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Solar share of electricity generated: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Solar share of electricity generated (%, derived). All 13 provinces and territories with data in Electricity generation by source by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 25-10-0020-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 1.4 (Canada).

Lowest: 0 to 0 %
Group 2: 0 to 0.3 %
Group 3: 0.3 to 0.9 %
Group 4: 0.9 to 3.3 %
Highest: 3.3 to 15.3 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Prince Edward Island	15.3
2	Alberta	4.3
3	Yukon	3.3
4	Ontario	2.4
5	Nova Scotia	1.5
6	Northwest Territories	0.9
7	Saskatchewan	0.6
8	New Brunswick	0.3
9	Manitoba	0.2
10	British Columbia	0.1
11	Newfoundland and Labrador	0
11	Quebec	0
11	Nunavut	0

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 25-10-0020-01: Electric power, annual generation by class of producer. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by solar share of electricity generated (%, derived) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 25-10-0020-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-solar/

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