		Investor-owned, generation	Alberta	—	—	8,775	45,736	2,770	^[12]
8.	Toronto Hydro	1911	1998	Municipal, T & D	Ontario	761,000	—	—	—	2,461.7	^[13]
9.	ATCO	1947		Private, integrated	Alberta	233,100		2,732		2,443.1	^[14]^{[note 3]}
10.	Bruce Power		2001	Private, generation	Ontario	—	—	6,300	34,600	2,380	^[15]
11.	EPCOR		1996	Municipal, T & D	Alberta	334,000	203	—	—	2,008	^[16]^{[note 4]}
12.	Capital Power Corporation	1891		Private, generation	Alberta	—	—	3,654	7,015	1,008	^[17]^{[note 5]}
13.	Manitoba Hydro	1873	1961	Public, integrated	Manitoba	532,359	11,700	5,511	33,974	1,599	^[18]^{[note 2]}
14.	NB Power	1880	1920	Public, integrated	New Brunswick	335,513	6,801	3,297	14,418	1,712	^[19]^{[note 6]}
15.	SaskPower		1929	Public, integrated	Saskatchewan	467,329	12,404	3,840	19,864	1,459	^[20]
16.	Nova Scotia Power	1919	1972	Private, integrated	Nova Scotia	486,000	5,000	2,293	12,092	1,188.1	^[21]
17.	Hydro Ottawa	1880	2000	Municipal, distribution	Ontario	296,000	—	14	150	754.5	^[22]
18.	Enova Power		2022	Municipal, T & D	Ontario	157,466	3,665	-	-	-	^[23]
19.	Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro		1954	Public, integrated	Newfoundland and Labrador	36,000	5,048	8,034	42,194	1,359	^[24]
20.	Saskatoon Light & Power	1906		Municipal, distribution	Saskatchewan	58,600	—	—	—	120.8	^[25]
21.	Cornwall Electric	1887	1905	Private, distribution	Ontario	23,800	---	---	---	---	---

List of electric utilities by province or territory

This is a list of Canadian public and private electric utilities, by province.

Alberta

Electric Transmission:

AltaLink

Investor Owned:

Municipals:

City of Lethbridge Electric Utility
ENMAX (formerly City of Calgary Electric System)
EPCOR (formerly Edmonton Power Corporation)
City of Medicine Hat Electric Utility
Town of Ponoka
City of Red Deer Electric Light and Power
Town of Cardston

Rural Electrification Associations:

Sold to FortisAlberta:

Ontario’s electricity distribution consists of multiple local distribution companies (LDCs). Hydro One, a publicly-traded company owned in part by the provincial government, is the largest LDC in the province and services approximately 26 percent of all electricity customers in Ontario.^[26]

The other local distribution companies in Ontario may be municipally owned corporations or privately-operated entities, and include:^[27]

Alectra Utilities, serving: Aurora, Alliston, Barrie, Beeton, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Brampton, Guelph, Hamilton, Markham, Mississauga, Penetanguishene, Richmond Hill, Rockwood, St. Catharines, Thornton, Tottenham, and Vaughan
Algoma Power, serving: Algoma
Canadian Niagara Power, serving: Fort Erie and Port Colborne
Cornwall Electric, serving : Cornwall, South Glengarry, South Stormont, Akwesasne
Elexicon Energy, serving: Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Belleville, Bowmanville, Gravenhurst, Uxbridge and Scugog
Energy+, serving: Cambridge, North Dumfries, and Brant
Enova Power, serving: Kitchener, Waterloo, Woolwich, Wilmot, and Wellesley
EPCOR Utilities, serving: Collingwood, Stayner, Creemore, and Thornbury
Festival Hydro, serving: Stratford, St. Mary's, Seaforth, Hensall, Brussels, Zurich and Dashwood
Greater Sudbury Hydro, serving: Sudbury and West Nipissing
Hydro Ottawa, serving: Ottawa and Casselman
London Hydro
Oakville Hydro
Oshawa Power
Synergy North, serving: Kenora and Thunder Bay
Toronto Hydro

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Notes

^ Generation number includes power bought from third-party suppliers.
^ ^a ^b Electricity-related revenues only
^ Sum of ATCO Utilities and ATCO Energy segments. Includes gas sales and other non-electricity sales.
^ Excluding Water services.
^ Six-month results in 2009.
^ 2008 figures. Most recent data available.

References

^ Hydro-Québec (March 2019), "Clean energy to power us all - Annual Report 2018" (PDF), Annual Report, Montreal: 96–98, ISBN 978-2-550-83154-9, ISSN 0702-6706, retrieved 2019-05-10
^ Hydro One (2010), 2009 Management Discussion and Analysis (PDF), Toronto: Hydro One, pp. 68–69, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-11, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ Ontario Power Generation (2010), Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Toronto, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-08, retrieved 2010-09-18{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ BC Hydro (2009). BC Hydro 2009 Annual Report (PDF). Vancouver. pp. 114–116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2009-12-22.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "A Brand New Electricity Company has Come to Brampton". inbrampton. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
^ Fagen, Eric (28 February 2017). "Alectra Inc. Acquires Hydro One Brampton". Marketwired. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
^ "Application and Evidence" (PDF). Enersource. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
^ Alectra Utilities Corporation; Guelph Hydro (March 7, 2018). "Alectra Utilities Corporation and Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. — Application for Approval of Consolidation under Section 86 of the Ontario Energy Board Act,1998 and related relief" (PDF). Regulatory Affairs. Guelph Hydro. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^ "Transmission and Distribution Lines". www.enmax.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
^ "Generation". www.enmax.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
^ ENMAX, Annual Report 2012 (PDF), Calgary: ENMAX, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-18, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ TransAlta (2010), 2009 Annual Report (PDF), Calgary: TransAlta, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ Toronto Hydro (2010), 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF), Toronto: Toronto Hydro, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ ATCO Group, Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Calgary: ATCO Group, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-17, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ Bruce Power (2010), Focus - 2009 Annual Report (PDF), Bruce Power, retrieved 2010-09-18^{[permanent dead link]}
^ EPCOR (2010), Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Edmonton: EPCOR, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-23, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ Capital Power Corporation (2010), Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Edmonton: Capital Power Corporation, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08, retrieved 2013-08-13
^ Manitoba Hydro (2010), Building a Powerful Future: Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board 59th Annual Report For the Year Ended March 31, 2010 (PDF), Winnipeg: Manitoba Hydro, archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2011, retrieved 2010-09-03
^ NB Power (2008), Annual report 2007-2008 (PDF), Fredericton, pp. 60–61, retrieved 2009-10-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ SaskPower (2010), Securing tomorrow's energy begins today: SaskPower Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Regina: SaskPower, pp. 93–94, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-29
^ Emera (2010), Annual Report 2009, Halifax: Emera, pp. 14–19, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc., Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Ottawa: Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc., retrieved 2010-09-18
^ Enova Power Corp. (2022). "About Us". Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ Nalcor (2022). NL Hydro Annual Report (PDF). St. John's. Retrieved 2024-07-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon Light & Power (PDF), Saskatoon: Saskatoon Light and Power, retrieved 2010-09-18
^ "About Us". Hydro One. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
^ "Find Your Local Distribution Company". Independent Electricity System Operator. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[2] Generation number includes power bought from third-party suppliers.

[Segment-13] Electricity-related revenues only

[17] Sum of ATCO Utilities and ATCO Energy segments. Includes gas sales and other non-electricity sales.

[20] Excluding Water services.

[22] Six-month results in 2009.

[25] 2008 figures. Most recent data available.

[HQ2019-1] Hydro-Québec (March 2019), "Clean energy to power us all - Annual Report 2018" (PDF), Annual Report, Montreal: 96–98, ISBN 978-2-550-83154-9, ISSN 0702-6706, retrieved 2019-05-10

[3] Hydro One (2010), 2009 Management Discussion and Analysis (PDF), Toronto: Hydro One, pp. 68–69, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-11, retrieved 2010-09-18

[4] Ontario Power Generation (2010), Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Toronto, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-08, retrieved 2010-09-18{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[BCH2009-5] BC Hydro (2009). BC Hydro 2009 Annual Report (PDF). Vancouver. pp. 114–116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2009-12-22.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[Brampton-In-6] "A Brand New Electricity Company has Come to Brampton". inbrampton. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[Alectra-Brampton-7] Fagen, Eric (28 February 2017). "Alectra Inc. Acquires Hydro One Brampton". Marketwired. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[cust-alectra-8] "Application and Evidence" (PDF). Enersource. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[MAADS_application-9] Alectra Utilities Corporation; Guelph Hydro (March 7, 2018). "Alectra Utilities Corporation and Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. — Application for Approval of Consolidation under Section 86 of the Ontario Energy Board Act,1998 and related relief" (PDF). Regulatory Affairs. Guelph Hydro. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

[10] "Transmission and Distribution Lines". www.enmax.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[11] "Generation". www.enmax.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[12] ENMAX, Annual Report 2012 (PDF), Calgary: ENMAX, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-18, retrieved 2010-09-18

[14] TransAlta (2010), 2009 Annual Report (PDF), Calgary: TransAlta, retrieved 2010-09-18

[15] Toronto Hydro (2010), 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF), Toronto: Toronto Hydro, retrieved 2010-09-18

[16] ATCO Group, Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Calgary: ATCO Group, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-17, retrieved 2010-09-18

[18] Bruce Power (2010), Focus - 2009 Annual Report (PDF), Bruce Power, retrieved 2010-09-18^{[permanent dead link]}

[19] EPCOR (2010), Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Edmonton: EPCOR, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-23, retrieved 2010-09-18

[21] Capital Power Corporation (2010), Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Edmonton: Capital Power Corporation, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08, retrieved 2013-08-13

[MBHydro2010-23] Manitoba Hydro (2010), Building a Powerful Future: Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board 59th Annual Report For the Year Ended March 31, 2010 (PDF), Winnipeg: Manitoba Hydro, archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2011, retrieved 2010-09-03

[NBP2008-24] NB Power (2008), Annual report 2007-2008 (PDF), Fredericton, pp. 60–61, retrieved 2009-10-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[26] SaskPower (2010), Securing tomorrow's energy begins today: SaskPower Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Regina: SaskPower, pp. 93–94, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-29

[27] Emera (2010), Annual Report 2009, Halifax: Emera, pp. 14–19, retrieved 2010-09-18

[28] Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc., Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Ottawa: Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc., retrieved 2010-09-18

[enova-about-29] Enova Power Corp. (2022). "About Us". Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[Nalcor2021-30] Nalcor (2022). NL Hydro Annual Report (PDF). St. John's. Retrieved 2024-07-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[31] City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon Light & Power (PDF), Saskatoon: Saskatoon Light and Power, retrieved 2010-09-18

[32] "About Us". Hydro One. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[33] "Find Your Local Distribution Company". Independent Electricity System Operator. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

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List of Canadian electric utilities

List of electric utilities by size

List of electric utilities by province or territory

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ontario