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Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and Nunavut generate most of their electricity from fossil fuels like natural gas, coal, or petroleum. Generation from wind farms and solar photovoltaic panels grew from 1.5% of total electricity generation in 2010 to 7% in 2021.
Fossil fuels and coal power are still significant electricity sources in Canada, but their use varies substantially from province to province. While Ontario uses only 0.1 percent of petroleum to generate electricity, Nunavut’s electricity is 100 percent oil-based.
- Illustration of the scenarios in EF2023. Description. Description: This figure provides an overview of the three core scenarios in EF2023, including a description of the pace of global climate action and climate action in Canada.
- End-use energy use, by fuel, all scenarios. Click to enlarge. Description. Description: These three stacked area charts show end-use energy use by fuel in each scenario.
- Electricity use by sector, Global Net-zero Scenario. Click to enlarge. Description. Description: This stacked area chart shows projected electricity demand in the Global Net-zero Scenario in the residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, and hydrogen sectors.
- Change in electricity generation from 2021 to 2050, by fuel, Global Net-zero Scenario. Click to enlarge. Description. Description: This column chart shows changes in electricity generation between 2021 and 2050 in the Global Net-zero Scenario, by technology.
Canada is rich in energy supply—including large hydroelectric reservoirs in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, hydrocarbon resources in western Canada and offshore of the East Coast, uranium deposits in northern Saskatchewan, and abundant wind and solar potential across the whole country. This wealth of resources ranks Canada in ...
Jul 5, 2023 · Alberta and Saskatchewan get most of their power from fossil fuels. As a result, their emissions are much higher than B.C. and Manitoba. However, both have had a substantial decline in emissions intensity—particularly Alberta, where it decreased 45% between 2015 and 2021.
In each net-zero electricity scenario, the ten provinces meet their electricity demands in diverse ways, with widely varying mixes of hydro, nuclear, fossil fuel with CCS, wind, solar, hydrogen, and biomass with CCS.
Aug 12, 2023 · There are four Manitoba communities that rely primarily on petroleum products to generate electricity: Brochet, Lac Brochet, Tadoule Lake and Shamattawa, all of them Indigenous communities in...
