Natural Gas Power Plants in Canada

99 plants · 29,357 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Lennox Generating Station	2,140	2000
2	Lennox	2,000	1970
3	Greenfield Energy Centre	1,005	2010
4	Coleson Cove Generating Station	978	1975
5	Burrard	950	1960
6	Goreway Power Station	875	2000
7	Goreway	875	2000
8	Shepard	873	2005
9	Shepard Energy Centre	860	2015
10	Halton Hills	712	2010
11	Tracy Thermal Generating Station	660	1975
12	Halton Hills Generating Station	641.5	2010
13	Queen Elizabeth	634	2000
14	Portlands	624	2003
15	Brighton Beach LP Power Station	580	2004
16	St. Clair	577	2001
17	Portlands Energy Centre	550	2009
18	Brighton Beach Generating Station	541.3	2018
19	Brighton Beach Generating Station	541.3	2010
20	Bécancour	507	2001
21	Tufts Cove	500	1970
22	Joffre Cogeneration Plant	480	2003
23	Joffre	480	2001
24	TransAlta Sarnia Cogeneration	444	2001
25	Sarnia Regional Cogeneration Plant	444	2001
26	Bécancour (HQ)	411	2001
27	York Energy Centre	393	2010
28	Poplar Creek	360	1993
29	Calgary Energy Centre	320	2003
30	Bayside Power	290	2001
31	Thorold CGS	285	2000
32	Island Generation	275	2002
33	Thorold Co-generation Plant	265	2010
34	North Battleford Energy Centre	260	2018
35	North Battleford	260	2001
36	Cory Cogeneration	260	1999
37	Clover Bar	250	2001
38	Meridian Cogeneration	210	2001
39	Muskeg River	202	2002
40	Christina Lake	179	2015
41	Nabiye	170	2003
42	Scotford (Shell)	170	2001
43	Scotford Cogeneration Plant	170	2001
44	Firebag 3	170	2006
45	Mahkeses	168	2003
46	MacKay River	165	2003
47	Firebag 4	160	2015
48	Cardinal	156.3	2001
49	Destec - Kingston	140	1999
50	Yellowhead	138	2000
51	Selkirk	125	2000
52	West Windsor	122.8	2001
53	Kirkland G1-G5	122	—
54	Mississauga Cogeneration Plant	122	2000
55	Mississauga	122	2000
56	McMahon Cogeneration Plant	120	—
57	Balzac	120	—
58	Cavalier	120	—
59	Crossfield Energy Centre	120	—
60	McMahon Cogeneration Plant	120	—
61	Fort Saskatchewan (TransAlta)	118	2001
62	Lake Superior	110	2002
63	Firebag	104	2005
64	Horizon (CNRL)	103	2015
65	Kearl	100	2014
66	Ermine	92	2009
67	East Windsor Cogeneration Centre	92	2009
68	East Windsor Cogeneration	92	2009
69	Ermine Power Station	92	—
70	Rainbow Lake B	90	1999
71	Valleyview	90	2001
72	Grandview	90	2004
73	GTAA Cogeneration	90	2006
74	Rainbow Lake A	88	1961
75	Spy Hill	86	2011
76	Spy Hill Power Plant	86	2015
77	Aurora	85	1999
78	Northern Prairie	85	2008
79	Primrose	85	1998
80	Air Liquide Scotford Complex Power Plant	80	—
81	Foster Creek	80	2003
82	Carseland	80	2001
83	Scotford Air Liquide	80	2000
84	Landis	79	1975
85	Ottawa Cogeneration Plant	74	2000
86	Suncor Utility Plant	70	1967
87	Ottawa Health Sciences Centre	68	1992
88	Windsor Cogeneration	68	1996
89	Algoma Cogeneration	63	2009
90	Stephenville	54	1948
91	Hardwoods	54	1977
92	Dupont Maitland	50	1992
93	Whitby	50	1998
94	Poplar Hill Generating Plant	45	—
95	Meadow Lake Power Station	44	2010
96	Central Utilities	10	2005
97	Central Utilities Plant LAX 2	9.2	—
98	Central Utilities Building	8	2015
99	Central Utilities Plant	0	2001

Frequently Asked Questions: Natural Gas Power in Canada

How many Natural Gas power plants are in Canada?

Canada has 99 Natural Gas power plants with a combined installed capacity of 29,357 MW.

What is the largest Natural Gas power plant in Canada?

Lennox Generating Station is the largest Natural Gas power plant in Canada, with an installed capacity of 2,140 MW, commissioned in 2000.

What is the newest Natural Gas power plant in Canada?

The most recently commissioned Natural Gas power plant in Canada is Brighton Beach Generating Station (2018).

What is the average size of a Natural Gas power plant in Canada?

The average Natural Gas power plant in Canada has a capacity of 297 MW.

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