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Named plants at or above ~200 MW, plus a few smaller stations that define a system. Announced MW is outline, never a solid bar. Open the map →

Plant Where Fuel MW Status Owner
Robert-Bourassa
Largest station in Canada. La Grande complex.
 QC hydro 5,616 operating Hydro-Québec
La Grande-3
La Grande complex.
 QC hydro 2,417 operating Hydro-Québec
La Grande-4
La Grande complex.
 QC hydro 2,779 operating Hydro-Québec
La Grande-2-A
La Grande complex, adjacent to Robert-Bourassa.
 QC hydro 2,106 operating Hydro-Québec
La Grande-1
Downstream La Grande.
 QC hydro 1,436 operating Hydro-Québec
Daniel-Johnson / Manic-5
Multiple-arch dam; Manicouagan.
 QC hydro 1,596 operating Hydro-Québec
Beauharnois
St. Lawrence run-of-river, west of Montréal.
 QC hydro 1,903 operating Hydro-Québec
Romaine complex
Four stations; Romaine-4 completed 2023. Point is complex centroid.
 QC hydro 1,550 operating Hydro-Québec
Bersimis-1
Côte-Nord.
 QC hydro 1,178 operating Hydro-Québec
Outardes-4
Manic-Outardes complex.
 QC hydro 785 operating Hydro-Québec
Carillon
Ottawa River.
 QC hydro 753 operating Hydro-Québec
Sainte-Marguerite-3
Côte-Nord.
 QC hydro 882 operating Hydro-Québec
Seigneurie de Beaupré
Largest wind farm in Canada.
 QC wind 364 operating Boralex / partners
Rivière-du-Moulin
Second-largest wind farm in Canada.
 QC wind 350 operating EDF Renewables
Apuiat
Côte-Nord Innu partnership, Port-Cartier area.
 QC wind 200 operating Innu / Boralex
Nicolas-Riou
Bas-Saint-Laurent.
 QC wind 224 operating EDF Renewables
Churchill Falls
Operating station. 1969 contract replaced 17 Aug 2026; HQ firm take now framed to 2077. Expansion is a separate announced project.
 NL hydro 5,428 operating CFLCo / HQ–NL Hydro DCIA
Muskrat Falls
Lower Churchill. Feeds the Maritime Link.
 NL hydro 824 operating NL Hydro
Bay d'Espoir
Island system backbone.
 NL hydro 604 operating NL Hydro
Holyrood Thermal
Standby / residual thermal on the Avalon after Muskrat.
 NL oil 490 operating NL Hydro
Gull Island
Signed 17 Aug 2026. Target ~2036–37, ~12 TWh. Not operating.
 NL hydro 2,700 announced NL Hydro / HQ DCIA
Churchill Falls expansion
Existing-unit upgrades plus new capacity at the CF site. Agreed, not built. Offset from the operating station.
 NL hydro 2,500 announced CFLCo / DCIA
Bruce NGS
Eight CANDU units. MCR / life-extension in flight.
 ON nuclear 6,232 operating Bruce Power / OPG assets
Darlington NGS
Four units. Unit 4 back from refurb 2 Feb 2026.
 ON nuclear 3,500 operating OPG
Pickering NGS B
Units 5–8. Pickering A retired end-2024. B refurb through ~2034.
 ON nuclear 2,064 operating OPG
Sir Adam Beck I & II
Niagara. Includes the pump-generating station.
 ON hydro 1,929 operating OPG
R.H. Saunders
St. Lawrence, Cornwall. Shared with NYPA Moses.
 ON hydro 1,045 operating OPG
Lennox GS
Dual-fuel oil/gas peaker, Bath.
 ON oil 2,100 operating OPG
Napanee GS
Combined-cycle.
 ON gas 900 operating Atura / OPG
Halton Hills GS
Combined-cycle west of Toronto.
 ON gas 683 operating Atura / OPG
Portlands Energy Centre
Downtown Toronto gas.
 ON gas 550 operating Atura / OPG
Atikokan GS
Largest 100% biomass plant in North America; converted coal.
 ON biomass 205 operating OPG
Oneida Energy Storage
In-service 2025. Near Caledonia.
 ON storage 250 operating Northland Power
Henvey Inlet Wind
Among the largest wind farms in Ontario.
 ON wind 300 operating Pattern / Henvey Inlet First Nation
Wolfe Island Wind
Near Kingston. Just under the 200 MW naming line; kept as a landmark.
 ON wind 198 operating Algonquin / affiliates
Darlington SMR Unit 1
BWRX-300. Licence to construct April 2025. Offset slightly from the CANDU station.
 ON nuclear 300 under construction OPG
Darlington SMR Units 2–4
Outline only. Campus total ~1,200 MW if all four are built.
 ON nuclear 900 announced OPG
Bruce C (new large nuclear)
Pre-development / impact assessment. Not a plant.
 ON nuclear 4,800 announced Bruce Power / OPG
Shepard Energy Centre
Largest gas plant in Alberta.
 AB gas 860 operating ENMAX / Capital Power
Genesee GS
Off coal June 2024. All units gas-fired.
 AB gas 1,386 operating Capital Power
Keephills GS
Coal-to-gas converted.
 AB gas 1,250 operating TransAlta / Capital Power
Sundance GS
Remaining gas units after coal retirement. Capacity is remaining fleet, not historic nameplate.
 AB gas 700 operating TransAlta
Sheerness GS
Coal-to-gas converted.
 AB gas 780 operating Heartland / ATCO
Battle River GS
Coal-to-gas converted.
 AB gas 689 operating Heartland Generation
Cascade Power
Edson-area combined-cycle, in service 2024.
 AB gas 900 operating Kineticor / partners
Travers Solar
Largest solar farm in Canada (2023).
 AB solar 465 operating Greengate
Dunmore Solar
Cypress County. Anticipated around 2025–26.
 AB solar 216 under construction DP Energy / partners
Whitla Wind
Southeast Alberta.
 AB wind 353 operating Capital Power
Castle Rock Ridge / downstream wind cluster
Pincher Creek area. Cluster landmark.
 AB wind 227 operating Enel / partners
Site C
All six units in service 9 Aug 2025. ~5.1 TWh/year.
 BC hydro 1,100 operating BC Hydro
W.A.C. Bennett / G.M. Shrum
Williston Reservoir. Largest BC station.
 BC hydro 2,730 operating BC Hydro
Peace Canyon
Downstream of Bennett on the Peace.
 BC hydro 694 operating BC Hydro
Mica
Columbia. Columbia River Treaty context.
 BC hydro 2,805 operating BC Hydro
Revelstoke
Columbia. Unit 6 added 2021.
 BC hydro 2,480 operating BC Hydro
Seven Mile
Pend d'Oreille, near the US border.
 BC hydro 805 operating BC Hydro
Bridge River
Coastal interior cascade.
 BC hydro 492 operating BC Hydro
Island Generation
Campbell River gas. Reliability for Vancouver Island.
 BC gas 275 operating Capital Power
Quality Wind
Tumbler Ridge. Below 200 MW; kept as a Peace-region landmark.
 BC wind 142 operating Capital Power
Limestone
Nelson River. Largest MB station.
 MB hydro 1,350 operating Manitoba Hydro
Keeyask
In service 2021. Indigenous partnership.
 MB hydro 695 operating Manitoba Hydro / Keeyask Hydropower LP
Kettle
Nelson River.
 MB hydro 1,228 operating Manitoba Hydro
Long Spruce
Nelson River.
 MB hydro 1,010 operating Manitoba Hydro
Grand Rapids
Saskatchewan River.
 MB hydro 479 operating Manitoba Hydro
Boundary Dam
Includes Unit 3 CCS. Remaining coal is the SK story.
 SK coal 672 operating SaskPower
Shand
Estevan coal.
 SK coal 276 operating SaskPower
Poplar River
Coronach coal.
 SK coal 582 operating SaskPower
Chinook Power Station
Swift Current combined-cycle.
 SK gas 350 operating SaskPower
Queen Elizabeth
Saskatoon gas.
 SK gas 634 operating SaskPower
Point Lepreau
Only Atlantic nuclear station.
 NB nuclear 660 operating NB Power
Belledune
Coal; phase-out is the live NB argument.
 NB coal 467 operating NB Power
Coleson Cove
Residual oil, Saint John.
 NB oil 972 operating NB Power
Mactaquac
Saint John River. Life-achievement / rebuild decision outstanding.
 NB hydro 670 operating NB Power
Lingan
Cape Breton coal. Central to the coal-to-wind transition.
 NS coal 620 operating NS Power
Point Aconi
Cape Breton. Below 200 MW; kept as the coal fleet marker.
 NS coal 165 operating NS Power
Tufts Cove
Dartmouth gas/oil.
 NS gas 415 operating NS Power
PEI wind fleet (North Cape / East Point cluster)
Island generation is almost all wind. Point is a cluster centroid, not one farm.
 PE wind 204 operating PEI Energy / Maritime Electric / IPPs
Whitehorse Rapids / Aishihik system
Below threshold; the Yukon grid's hydro core. Winter peaks still need thermal.
 YT hydro 92 operating Yukon Energy
Snare Hydro
North Slave hydro. Isolated.
 NT hydro 30 operating NTPC
Iqaluit diesel
Territory-defining microgrid. Not bulk generation.
 NU oil 16 operating Qulliq Energy
Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Hydro
15–30 MW proposed. MPO-referred. Not operating.
 NU hydro 30 announced Nukkiksautiit / Inuit-owned