This is a list of the ten largest operational wind farms in Canada. The name of the wind farm is the name used by the energy company when referring to the farm.
The Centennial Wind Power Facility in Saskatchewan was the first wind farm in Canada to have a capacity of at least 100 MW upon completion in 2006. Since then numerous other wind farms have surpassed the 100 MW threshold, most often through the expansion of existing wind farms. All but two of Canada's provinces or territories are home to at least one wind farm, those without being Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Largest wind farms Buffalo Plains is a 466 MW wind farm and is currently the largest wind farm in Alberta. Located west of Lomond, Alberta. It consists of 83 Siemens turbines. This asset is owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
The previous record-holder was the 363.5 MW Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms in Quebec since it was last expanded in October 2015 from 340 MW to 363.5 MW.
+ Ten largest wind farms in Canada Rank Name Province Coordinates Capacity(MW) Owner 1 Buffalo Plains Wind Farm (BPW1)Lomond 466 2024Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners 2Seigneurie de Beaupré363.52013Boralex, Gaz Métro, La Côte-de-Beaupré 3 Rivière-du-Moulin 350 2014EDF Renewables 4 Blackspring Ridge 300 2014EDF Renewables, Enbridge 5 Henvey Inlet 300 2019Pattern Energy, Nigig Power 6 Lac Alfred 300 2013EDF Renewables, Enbridge 7Sharp Hill Wind (SHH1)Special Areas 42972023EDP Renewables8South Kent Wind Farm2702014Pattern Energy, Samsung9K2 Wind Power Facility2702015Axium Infrastructure10Forty Mile Bow Island (FRM1)Forty Mile2662024RES
By province or territory Listed below is every wind farm in Canada with at least two wind turbines and a capacity of at least 0.1 MW.
Alberta
List of wind farms in Alberta. See AESO website for current generation totals - http://ets.aeso.ca/ets_web/ip/Market/Reports/CSDReportServlet
Name (AESO ID)Location Capacity (MW) Owner Status Ardenville Wind (ARD1) Fort Macleod 68 2010 TransAlta Operational Blackspring Ridge Wind Project (BSR1) Carmangay 300 2013 EDF Renewables/Enbridge Operational Blue Trail Wind (BTR1) Fort Macleod 66 2009 TransAlta Operational Buffalo Atlee (BFL1, BFL2, BFL3, BFL4)Jenner722023Capstone InfrastructureOperationalBuffalo Plains Wind Farm (BPW1)Lomond4662024Copenhagen Infrastructure PartnersOperationalBull Creek Wind Facility (BUL1 BUL2)Chauvin292015BluEarth RenewablesOperational Castle River (CR1) Pincher Creek 44 2000–2001 TransAlta Operational Castle Rock Ridge 2 (CRR2)Pincher Creek292019Enel Green PowerOperationalCastle Rock Ridge Wind Farm (CRR1)Pincher Creek772012Enel Green PowerOperational Suncor Chin Chute (SCR3) Taber 30 2006 Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy Operational Cowley North (CRE3) Cowley 20 2001 TransAlta Operational Cypress 1 (CYP1)Dunmore1962022Cypress Renewable Energy Centre Limited PartnershipOperationalCypress 2 (CYP2)Dunmore462022Cypress 2 Renewable Energy Centre Limited PartnershipOperationalForty Mile Bow Island (FRM1)Forty Mile2662024RESOperationalForty Mile Granlea (FMG1)Bow Island2002022Suncor Energy Inc.OperationalGarden Plain (GDP1)Paintearth County No. 181302022TransAltaOperationalGhost Pine (NEP1)Kneehill County822010NextEra EnergyOperationalGrizzly Bear Creek (GRZ1)Minburn County No. 271522022Enel Green PowerOperationalHalkirk Wind Power Facility (HAL1) Halkirk 150 2012 Capital Power Corporation Operational Halkirk Wind Project Phase 2 (HAL2)Paintearth County No. 181262024CapitalPowerOperationalHand Hills (HHW1)Starland County1452022Blue Earth RenewablesOperationalHilda Wind (HLD1)Cypress County1002022Renewable Energy Systems CanadaOperationalJenner 1 (JNR1)Special Area No. 21222023Potentia RenewablesOperationalJenner 2 (JNR2)Special Area No. 2712023Potentia RenewablesOperationalJenner 3 (JNR3)Special Area No. 21092023Potentia RenewablesOperationalKettles Hill (KHW1) Pincher Creek 63 2008 Enmax Operational Lanfine Wind (LAN1)Special Area No. 31512022Pattern EnergyOperationalSuncor Magrath (SCR2) Magrath 30 2004 Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy Operational McBride Lake Windfarm (AKE1) Fort Macleod 73 2003 Enmax, TransAlta Operational Oldman 2 Wind Farm 1 (OWF1)Pincher Creek462014IKEAOperationalOldman River Wind Project (Not Listed) Pincher Creek 3.6 2007 Alberta Wind Energy Corporation Operational Paintearth Wind Project (PAW1)Castor1982023Potentia RenewablesOperationalRattlesnake Ridge Wind (RTL1)Medicine Hat1302022BHE CanadaOperationalRiverview (RIV1)Pincher Creek1052019Enel Green PowerOperationalSharp Hill Wind (SHH1)Special Areas 42972023EDP RenewablesOperationalSinnott (Not Listed) Cowley 7 2001 TransAlta Operational Soderglen Wind (GWW1) Fort Macleod 71 2006 Nexen, TransAlta Operational Stirling Wind (SWP1)Stirling1132023Potentia RenewablesOperationalSummerview 1 (IEW1) Pincher Creek 66 2004 TransAlta Operational Summerview 2 (IEW2) Pincher Creek 66 2010 TransAlta Operational Enmax Taber (TAB1) Taber 81 2007 Enmax Operational Wheatland Wind (WHE1)Drumheller1202022Potentia RenewablesOperationalWhitla 1 (WHT1)Forty Mile County2022019Capital Power CorporationOperationalWhitla 2 (WHT2)Forty Mile County1512021Capital Power CorporationOperationalWild Rose (WIR1)Cypress County1922024Capstone InfrastructureOperationalWindrise (WRW1)Willow Creek2072021TransAltaOperationalWinnifred Wind Project (WIN1)Forty Mile1362024Enerfin EnergyOperationalWintering Hills (SCR4)Drumheller882011IKEAOperationalTotal 5688
+List of decommissioned wind farms in AlbertaNameLocationCapacity (MW)StartupDecommissionedOwnerStatusCowley RidgePincher Creek2019932016TransAltaDecommissionedTaylorMagrath32004TransAltaDecommissioned
British Columbia
List of wind farms in British Columbia.
NameLocation Capacity (MW) Owner Status Bear Mountain Wind Park 102 2009 AltaGas Operational Cape Scott Wind FarmPort Hardy 99 2013 GDF-Suez Operational Dokie Ridge Wind Farm 144 2011 Alterra Power Operational The Eye of the Wind 1.5 2010 Grouse Mountain Resort Operational Meikle Wind Farm Peace Region 184.6 2016 Pattern Development Operational Pennask Wind Farm 15 2017 Okanagan Wind Operational Quality Wind ProjectTumbler Ridge 142.2 2012 Capital Power Corporation Operational Shinish Creek Wind Farm 15 2017 Okanagan Wind Operational Total 703.3
Manitoba
List of all wind farms in Manitoba.
NameLocation Capacity (MW) Owner StatusSt. Joseph Wind Farm 138 2011 Pattern Energy Operational St. Leon Wind Farm 120 2006/2011 Algonquin Power Operational
Newfoundland and Labrador
List of wind farms in Newfoundland and Labrador.
NameLocation Capacity (MW) Owner StatusFermeuse Wind Project Fermeuse 27 2009 Elemental Power Operational Ramea Wind-Hydrogen-Diesel Energy Project Ramea 0.39 2004 NL Hydro Operational St. Lawrence Wind Project St. Lawrence 27 2008 NeWind Group Inc. Operational Total 54.3
New Brunswick
List of all wind farms in New Brunswick.
NameLocation Capacity (MW) Owner StatusCaribou Wind Park 70 km west of Bathurst 99 2009 Suez Renewable Energy Operational Kent Hills 167 2008-2018 TransAlta Operational LamequeAcadian Peninsula 45 2011 Acciona Energy Operational WisokolamsonRiverside-Albert182019SWEB DevelopmentOperationalBurchill Wind ProjectLorneville, NB422019Natural ForcesNatural ForcesOperational Total 329
Nova Scotia
List of wind farms in Nova Scotia.
NameLocation Capacity (MW) Owner Status Amherst Amherst Nova Scotia 31.5 2011 Capstone Infrastructure Operational Brookfield 0.6 2005 Renewable Energy Services Limited Operational Dalhousie Mountain Wind Farm Mount Thom 51 2009 RMS Energy Operational Digby Limited 0.8 2006 Renewable Energy Services Limited Operational Ellershouse Hants County 23.15 2015-17 Alternative Resource Energy Authority Operational Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA), Ellershouse Wind Farm. Accessed August 2, 2019 Fitzpatrick Mountain 1.6 2006 Capstone Infrastructure Operational Glace Bay / Lingan Power Project Lingan 17.5 Capstone Infrastructure Operational Glen Dhu Wind Farm Merigomish 62.1 2011 Capstone Infrastructure Operational Goodwood 0.6 2005 Renewable Energy Services Limited Operational Grand Etang 0.66 2002 Nova Scotia Power Operational Higgins Mountain Riverhurst 3.6 2006 Vector Wind Energy/Spring Hill Operational Littlebrook 0.6 2002 Nova Scotia Power Operational Marshville Limited Marshville 0.8 2006 Renewable Energy Services Operational Maryvale Wind Project 6.0 2010 Maryvale Wind LP Operational Nuttby Wind Farm Nuttby Mountain 50.6 2010 Nova Scotia Limited Operational Point Tupper Wind Farm 22.50 2010 Renewable Energy Services Ltd, Nova Scotia Power Operational Pubnico Point Pubnico-Ouest 30.6 2005 NextEra Operational South Canoe Wind Energy Project Lunenburg County 102 2015 Minas Basin Pulp and Power Operational Notices of hearings, NSUARB Springhill Project 1.3 2005 Vector Wind Energy Operational Springhill Riverhurst 0.9 2006 Vector Wind Energy/Springhill Operational Tiverton Riverhurst 0.9 2006 Vector Wind Energy/Springhill Operational Watts Wind Project 1.5 2011 Watts Wind Energy Operational Black PondYarmouth1.992015SWEB DevelopmentOperationalBrentonYarmouth1.992016SWEB DevelopmentOperationalParker MountainGranville Ferry1.992014SWEB DevelopmentOperationalMartock RidgeWindsor6.02015SWEB DevelopmentOperationalWaltonEast Hants1.992016SWEB DevelopmentOperationalNorth Beaver BankHalifax8.02015SWEB DevelopmentOperationalNine Mile RiverNine Mile River4.02015SWEB DevelopmentOperationalHardwood LandsNine Mile River6.02016SWEB DevelopmentOperationalIsle MadameCape Breton Island1.992015SWEB DevelopmentOperationalSaint RoseCape Breton Island1.992014SWEB DevelopmentOperationalBaddeckBaddeck1.72016SWEB DevelopmentOperationalTotal 417.31
Ontario
List of all wind farms in Ontario.