Canada

TABLE 1: ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

Estimated available energy sources
 Fossil fuels Nuclear 
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro
Total amount in specific units* 8.9 27.01 1 982.2 509 000 160

TABLE 2: ENERGY STATISTICS

Year 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000–2015
Energy consumption**          
- Total 6.1 6.3 7.4 7.8 7.3 9.0 1.3
- Solids*** 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
- Liquids 3.3 2.9 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.9 0.6
- Gases 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.9 –1.3
- Primary electricity**** 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 2.1 1.4
Energy production            
- Total 8.6 11.5 15.7 15.6 16.2 18.0 1.2
- Solids*** 0.8 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 –1.4
- Liquids 3.5 3.9 5.4 6.1 7.0 8.5 5.3
- Gases 2.7 3.7 6.2 6.5 5.5 6.5 3.8
- Primary electricity**** 1.3 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.3 1.7 0.9 –.7
Net import (Import–Export)            
- Total –1.0 –2.0 –4.0 –3.9 –3.4 –8.3 5.0

TABLE 3: INSTALLED CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

Year 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2016 Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000–2016
Capacity of electrical plants (GW(e))            
- Thermal 28.4 31.2 31.6 33.8 38.3 33.5 0.4
- Hydro 47.8 59.4 67.4 72.0 75.1 80.9 1.1
- Nuclear 5.9 13.5 10.6 13.4 13.3 14.0 1.8
- Wind 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 4.0 12.0 34.9
- Biomass — — 1.5 1.7 1.7 2.5 3.2
- Other renewable — — — — — 2.7 —
- Total 82.0 104.2 111.3 121.5 132.6 140.2 1.5
Electricity production (TWh)            
- Thermal 85.9 102.6 156.0 150.3 138.6 124.6 –1.4
- Hydro 253.1 296.9 354.6 358.5 372.1 383.4 0.5
- Nuclear 38.5 73.0 68.7 86.8 88.3 95.4 2.1
- Wind — 0.0 0.3 1.7 10.1 30.5 33.5
- Biomass — 2.3 6.4 7.2 8.5 11.3 3.6
- other renewable — — — — — 3.0 —
- Total** 377.5 474.8 585.8 604.4 617.9 648.4 0.6
Total electricity consumption (TWh) 340.1 465.4 550.2 580.5 570.4 584.2 0.4

TABLE 4: ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

Year 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2014
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 334 309 335 338 293 300
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 13 823 16 736 17 873 17 943 16 712 16 621 (2016)
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 12 11 10 10 10 9
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 10 15 12 14 16 15
Ratio of external dependency (%)* –4 –34 –52 –52 –62 –75

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2017

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]		 Status Operator Reactor
Supplier		 Construction
Date		 First
Criticality
Date		 First Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
2017
BRUCE-1 PHWR 760 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1971-06-01 1976-12-17 1977-01-14 1977-09-01 95.4
BRUCE-2 PHWR 760 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1970-12-01 1976-07-27 1976-09-04 1977-09-01 97.4
BRUCE-3 PHWR 750 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1972-07-01 1977-11-28 1977-12-12 1978-02-01 83.2
BRUCE-4 PHWR 750 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1972-09-01 1978-12-10 1978-12-21 1979-01-18 93.8
BRUCE-5 PHWR 817 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1978-06-01 1984-11-15 1984-12-02 1985-03-01 72.8
BRUCE-6 PHWR 817 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1978-01-01 1984-05-29 1984-06-26 1984-09-14 81.1
BRUCE-7 PHWR 817 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1979-05-01 1986-01-07 1986-02-22 1986-04-10 96.5
BRUCE-8 PHWR 817 Operational BRUCEPOW OH/AECL 1979-08-01 1987-02-15 1987-03-09 1987-05-22 100.0
DARLINGTON-1 PHWR 878 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1982-04-01 1990-10-29 1990-12-19 1992-11-14 60.9
DARLINGTON-2 PHWR 878 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1981-09-01 1989-11-05 1990-01-15 1990-10-09 0.0
DARLINGTON-3 PHWR 878 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1984-09-01 1992-11-09 1992-12-07 1993-02-14 95.2
DARLINGTON-4 PHWR 878 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1985-07-01 1993-03-13 1993-04-17 1993-06-14 98.8
PICKERING-1 PHWR 515 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1966-06-01 1971-02-25 1971-04-04 1971-07-29 58.1
PICKERING-4 PHWR 515 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1968-05-01 1973-05-16 1973-05-21 1973-06-17 88.2
PICKERING-5 PHWR 516 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1974-11-01 1982-10-23 1982-12-19 1983-05-10 64.8
PICKERING-6 PHWR 516 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1975-10-01 1983-10-15 1983-11-08 1984-02-01 98.6
PICKERING-7 PHWR 516 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1976-03-01 1984-10-22 1984-11-17 1985-01-01 83.3
PICKERING-8 PHWR 516 Operational OPG OH/AECL 1976-09-01 1985-12-17 1986-01-21 1986-02-28 86.0
POINT LEPREAU PHWR 660 Operational NBEPC AECL 1975-05-01 1982-07-25 1982-09-11 1983-02-01 89.3
DOUGLAS POINT PHWR 206 Permanent Shutdown OH AECL 1960-02-01 1966-11-15 1967-01-07 1968-09-26 1984-05-04
GENTILLY-1 HWLWR 250 Permanent Shutdown HQ AECL 1966-09-01 1970-11-12 1971-04-05 1972-05-01 1977-06-01
GENTILLY-2 PHWR 635 Permanent Shutdown HQ AECL 1974-04-01 1982-09-11 1982-12-04 1983-10-01 2012-12-28
PICKERING-2 PHWR 515 Permanent Shutdown OPG OH/AECL 1966-09-01 1971-09-15 1971-10-06 1971-12-30 2007-05-28
PICKERING-3 PHWR 515 Permanent Shutdown OPG OH/AECL 1967-12-01 1972-04-24 1972-05-03 1972-06-01 2008-10-31
ROLPHTON NPD PHWR 22 Permanent Shutdown OH CGE 1958-01-01 1962-04-11 1962-06-04 1962-10-01 1987-08-01
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.

TABLE 6: STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Shutdown reason Decommission strategy Current decommis-sioning phase Current fuel manage-ment phase Decommissioning licensee Licence termination year
Gentilly-2 End of life 1. Controlled reactor shutdown (completed)
2. Defuel reactor core (wet storage, completed)
3. De-water and vacuum dry the primary heat transport system and moderator system (completed)
4. Drain all station systems (completed)
5. Move fuel from wet storage to dry storage (by 2020)
6. Dismantle reactor components (to be completed 2059–2064)		 Currently transferring fuel from wet storage to dry storage Wet and dry storage Hydro-Quιbec Decommis-sioning licence: 2026