Canada's electricity generation rose from 571.6 in 1996 to 652.4 in 2025.
Canada's primary energy consumption rose from 3,382 in 1995 to 3,886 in 2024.
Canada · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Canada's electricity consumption per capita fell from 19,203.1 kWh in 1996 to 16,259.5 kWh in 2025.
Canada's solar electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 10.2 in 2025.
Canada's wind electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 1996 to 51.5 in 2025.
Canada's hydropower electricity generation fell from 354.6 in 1996 to 344.7 in 2025.
Canada's nuclear electricity generation fell from 92.1 in 1996 to 85.3 in 2025.
Canada's energy use per capita fell from 114,799.3 kWh in 1995 to 97,784.5 kWh in 2024.
Canada's renewable energy rose from 22.4 % in 1992 to 23.8 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −0.4 pts26th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +0.7 pts26th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −0.7 pts26th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −1.1 pts13th of 89
- Nuclear electricity sharedown −0.3 pts18th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +0.1 pts72nd of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.5 pts35th of 88
- Coal electricity shareup +0.1 pts48th of 89
- Gas electricity shareup +0.6 pts46th of 87
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- Energy importsdown −0.1 pts58th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +0.9 pts68th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −0.7 %155th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +2.9 %31st of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionup +4.4 %4th of 50
- Gas productionup +2.3 %5th of 49
- Coal productiondown −9.9 %12th of 34