List of hydroelectric power stations in Canada explained

See main article: Hydroelectricity in Canada and List of power stations in Canada. This is a list of operational hydroelectric power stations in Canada with a current nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW.

The Sir Adam Beck I Hydroelectric Generating Station in Ontario was the first hydroelectric power station in Canada to have a capacity of at least 100 MW upon completion in 1922. Since then numerous other hydroelectric power stations have surpassed the 100 MW threshold. All but two of Canada's provinces or territories are home to at least one hydroelectric power station, those without being Prince Edward Island and Nunavut.

List of power stations

Name	Province	Location	Capacity (MW)	Annual Generation (GWh)	Owner	Type
Abitibi		49.8778°N -81.5708°W	349	?	OPG	Reservoir
Arrow Lakes		49.3394°N -117.7719°W	185	?	Columbia Power	Reservoir
Aubrey Falls		46.9094°N -83.2128°W	162	?	Brookfield Renewable	Reservoir
Barrett Chute		45.2453°N -76.76°W	176	?	OPG	Reservoir
Bay d'Espoir		47.9902°N -55.7996°W	613.4	2,657		Reservoir
		45.3142°N -73.9103°W	1,853	11,700		Run-of-the-river
Beaumont		47.5556°N -72.8367°W	270	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river	^[1]
Beechwood		46.5423°N -67.6693°W	112	?	NB Power	Reservoir
		49.3086°N -69.5639°W	1,178	?		Reservoir
		49.1672°N -69.2406°W	869	?		Run-of-the-river
Bighorn		52.3089°N -116.3292°W	120	408	TransAlta	Reservoir	^[2]
Brazeau		52.9664°N -115.5789°W	355	397	TransAlta	Reservoir	^[3]
		50.7317°N -122.2425°W	478	2,500		Reservoir	^[4]
Brilliant		49.3247°N -117.62°W	145	?	Columbia Power	Reservoir
Brilliant Expansion		49.3231°N -117.6197°W	120	?	Columbia Power	Reservoir
Brisay		54.4544°N -70.5192°W	469	2,300		Reservoir
		45.5686°N -74.3836°W	753	?		Run-of-the-river
Cat Arm		50.0275°N -56.7653°W	127	?	NL Hydro	Reservoir
Cheakamus River		49.9344°N -123.2892°W	158	?	BC Hydro	Reservoir
Chelsea		45.5125°N -75.7775°W	152	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Chenaux		45.585°N -76.6736°W	144	?	OPG	Reservoir
Churchill Falls		53.5256°N -63.9569°W	5,428	35,000	NL Hydro	Reservoir
Chutes-des-Passes		49.8406°N -71.1628°W	750	?		Reservoir
Coteau Creek		51.275°N -106.8731°W	186	?	SaskPower	Reservoir	^[5]
DeCew Falls II		43.1189°N -79.2614°W	144	?	OPG	Reservoir
Deer Lake		49.17°N -57.4364°W	129	?	Kruger Energy	Reservoir
Des Joachims		46.1811°N -77.6958°W	429	?	OPG	Reservoir
East Toba		50.675°N -123.9603°W	147	?	Innergex	Run-of-the-river	^[6]
Eastmain-1		52.1817°N -76.0514°W	480	2,700	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
Eastmain-1-A		52.1797°N -76.0353°W	768	2,300	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
		53.6885°N -103.3465°W	288	900		Reservoir
Forrest Kerr		56.725°N -130.6728°W	195	?	AltaGas	Run-of-the-river	^[7]
Gordon M. Shrum		56.0161°N -122.2053°W	2,730	15,000		Reservoir
Grand Rapids		53.1581°N -99.2925°W	479	2,320	Manitoba Hydro	Reservoir
Great Falls		50.4631°N -96.0031°W	129	?	Manitoba Hydro	Run-of-the-river
Harmon		50.1111°N -82.2072°W	220	?	OPG (75%) Moose Cree (25%)	Reservoir
Island Falls		55.5289°N -102.3569°W	111	?	SaskPower	Reservoir	^[8]
Isle-Maligne		48.5769°N -71.6347°W	402	?	Rio Tinto Alcan	Reservoir
Jean-Lesage		49.3217°N -68.3469°W	1,229	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Jenpeg		54.5433°N -98.0267°W	122	?	Manitoba Hydro	Reservoir
John Hart		50.0397°N -125.3342°W	126	?	BC Hydro	Reservoir
Jordan River		48.4965°N -123.9928°W	170	?	BC Hydro	Reservoir
Kelsey		56.0392°N -96.5317°W	287	1,970		Run-of-the-river
Kemano		53.5633°N -127.9422°W	790	?	Rio Tinto Alcan	Reservoir
Kettle		56.3842°N -94.6317°W	1,220	8,500		Run-of-the-river
Kipling		50.145°N -82.2086°W	232	?	OPG (75%) Moose Cree (25%)	Reservoir
		49.4528°N -117.5153°W	583	3,175		Reservoir
La Gabelle		46.4483°N -72.7422°W	131	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
La Grande-1		53.7344°N -78.5739°W	1,436	7,900	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
		53.7794°N -77.5492°W	2,106	11,600		Reservoir
La Grande-3		53.7278°N -75.9986°W	2,417	12,600	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
La Grande-4		53.8867°N -73.4653°W	2,779	14,600	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
La Trenche		47.7533°N -72.8789°W	302	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
		47.4442°N -72.7994°W	294	?		Run-of-the-river
		54.1706°N -72.6153°W	878	4,500		Reservoir
Laforge-2		54.5917°N -71.2708°W	319	1,800	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Les Cèdres		45.3086°N -74.0272°W	113	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Limestone		56.5069°N -94.1069°W	1,350	9,000	Manitoba Hydro	Run-of-the-river
Little Long		50.0042°N -82.1656°W	205	?	OPG (75%) Moose Cree (25%)	Reservoir
Long Spruce		56.4003°N -94.3694°W	980	7,100		Run-of-the-river
Lower Notch		47.139°N -79.4541°W	274	?	OPG	Reservoir
Mactaquac		45.955°N -66.8675°W	672	?	NB Power	Reservoir
Manic-1		49.1917°N -68.3297°W	184	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
		50.6397°N -68.7269°W	1,528	7,400		Reservoir
		50.6406°N -68.7369°W	1,064	?		Reservoir
		49.1931°N -68.3269°W	235	?	Hydro-Québec (60%) Alcoa (40%)	Reservoir	^[9]
Mica		52.0764°N -118.5667°W	2,805	7,202	BC Hydro	Reservoir	^[10]
Mountain Chute		45.195°N -76.9072°W	170	?	OPG	Reservoir
Muskrat Falls		53.2456°N -60.7728°W	824	4,900	NL Hydro	Reservoir	^[11]
Nipawin		53.3197°N -104.0419°W	255	?	SaskPower	Reservoir	^[12]
Otter Rapids		50.1811°N -81.6356°W	182	?	OPG	Reservoir
Otto Holden		46.3783°N -78.7286°W	243	?	OPG	Reservoir
		49.1497°N -68.4047°W	523	?		Run-of-the-river
Outardes-3		49.5592°N -68.7328°W	1,026	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Outardes-4		49.7058°N -68.9067°W	785	?		Reservoir
Paugan		45.8103°N -75.9311°W	226	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
		55.9825°N -121.9928°W	694	3,250		Reservoir
Péribonka		49.5078°N -71.1831°W	385	2,200		Run-of-the-river
Pine Portage		49.3075°N -88.3103°W	142	?	OPG	Reservoir
Première-Chute		47.6°N -79.4525°W	131	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Rapide-Blanc		47.7966°N -72.9734°W	204	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Rapides-des-Îles		47.5769°N -79.3547°W	176	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Rapides-des-Quinze		47.5911°N -79.2942°W	109	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Rapides-Farmer		45.4989°N -75.7633°W	104	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
René-Lévesque		49.7403°N -68.5928°W	1,326	5,400	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Revelstoke		51.0542°N -118.1944°W	2,480	8,200	BC Hydro	Reservoir
		45.0077°N -74.7929°W	1,045	?		Reservoir
Robert-Bourassa		53.7819°N -77.5328°W	5,616	31,000	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
Rocher-de-Grand-Mère		46.615°N -72.6792°W	230	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Romaine-1		50.3836°N -63.2603°W	270	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Romaine-2		50.6244°N -63.1942°W	640	3,300	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir	^[13]
Romaine-3		51.1309°N -63.4136°W	395	?	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
Romaine-4		51.3478°N -63.4867°W	245	?	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir	^[14] ^[15]
Ruskin		49.1958°N -122.4075°W	105	?	BC Hydro	Reservoir
Sainte-Marguerite-3		50.705°N -66.7797°W	884	2,730		Reservoir
Sarcelle		52.6672°N -76.6347°W	150	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Seven Mile		49.0297°N -117.5031°W	805	3,400	BC Hydro	Reservoir
Seven Sisters		50.1203°N -96.0122°W	165	?	Manitoba Hydro	Run-of-the-river
Shawinigan-2		46.5364°N -72.7672°W	200	?	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
Shawinigan-3		46.5336°N -72.7653°W	194	?	Hydro-Québec	Run-of-the-river
Shipshaw			1,145	?		Reservoir	^[16]
		43.1491°N -79.0445°W	498	?		Reservoir
Sir Adam Beck II		43.1459°N -79.0446°W	1,499	?	OPG	Reservoir
Sir Adam Beck Pump		43.1444°N -79.06°W	174	?	OPG	Pumped-storage	^[17]
Smoky Falls		50.0611°N -82.1614°W	267	?	OPG (75%) Moose Cree (25%)	Reservoir	^[18]
Spray		50.9983°N -115.375°W	112	210	TransAlta	Reservoir	^[19]
Stewartville		45.4072°N -76.5067°W	182	?	OPG	Reservoir
Toulnustouc		49.9706°N -68.1594°W	526	2,600	Hydro-Québec	Reservoir
		49.0041°N -117.6119°W	490	1,980	Teck (67%) BC Hydro (33%)	Reservoir
Waneta Expansion		49.0041°N -117.6116°W	335	627.4	Columbia Power (58%) Columbia Basin Trust (42%)	Reservoir	^[20]
Wells		46.4314°N -83.386°W	239	?	Brookfield Renewable	Reservoir	^[21]
Wreck Cove		46.5503°N -60.4114°W	200	?	Nova Scotia Power	Reservoir
Wuskwatim		55.5378°N -98.4961°W	211	?	Wuskwatim Power Manitoba Hydro	Reservoir

Under construction

This is a list of the hydroelectric power stations under construction with an expected nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW.

Name	Province	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type
Keeyask		56.3464°N -95.2047°W	695	Manitoba Hydro	Reservoir	2021	^[22]
Site C dam		56.1947°N -120.9142°W	580	BC Hydro	Run-of-the-river	2024	^[23]

See also

• List of power stations in Canada by type
• List of hydroelectric power stations in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hydroelectric generating stations Hydro-Québec Production. www.hydroquebec.com. 2020-01-28.
2. Web site: Bighorn. TransAlta. 9 December 2022.
3. Web site: Brazeau . . 2017-12-26 .
4. https://www.bchydro.com/community/recreation_areas/bridge_river.html#history Bridge River Recreation Info page
5. Web site: Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station. www.saskpower.com. 2019-10-19.
6. Web site: East Toba. Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.. 29 April 2018.
7. Web site: AltaGas Ltd. 195 MW Forrest Kerr Hydro Facility Initiates Commercial Operations Final Testing AltaGas. www.altagas.ca. 2020-01-29.
8. Web site: Island Falls Hydroelectric Station. www.saskpower.com. 2019-10-19.
9. Web site: Alcoa . Manicouagan Power Station . 2012-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229065647/http://www.alcoa.com/locations/alcoa_location/en/home.asp?code=586 . 2012-02-29 .
10. https://www.bchydro.com/content/dam/BCHydro/customer-portal/documents/projects/mica-5-6/mica-projects-newsletter-february-2015.pdf
11. Web site: Muskrat Falls Generating Project Nalcor Energy – Lower Churchill Project. en. 2020-01-29.
12. Web site: Nipawin Hydroelectric Station. www.saskpower.com. 2019-10-19.
13. Web site: fr . Hydro-Québec . Hydro-Québec Production . Projet de la Romaine: En bref . Montréal . 2018-01-14 . 2017 .
14. Web site: Présentation du projet de la Romaine. Hydro-Québec. fr. 2020-01-29.
15. Web site: The Romaine Complex. https://web.archive.org/web/20120314022247/http://www.hydroquebec.com/projects/pdf/romaine.pdf. dead. 2012-03-14. 2012-03-14. 2020-01-29.
16. News: Rio Tinto Alcan inaugurates the completion of the Shipshaw powerhouse project in Saguenay, Quebec. 16 November 2012. newswire.ca. 29 January 2020.
17. Web site: OPG projects > Niagara Pump Generating Station Reservoir. OPG. en-US. 2020-01-29.
18. Web site: OPG projects > Lower Mattagami River Project. OPG. en-US. 2020-01-30.
19. Web site: Spray. TransAlta. 9 December 2022.
20. Web site: Waneta Expansion Generating Station Columbia Power. columbiapower.org. 10 May 2013 . 2020-01-30.
21. Web site: Wells Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada - GEO. globalenergyobservatory.org. 2020-01-29.
22. Web site: Keeyask Generating Station. www.hydro.mb.ca. en. 2020-01-29.
23. Web site: Site C Backgrounder. BC Hydro. 29 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160623190555/https://www.bchydro.com/content/dam/hydro/medialib/internet/documents/planning_regulatory/site_c/2010Q2/site_c_backgrounder.pdf. 23 June 2016. 23 June 2016.