Canada has only begun to scratch the surface of its vast and untapped wind and solar energy resources. At the end of 2024, we had 24 GW of wind energy, solar energy and energy storage installed capacity across Canada.
For more information on the current state of the industry, growth and forecasts, see CanREA’s most recent annual data release:
For a list of the country’s commercial scale wind energy sites plus solar energy and energy storage projects over one MW in size, see CanREA’s most recent table of project data:
Facts at a Glance
- Canada’s total wind, solar and storage installed capacity grew 46% in the past 5 years (2019-2024), including nearly 5 GW of new wind, 2 GW of new utility-scale solar, 600 MW of new on-site solar, and 200 MW of new energy storage.
- Canada’s total wind, solar and storage installed capacity is now more than 24 GW, including over 18 GW of wind, more than 4 GW of utility-scale solar, 1+ GW on-site solar, and 330 MW of energy storage.
- Canada’s solar energy capacity (utility-scale and onsite) grew 92% in the past 5 years (2019-2024).
- Canada’s wind energy capacity grew 35% in the past 5 years (2019-2024).
- Canada’s energy storage capacity grew 192% in the past 5 years (2019-2024).
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