TransCanada Power Corridor:
A National Grid Uniting Canada
SPECIAL REPORT
NOVEMBER 20, 2025
Appendix A: Provincial and Territorial Electricity Expansion Plans (2025–2045)
This appendix compiles existing and near‑term expansion plans across all Canadian provinces and territories. Values reflect current installed capacity (from Canada Energy Regulator / NRCan data) and headline planned additions.
| Province/Territory | Current Capacity (MW) | Planned Additions (MW) | Key Projects / Notes |
| Alberta | 17,000 | 1,365 | Buffalo Plains 494; Paintearth 190; Travers 465; Dunmore 216. Market-driven renewables growth, coal phase-out. |
| British Columbia | 13,000 | 4,062 | Site C 1,100; Calls for Power ≈2,962; $36B grid/transmission upgrades. |
| Manitoba | 6,100 | 652 | 600 MW new wind call; Pointe du Bois +52 MW upgrade. |
| New Brunswick | 4,723 | 2,200 | Wind 1,400; Solar 200; SMRs 600; NB–NS Reliability Tie, Indigenous-led renewables. |
| Newfoundland & Labrador | 8,682 | 4,050 | Bay d’Espoir U8 ~154; Churchill Falls uprate; Gull Island ~3,900 potential; offshore wind-to-hydrogen export. |
| Nova Scotia | 3,206 | 550 (by 2026) | 500 MW local renewables; 50 MW solar; offshore wind roadmap (5 GW target by 2030); hydrogen hubs (EverWind, Bear Head). |
| Ontario | 39,600 | 6,000 | Darlington SMRs (1,200 MW by 2036); Bruce new build up to 4,800; hydro refurbishments; ~3,000 MW storage. |
| Prince Edward Island | 441 | 30 | Eastern Kings windfarm expansion; imports from NB; target net-zero grid by 2040. |
| Québec | 45,000 | 8,500 (by 2035) | Hydro-Québec 60 TWh plan ≈ 8–9 GW hydro/wind expansion; interprovincial trade (600 MW Ontario seasonal exchange). |
| Saskatchewan | 5,000 | 3,375 | Wind/solar up to 3,000 by 2035; first SMR 315 by 2034; ~60 MW hydro uprates. |
| Yukon | 500 | — | Hydro + diesel + wind mix; microgrid pilots; Haeckel Hill Indigenous wind (2024). |
| Northwest Territories | 250 | 60 | Primarily hydro; Taltson expansion (~60 MW); thermal/diesel backup. |
| Nunavut | 100 | 1.8 | Diesel-dominated; Naujaat ~1 MW; Rankin Inlet 0.3; hybrid ~0.5. |
| Canada (Total) | 170,000 | 30,846 | Aggregate of provincial/territorial plans (2025–2045 horizon). |
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