🇨🇦 Canada Electrical Grid

Reference profile of the Canada electricity grid — grid frequency, synchronous area, and the main transmission & distribution operators with their operating voltages. Compiled from the TransformerPath worldwide grid census.

Region North AmericaFrequency 60 HzSynchronous area Eastern / Western / QuébecOperators 3

Grid operators

Hydro-Québec TransÉnergieOwn synchronous area — pioneered 735 kV (1965)735 kVSite →

IESO / Hydro One (Ontario)Eastern Interconnection500 kVSite →

AESO (Alberta) + BC HydroWestern Interconnection500 kVSite →

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Transformer-relevant projects

Site C Clean Energy Project (500 kV transmission interconnection) · 500 kV · energized
Chamouchouane–Bout-de-l'Île 735 kV Transmission Project · 735 kV · energized
Romaine River Hydroelectric Complex · · energized
Maritime Link HVDC (Nova Scotia–Newfoundland) · · energized
Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Project and Labrador-Island Link HVDC · · energized
Fort McMurray West 500 kV Transmission Project · 500 kV · energized
Alberta–British Columbia Intertie Restoration (AESO Project 7006) · · planned
Estevan Area Transmission Lines · · construction
Ontario Northeast Power Line (Hanmer TS–Mississagi TS) · 500 kV · planned
Longwood to Lakeshore Transmission Line (Hydro One, 500 kV) · 500 kV · planned

Reference profile from the TransformerPath grid census; operator, voltage and frequency data are as recorded and may change. Report a correction.

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