Hydroelectric Power Plants in Canada

613 plants · 87,800 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Centrale Robert-Bourassa	5,616	1979
2	Robert-Bourassa generating station	5,616	1979
3	Churchill Falls Generating Station	5,428	1971
4	La Grande-4	2,779	1996
5	Mica	2,746	1994
6	G.M. Shrum	2,730	1995
7	Revelstoke Generating Station	2,480	1975
8	Revelstoke	2,480	1984
9	La Grande-3	2,417	1996
10	La Grande-2-A	2,106	1990
11	Beauharnois	1,877	1968
12	Centrale Manic-5	1,596	1968
13	Manic-5	1,596	1968
14	Sir Adam Beck 2	1,499	1954
15	Sir Adam Beck II Generating Station	1,499	1958
16	La Grande-1	1,436	1996
17	Centrale La Grande-1	1,436	1996
18	Limestone	1,350	2003
19	René-Lévesque (Manic-3)	1,326	1979
20	Jean-Lesage (Manic-2)	1,229	1979
21	Kettle	1,220	1995
22	Bersimis-1	1,178	1965
23	Manic-5-PA	1,064	1979
24	R.H. Saunders Generating Station	1,045	1996
25	Robert H Saunders	1,045	1975
26	Outardes-3	1,026	2015
27	Long Spruce Generating Station	1,010	1973
28	Long Spruce	980	1996
29	Shipshaw	959.1	1969
30	Kemano	896	1954
31	Sainte-Marguerite-3	882	1996
32	Laforge-1	878	1996
33	Bersimis-2	869	1965
34	Chute-des-Passes	854.4	2005
35	Centrale Bernard-Landry	829	2005
36	Seven Mile	805	1994
37	Outardes-4	785	2015
38	Centrale aux Outardes-4	785	2015
39	Eastmain-1-A	768	2002
40	Carillon	753	1965
41	Peace Canyon	694	2003
42	Mactaquac	668	1968
43	Mactaquac Generating Station	653	1968
44	Romaine-2	640	2015
45	Bay D'espoir	604	1990
46	Kootenay Canal	570	1975
47	Toulnustouc	526	2000
48	Outardes-2	523	2005
49	Centrale Eastmain-1	507	2002
50	Waneta	493.2	2003
51	Eastmain-1	480	2002
52	Grand Rapids	479	2000
53	Brisay	469	1996
54	Isle-Maligne	463.8	1996
55	Sir Adam Beck 1	450	1922
56	Centrale d'isle Maligne	448	1926
57	Des-Joachims	429	1965
58	Péribonka	385	2000
59	Brazeau	355	1979
60	Abitibi Canyon	349	1930
61	Waneta Expansion	335	2015
62	Laforge-2	319	1965
63	Chute-du-Diable	305.8	2005
64	Trenche Generating Station	302	1950
65	Bridge River 2	298	1967
66	La Tuque	294	2000
67	E B Campbell	289	1996
68	Kelsey Generating Station	286	1968
69	Kelsey	286	1967
70	Lower Notch	274	1990
71	Beaumont	270	2000
72	Romaine-1	270	2015
73	Centrale Beaumont	270	2000
74	Smoky Falls	267	1997
75	Chute-à-la-Savane	258	2007
76	Nipawin	255	1996
77	Otto Holden	243	1998
78	Centrale Chute-du-Diable	240	2005
79	Wells	239	2000
80	McCormick	235	1968
81	Little Long Generating Station	233.3	2000
82	Kipling	232	2000
83	Rocher-de-Grand-Mère	230	1965
84	Paugan	226	1997
85	Twin Falls (Iron Ore)	225	1996
86	Chute-à-Caron	224	1969
87	Centrale de Chute-à-Caron	222	2009
88	Harmon	220	2000
89	Centrale Paugan	213	2005
90	Wuskwatim	211	2012
91	Little Long	205	2000
92	Centrale du Rapide-Blanc	204	1934
93	Rapide-Blanc	204	2000
94	Wreck Cove	200	1995
95	Shawinigan-2	200	1967
96	Forrest Kerr	195	2015
97	Shawinigan-3	194	2000
98	Chats Fall / Chute-des-Chats	192	1996
99	Chats Falls Power Station	188	1931
100	Coteau Creek	186	1996

Frequently Asked Questions: Hydroelectric Power in Canada

How many Hydroelectric power plants are in Canada?

Canada has 613 Hydroelectric power plants; the 100 largest alone total 87,800 MW of installed capacity.

What is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in Canada?

Centrale Robert-Bourassa is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in Canada, with an installed capacity of 5,616 MW, commissioned in 1979.

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