This is a list of the electric utilities in Canada.
List of electric utilities by size
Rank CompanyFoundedEstablished Type 1. Hydro-Québec 1944 Public, integrated 4,316,914 34,361 37,310 230,795 14,370 Generation number includes power bought from third-party suppliers. 2. Hydro One 19061998 Public, Private, T & D 1,333,920 28,924 — — 4,744 3. Ontario Power Generation 1999 Provincial — — 21,729 92,500 5,640 4. BC Hydro 18971961 Public, integrated 4,000,000 18,000 12,097 43,755 3,822 5. Alectra Utilities2017 Municipal, integrated 1,076,538 — - - 3,954 6. ENMAX 1905 Municipal, integrated 836,000 299 1721 — 3,160.1 7. TransAlta 1911 Investor-owned, generation — — 8,775 45,736 2,770 8. Toronto Hydro19111998 Municipal, T & D 761,000 — — — 2,461.7 9. ATCO 1947 Private, integrated 233,100 2,732 2,443.1 Sum of ATCO Utilities and ATCO Energy segments. Includes gas sales and other non-electricity sales. 10. Bruce Power 2001 Private, generation — — 6,300 34,600 2,380 11. EPCOR 1996 Municipal, T & D 334,000 203 — — 2,008 Excluding Water services. 12. Capital Power Corporation 1891 Private, generation — — 3,654 7,015 1,008 Six-month results in 2009. 13. Manitoba Hydro 18731961 Public, integrated 532,359 11,700 5,511 33,974 1,599 Electricity-related revenues only 14. NB Power 18801920 Public, integrated 335,513 6,801 3,297 14,418 1,712 2008 figures. Most recent data available. 15. SaskPower 1929 Public, integrated 467,329 14,816 5,930 19,864 1,459 16. Nova Scotia Power 19191972 Private, integrated 486,000 5,000 2,293 12,092 1,188.1 17. Hydro Ottawa 18802000 Municipal, distribution 296,000 — 14 150 754.5 18. Enova Power 2022 Municipal, T & D 157,466 3,665 - - - 19. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro 1954 Public, integrated 36,000 5,048 8,034 42,194 1,359 20. Saskatoon Light & Power 1906 Municipal, distribution 58,600 — — — 120.8 21.Cornwall Electric18871905Private, distribution23,800 --- --- --- --- ---
List of electric utilities by province or territory This is a list of Canadian public and private electric utilities, by province.
Electric Transmission: AltaLink
Investor Owned: FortisAlberta ATCO Electric
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: Battle River Power Cooperative Beaver REA Blue Mountain Power Corp. Borradaile REA Braes REA Claysmore REA Devonia REA Drayton Valley REA Duffield REA EQUS Ermineskin REA Fenn REA Heart River REA Kneehill REA Lindale REA MaKenzie REA Mayerthorpe and District REA Niton REA North Parkland Power Sterling REA Stony Plain REA Tomahawk REA West Liberty REA Willingdon REA
Sold to FortisAlberta: Town of Fort Macleod Municipality of Crowsnest Pass
TransAlta Corporation Direct Energy
BC Hydro Columbia Power Corporation FortisBC
Municipals: Grand Forks Hydro Nelson Hydro New Westminster Penticton Summerland
Manitoba Hydro
NB Power Saint John Energy
Municipals: Town of Perth Andover Energie Edmundston Energy
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited Lower Churchill Development Corporation Limited Newfoundland Power
Northland Utilities Northwest Territories Power Corporation
Nova Scotia Power Antigonish Electric Utility Berwick Electric Light Commission Canso Electric Light Commission Lunenburg Electric Utility Mahone Bay Electric Utility Riverport Electric Light Commission
Qulliq Energy Corporation
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.
The other local distribution companies in Ontario may be municipally owned corporations or privately-operated entities, and include: 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 (company) PUC serving: Sault Ste. Marie Synergy North, serving: Kenora and Thunder Bay Toronto Hydro
Maritime Electric Summerside Electric
Boralex Cartier Wind Energy Hydro-Jonquière Hydro Magog Hydro-Québec Hydro-Sherbrooke Hydro Westmount Innergex Renewable Energy Rio Tinto Alcan
SaskPower Saskatoon Light & Power Swift Current Light and Power
ATCO Electric Yukon Yukon Energy Corporation
See also Electricity sector in Canada List of Canadian mobile phone companies List of Canadian telephone companies List of telephone operating companies List of public utilities ISO New England List of United States electric companies Electricity distribution companies by country
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