Fossil electricity share in Canada
Oil, gas and coal produced 21.7% of electricity in Canada in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2011.
Canada, 2025
21.7%
Change from 2024
+0.9percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
24.6%
Fossil electricity share in Canada over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.7% | – |
| 2024 | 20.8% | – |
| 2023 | 20.1% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 17.9% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 18.2% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 17.8% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 18.7% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 18.1% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 19.8% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 20.4% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 20.2% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 19.8% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 20.9% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 22.3% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 23.2% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 23.4% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 24.8% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 25.3% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 26.4% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 28.3% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 27.5% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 28.9% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 20.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.4%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.