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This is a list of the '''electric utilities''' in [[Canada]].

== List of electric utilities by size ==
{{Incomplete list|date=January 2019}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="4%" class="unsortable" | Rank
! width="20%" | Company
!style="text-align:center"|Founded
!style="text-align:center"|Established
! width="15%" style="text-align:center;| Type 
! width="17%" | {{Tooltip|Head office|Head office}}
! width="8%" data-sort-type="number"| {{Tooltip|Customers|Customers}}
! width="8%" data-sort-type="number"| {{Tooltip|Transmission (km)|Transmission lines (km)}} 
! width="8%" data-sort-type="number"| {{Tooltip|Capacity ([[Megawatt|MW]])|Capacity (megawatts)}} 
! width="8%" data-sort-type="number"| {{Tooltip|Generation ([[kilowatt-hour|GWh]])|Generation (gigawatt-hours)}} 
! width="8%" | {{Tooltip|Revenue ($M)|Revenue (million of dollars)}}
! width="4%" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref|References}}
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 1. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Hydro-Québec]] 
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|style="text-align:center"|1944
|style="text-align:left;| Public, integrated || {{QC}} || 4,316,914 || 34,361 || 37,310 || 230,795 || 14,370 || <ref name="HQ2019">{{citation |title=Clean energy to power us all - Annual Report 2018 |author=Hydro-Québec|journal=Annual Report|location=Montreal |date=March 2019|isbn=978-2-550-83154-9|url=http://www.hydroquebec.com/data/documents-donnees/pdf/annual-report.pdf |issn=0702-6706|access-date=2019-05-10 |pages=96–98}}</ref><ref group="note">Generation number includes power bought from third-party suppliers.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 2. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Hydro One]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1906
|style="text-align:center"|1998
|style="text-align:left;| Public, Private, T & D || {{ON}} || 1,333,920 || 28,924 || — || — || 4,744 ||<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.hydroone.com/InvestorRelations/Documents/Annual_Reports/HydroOne_2009_MDandA.pdf |author=Hydro One |title=2009 Management Discussion and Analysis |year=2010 |place=Toronto |publisher=Hydro One |access-date=2010-09-18 |pages=68–69 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611201927/http://www.hydroone.com/InvestorRelations/Documents/Annual_Reports/HydroOne_2009_MDandA.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 3. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Ontario Power Generation]] 
|
|style="text-align:center"|1999
|style="text-align:left;| Provincial || {{ON}} || — || — || 21,729 || 92,500 || 5,640 || <ref>{{citation |url=http://www.opg.com/pdf/Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Report%202009.pdf |title=Annual Report 2009 |author=Ontario Power Generation |place=Toronto |year=2010 |access-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008040504/http://www.opg.com/pdf/annual%20reports/annual%20report%202009.pdf |archive-date=2010-10-08 }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 4. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[BC Hydro]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1897
|style="text-align:center"|1961
|style="text-align:left;| Public, integrated || {{BC}} || 4,000,000 || 18,000 || 12,097 || 43,755 || 3,822 || <ref name="BCH2009">{{cite book |title=BC Hydro 2009 Annual Report |url=http://www.bchydro.com/etc/medialib/internet/documents/annual_report/2009_annual_report.Par.0001.File.annual_report_2009.pdf |author=BC Hydro |year=2009 |location=Vancouver |access-date=2009-12-22 |pages=114–116 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215014743/http://www.bchydro.com/etc/medialib/internet/documents/annual_report/2009_annual_report.Par.0001.File.annual_report_2009.pdf |archive-date=2010-02-15 }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"|5.
|style="text-align:left"| [[Alectra|Alectra Utilities]]
|
|style="text-align:center"|2017
|style="text-align:left;| Municipal, integrated || {{ON}} || 1,076,538 || — || - || - || 3,954 || <ref name="Brampton-In">{{cite web|title=A Brand New Electricity Company has Come to Brampton|url=https://www.inbrampton.com/a-brand-new-electricity-company-has-come-to-brampton|publisher=inbrampton|access-date=18 October 2017|date=2 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="Alectra-Brampton">{{cite web|last1=Fagen|first1=Eric|title=Alectra Inc. Acquires Hydro One Brampton|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/alectra-inc-acquires-hydro-one-brampton-2199266.htm|publisher=Marketwired|access-date=18 October 2017|date=28 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="cust-alectra">{{cite web|title=Application and Evidence|url=http://enersource.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Application-and-Evidence-April-15-2016.pdf|publisher=Enersource|access-date=18 October 2017|date=25 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="MAADS application">{{cite web |author1=Alectra Utilities Corporation |author2=Guelph Hydro |title=Alectra Utilities Corporation and Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. — Application for Approval of Consolidation under Section 86 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 and related relief |url=https://www.guelphhydro.com/en/about-us/resources/Documents/Regulatory-Affairs---Applications/MAADs/AlectraUtilities_APPL_MAADs_20180307.pdf |website=Regulatory Affairs |publisher=Guelph Hydro |access-date=November 6, 2018 |date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 6. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[ENMAX]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1905
|
|style="text-align:left;| Municipal, integrated || {{AB}} || 836,000 || 299<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enmax.com/generation-wires/transmission-and-distribution/our-system/transmission-and-distribution-lines|title=Transmission and Distribution Lines|website=www.enmax.com|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>|| 1721<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enmax.com/generation-wires/generation/overview|title=Generation|website=www.enmax.com|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>|| — || 3,160.1 || <ref>{{citation |url=https://www.enmax.com/NR/rdonlyres/031BD909-4023-484B-861A-EE1CF211488C/0/2012_annual_report.pdf |author=ENMAX |place=Calgary |title=Annual Report 2012 |publisher=ENMAX |access-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918182336/http://www.enmax.com/NR/rdonlyres/031BD909-4023-484B-861A-EE1CF211488C/0/2012_annual_report.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-18 }}</ref><ref group="note" name="Segment"/>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 7. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[TransAlta]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1911
|
|style="text-align:left;| Investor-owned, generation || {{AB}} || — || — || 8,775 || 45,736 || 2,770 ||<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.transalta.com/sites/default/files/googleanalytics/TransAlta%202009%20Annual%20Report%20FINAL.pdf |title=2009 Annual Report |author=TransAlta |publisher=TransAlta |place=Calgary |year=2010 |access-date=2010-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 8. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Toronto Hydro]]
|style="text-align:center"|1911
|style="text-align:center"|1998
|style="text-align:left;| Municipal, T & D || {{ON}} || 761,000 || — || — || — || 2,461.7||<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.torontohydro.com/sites/electricsystem/corporateresponsibility/Documents/tohy%201279%20CSR%20Report_E-fullfinal.pdf|author=Toronto Hydro |title=2009 Corporate Responsibility Report |year=2010 |place=Toronto |publisher=Toronto Hydro |access-date=2010-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 9. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[ATCO]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1947
|
|style="text-align:left;| Private, integrated || {{AB}} || 233,100 || || 2,732 || || 2,443.1 ||<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.atco.com/NR/rdonlyres/F6835A1B-2805-4CA7-99BE-B907B24A505B/0/ATCOAR09WEBfinal.pdf |author=ATCO Group |place=Calgary |title=Annual Report 2009 |publisher=ATCO Group |access-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617010505/http://www.atco.com/NR/rdonlyres/F6835A1B-2805-4CA7-99BE-B907B24A505B/0/ATCOAR09WEBfinal.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-17 }}</ref><ref group="note">Sum of ATCO Utilities and ATCO Energy segments. Includes gas sales and other non-electricity sales.</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 10. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Bruce Power]] 
|
|style="text-align:center"|2001
|style="text-align:left;| Private, generation || {{ON}} || — || — || 6,300 || 34,600 || 2,380 ||<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.brucepower.com/focus/BrucePower_2009AR.pdf |title=Focus - 2009 Annual Report |author=Bruce Power |publisher=Bruce Power |year=2010 |access-date=2010-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 11. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[EPCOR]] 
|
|style="text-align:center"|1996
|style="text-align:left;| Municipal, T & D || {{AB}} || 334,000 || 203 || — || — || 2,008 ||<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.epcor.ca/en-ca/about-epcor/news-publications/corporatereports/Documents/AR2009.pdf |author=EPCOR |title=Annual Report 2009 |year=2010 |place=Edmonton |publisher=EPCOR |access-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223121738/http://www.epcor.ca/en-ca/about-epcor/news-publications/corporatereports/Documents/AR2009.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-23 }}</ref><ref group="note">Excluding Water services.</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 12. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Capital Power Corporation]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1891
|
|style="text-align:left;| Private, generation || {{AB}} || — || — || 3,654 || 7,015 || 1,008 || <ref>{{citation |url=http://www.capitalpower.com/InvestorRelations/FinancialReporting/Documents/CPC%202009%20AR%20Final.pdf |author=Capital Power Corporation |publisher=Capital Power Corporation |place=Edmonton |year=2010 |title=Annual Report 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708115136/http://www.capitalpower.com/InvestorRelations/FinancialReporting/Documents/CPC%202009%20AR%20Final.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-08 |access-date=2013-08-13}}</ref><ref group="note">Six-month results in 2009.</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 13. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Manitoba Hydro]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1873
|style="text-align:center"|1961
|style="text-align:left;| Public, integrated || {{MB}} || 532,359 || 11,700 ||  5,511 || 33,974 || 1,599 || <ref name="MBHydro2010">{{citation|title=Building a Powerful Future: Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board 59th Annual Report For the Year Ended March 31, 2010 |author=Manitoba Hydro |location=Winnipeg |year=2010 |publisher=Manitoba Hydro |url=http://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/ar/2009/publish/files/ar_0910.pdf |access-date=2010-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728011716/http://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/ar/2009/publish/files/ar_0910.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref group="note" name="Segment">Electricity-related revenues only</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 14.
|style="text-align:left"| [[NB Power]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1880
|style="text-align:center"|1920
|style="text-align:left;| Public, integrated || {{NB}} || 335,513 || 6,801 || 3,297 || 14,418 || 1,712 || <ref name="NBP2008">{{citation|title=Annual report 2007-2008 |author=NB Power |location=Fredericton|year=2008|url=http://www.nbpower.com/html/en/about/publications/annual/Annual_Report07-08-.pdf |access-date=2009-10-29 |pages=60–61}}</ref><ref group="note">2008 figures. Most recent data available.</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 15. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[SaskPower]] 
|
|style="text-align:center"|1929
|style="text-align:left;| Public, integrated || {{SK}} || 467,329 || 14,816 || 5,930 || 19,864 || 1,459 || <ref>{{citation|author=SaskPower |title=Securing tomorrow's energy begins today: SaskPower Annual Report 2009 |publisher=SaskPower |location=Regina |year=2010 |url=http://www.saskpower.com/news_publications/annual_reports/2009/pdfs/AR2009_complete_report.pdf |pages=93–94 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129030408/http://saskpower.com/news_publications/annual_reports/2009/pdfs/AR2009_complete_report.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-29 }}</ref> 
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 16. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Nova Scotia Power]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1919
|style="text-align:center"|1972
|style="text-align:left;| Private, integrated || {{NS}} || 486,000 || 5,000 || 2,293 || 12,092 || 1,188.1 || <ref>{{citation|url=http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/file.aspx?IID=4072693&FID=9329736&O=3&OSID=9 |title=Annual Report 2009 |author=Emera |publisher=Emera |place=Halifax |year=2010 |access-date=2010-09-18 |pages=14–19}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 17. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Hydro Ottawa]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1880
|style="text-align:center"|2000
|style="text-align:left;| Municipal, distribution || {{ON}} || 296,000 || — || 14 || 150 || 754.5 ||<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hydroottawaholding.com/holding/reports/2009/en/2009_HOHI_AR_EN.pdf |author=Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc. |place=Ottawa|title=Annual Report 2009 |publisher=Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc. |access-date=2010-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 18.
|style="text-align:left"| [[Enova Power]] 
|
|style="text-align:center"|2022
|style="text-align:left;| Municipal, T & D || {{ON}} || 157,466 || 3,665 || - || - || - ||<ref name="enova-about">{{cite web |title=About Us |author=Enova Power Corp. |url=https://enovapower.com/corporate-information/about-us/ |year=2022 |access-date=2022-10-11 }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 19.
|style="text-align:left"| [[Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro]] 
|
|style="text-align:center"|1954
|style="text-align:left;| Public, integrated || {{NL}} || 36,000 || 5,048 || 8,034 || 42,194 || 1,359 ||<ref name="Nalcor2021">{{cite book |title=NL Hydro Annual Report |author=Nalcor |location=St. John's |year=2022 |url=https://nlhydro.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hydro-Annual-Report-2022-PDF_FINAL_June29.pdf |access-date=2024-07-07 }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 20. 
|style="text-align:left"| [[Saskatoon Light & Power]] 
|style="text-align:center"|1906
|
|style="text-align:left;| Municipal, distribution || {{SK}} || 58,600 || — || — || — || 120.8 ||<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.hydroottawaholding.com/holding/reports/2009/en/2009_HOHI_AR_EN.pdf |author=City of Saskatoon|place=Saskatoon|title=Saskatoon Light & Power |publisher=Saskatoon Light and Power |access-date=2010-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:right"|21.
|[[Cornwall Electric]]
|style="text-align:center"|1887
|style="text-align:center"|1905
|Private, distribution
|{{ON}}
|23,800
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== List of electric utilities by province or territory ==
This is a '''list of [[Canada|Canadian]] public and private electric utilities''', by province.

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=== {{Flag|Alberta}} ===
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]]

=== {{Flag|British Columbia}} ===

*[[BC Hydro]]
*[[Columbia Power Corporation]]
*[[FortisBC]]

Municipals:
*[[Grand Forks Hydro]]
*[[Nelson Hydro]]
*[[New Westminster]]
*[[Penticton]]
*[[Summerland, British Columbia|Summerland]]

=== {{Flag|Manitoba}} ===

*[[Manitoba Hydro]]

=== {{Flag|New Brunswick}} ===
*[[NB Power]]
*[[Saint John Energy]]

Municipals:
*[[Town of Perth Andover]]
*[[Energie Edmundston Energy]]

=== {{Flag|Newfoundland and Labrador}} ===
*[[Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro]]
**[[Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited]]
**[[Lower Churchill Project|Lower Churchill Development Corporation Limited]]
*[[Newfoundland Power]]

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=== {{Flag|Northwest Territories}} ===

*[[Northland Utilities]] 
*[[Northwest Territories Power Corporation]]

=== {{Flag|Nova Scotia}} ===
*[[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]]

=== {{Flag|Nunavut}} ===
*[[Qulliq Energy Corporation]]


=== {{Flag|Ontario}} ===
Ontario’s electricity distribution consists of multiple local distribution companies (LDCs). [[Hydro One]], a [[public company|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.hydroone.com/about |website=Hydro One |access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref>

The other local distribution companies in Ontario may be [[municipally owned corporation]]s or privately-operated entities, and include:<ref>{{cite web |title=Find Your Local Distribution Company |url=https://ieso.ca/findutility |website=Independent Electricity System Operator |access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Alectra|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 Utilities|Greater Sudbury Hydro]], '''serving''': Sudbury and West Nipissing
* [[Hydro Ottawa]], '''serving''': Ottawa and Casselman
* [[London Hydro]]
* [[Oakville Hydro]]
* [[Oshawa Power]]
* [[PUC Services Inc.|PUC]]''' serving''': Sault Ste. Marie
* [[Synergy North]], '''serving''': Kenora and Thunder Bay
* [[Toronto Hydro]]

=== {{Flag|Prince Edward Island}} ===
*[[Maritime Electric]]
*[[Summerside, Prince Edward Island|Summerside Electric]]

=== {{Flag|Quebec}} ===

* [[Boralex]]
* [[Cartier Wind Energy]]
* [[Hydro-Jonquière]]
* [[Hydro Magog]]
* [[Hydro-Québec]]
* [[Hydro-Sherbrooke]]
* [[Hydro Westmount]]
* [[Innergex Renewable Energy]]
* [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]

=== {{Flag|Saskatchewan}} ===

*[[SaskPower]]
*[[Saskatoon Light & Power]]
*[[Swift Current Light and Power]]

=== {{Flag|Yukon}} ===

*[[ATCO Electric Yukon]]
*[[Yukon Energy Corporation]]


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== 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]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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