Canada - Electricity production

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Canada was 21.07 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 28.95 in 2001, while its lowest value was 7.91 in 1960.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.

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 7.91
1961 9.09
1962 12.03
1963 15.75
1964 16.73
1965 19.69
1966 18.67
1967 20.71
1968 24.04
1969 22.65
1970 24.03
1971 24.84
1972 23.27
1973 22.28
1974 20.51
1975 22.39
1976 22.60
1977 23.12
1978 21.96
1979 21.82
1980 22.18
1981 21.12
1982 23.00
1983 22.36
1984 22.05
1985 20.28
1986 18.08
1987 20.24
1988 22.35
1989 24.98
1990 22.48
1991 21.88
1992 22.82
1993 20.61
1994 20.07
1995 21.03
1996 20.17
1997 22.59
1998 26.21
1999 25.47
2000 26.77
2001 28.95
2002 27.54
2003 28.37
2004 26.48
2005 25.13
2006 24.41
2007 24.82
2008 23.32
2009 22.04
2010 23.08
2011 22.54
2012 21.42
2013 20.77
2014 20.76
2015 21.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use