Canada has only scratched the surface of its vast and untapped wind and solar energy resources, and energy storage solutions are new to our markets. At the end of 2025, we had approximately 25 GW of wind energy, solar energy and energy storage installed capacity across Canada.
For analysis and insight 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 megawatt in size, see CanREA’s most recent table of project data:
Facts at a glance
- Led by Ontario, Canada’s energy storage capacity more than doubled to a total of nearly 1 GW in 2025 and is set to nearly double again in the next two years.
- Canada’s total wind, solar and storage installed capacity grew 56% since 2020, including more than 5 GW of new wind, more than 3 GW of new solar and hundreds of megawatts of new energy storage.
- Canada’s total wind, solar and storage installed capacity is now approximately 25 GW, including nearly 19 GW of wind, more than 5 GW of solar and nearly 1 GW energy storage.
- Total installed capacity of wind, solar and storage in Canada is expected to increase by 32% by 2029 and to double by 2035.
- There are currently 118 Indigenous-owned wind, solar and energy storage projects in operation in Canada.
- Almost every major wind, solar and energy storage procurement process in Canada in 2025 had specific criteria or incentives regarding Indigenous participation or ownership.
- Recent and upcoming procurements are expected to triple Quebec’s wind and solar installed capacity (from about 4.5 GW to over 14 GW) and quadruple British Columbia’s (from about 900 MW to 4 GW).
- In 2025, renewable energy met 9.7% of Canada’s total electricity demand.
- The Canada Greener Homes Initiative, which supported solar photovoltaic and wound down in October 2025, served over 50,000 homes, totalling around around 500 MW of installed solar capacity.