Editing Economy of Canada (section)

====Electricity====
{{Main|Electricity sector in Canada}}
The [[electricity sector]] in [[Canada]] has played a significant role in the economic and political life of the country since the late 19th century. The sector is organized along provincial and territorial lines. In a majority of provinces, large [[government-owned company|government-owned]] integrated public utilities play a leading role in the [[electricity generation|generation]], [[electric power transmission|transmission]] and [[electric power distribution|distribution]] of electricity.  [[Ontario]] and [[Alberta]] have created [[electricity market]]s in the last decade in order to increase investment and competition in this sector of the economy. In 2017, the electricity sector accounted for 10% of total national greenhouse gas emissions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/greenhouse-gas-emissions.html|title=Greenhouse gas emissions|date=January 9, 2007|website=Canada.ca|publisher=Environment and Climate Change Canada|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411165603/https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/greenhouse-gas-emissions.html|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> Canada has substantial electricity trade with the neighbouring [[United States]] amounting to 72 TWh exports and 10 TWh imports in 2017.

[[Hydroelectricity]] accounted for 59% of all electric generation in Canada in 2016,<ref>{{citation|author=Natural Resources Canada|title=Electricity Facts|date=October 6, 2017|url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/facts/electricity/20068#L3|access-date=March 31, 2020|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501204710/https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/facts/electricity/20068#L3|url-status=dead}}</ref> making Canada the world's second-largest producer of hydroelectricity after China.<ref>{{citation |author=International Energy Agency |title=Key World Energy Statistics 2010 |publisher=IEA/OECD |location=Paris |page=19 |url=http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2010/key_stats_2010.pdf |access-date=September 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011091637/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2010/key_stats_2010.pdf |archive-date=October 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Since 1960, large hydroelectric projects, especially in [[Quebec]], [[British Columbia]], [[Manitoba]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], have significantly increased the country's generation capacity.

The second-largest single source of power (15% of the total) is nuclear power, with several plants in Ontario generating more than half of that province's electricity and one generator in [[Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station|New Brunswick]]. This makes Canada the world's sixth-largest electricity producer generated by nuclear power, producing 95 TWh in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 15 Nuclear Generating Countries|url=https://www.nei.org/resources/statistics/top-15-nuclear-generating-countries|publisher=Nuclear Energy Institute|access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref>

Fossil fuels provide 19% of Canadian electric power, about half as coal (9% of the total), and the remainder a mix of natural gas and oil. Only five provinces use coal for electricity generation. Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia rely on coal for nearly half of their generation, while other provinces and territories use little or none. Alberta and Saskatchewan also use a substantial amount of natural gas. Remote communities, including all of Nunavut and much of the Northwest Territories, produce most of their electricity from diesel generators at high economic and environmental costs. The federal government has set up initiatives to reduce dependence on diesel-fired electricity.<ref>{{citation|author=Natural Resources Canada|title=Reducing diesel energy in rural and remote communities|date=January 30, 2018|url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/science/programs-funding/20542|access-date=March 31, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612181027/https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/science/programs-funding/20542|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Non-hydro renewables are a fast-growing portion of the total, at 7% in 2016.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}