Canada - Electricity production from hydroelectric sources

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in Canada was 56.74 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 92.09 in 1960, while its lowest value was 56.52 in 2001.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1960 92.09
1961 90.91
1962 87.97
1963 84.18
1964 83.16
1965 80.22
1966 81.22
1967 79.20
1968 75.46
1969 77.08
1970 75.48
1971 73.24
1972 73.80
1973 72.07
1974 74.31
1975 73.07
1976 71.32
1977 68.36
1978 68.61
1979 67.98
1980 67.28
1981 68.13
1982 66.55
1983 65.21
1984 65.47
1985 66.17
1986 66.31
1987 63.72
1988 60.78
1989 58.33
1990 61.56
1991 60.63
1992 60.81
1993 60.81
1994 59.36
1995 59.99
1996 62.08
1997 61.14
1998 59.09
1999 59.72
2000 59.20
2001 56.52
2002 58.31
2003 57.24
2004 56.82
2005 58.32
2006 57.74
2007 58.48
2008 59.74
2009 60.47
2010 58.18
2011 59.04
2012 59.72
2013 58.89
2014 57.25
2015 56.74

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use