In 2020, electric utility thermal plants in Canada generated 183.2 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity, down 5.4% or 10.5 million MWh from 2019.
While there were offsetting movements of major thermal fuel sources, thermal electric generation declined in 2020, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent fall in demand. Coal, uranium and natural gas continued to be the largest fuel sources used in 2020. Combined, these fuel types accounted for 95.9% of the total thermal generation of electricity.
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