Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	25
1998	82
1999	125
2000	137
2001	207
2002	236
2003	322
2004	444
2005	683
2006	1,460
2007	1,846
2008	2,369
2009	3,319
2010	4,008
2011	5,265
2012	6,200
2013	7,698
2014	9,694
2015	11,205
2016	11,898
2017	12,239
2018	12,839
2019	13,413
2020	13,588
2021	14,304
2022	15,295
2023	16,986
2024	17,397
2025	17,745

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Ontario
Alberta
Québec
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Prince Edward
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
Vestas
Enercon
Siemens
GE Vernova
Siemens-Gamesa
Senvion
Nordex
Goldwind
Neg Micon
Acciona
Others	93,1
Unidentified	1,302,3

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
SWT-2.3-101
1.5sle
MM92/2050
SG 5.0-145
V90/3000
V90/1800
V80/1800
V136/3450
1.6-100
V100/1800
SWT-3.2-113
E82/2000
E82/2300
V150/4000-4200
MM82/2050
V82/1650
V150/4.5MW
E92/2350
E70/2300
E160/5560
SG 6.6-170
E101/3000
SWT-2.3-113
V117/3450
V162/6.0MW
Others	2,409,3
Unidentified	2,910,0

Turbine power distribution (*)  

Power range	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Less than 1 MW
1 to 2 MW
2 to 3 MW
3 to 4 MW
4 to 5 MW
5 to 6 MW
6 to 7 MW
7 to 8 MW
More than 8 MW

Wind farm age distribution (*)  

Period	Number of connected wind farms	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Before 1980
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Since 2020
Undated

	Databases        Canada (windfarms) Canada (national report) Americas (windfarms) World (windfarms) All databases

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	Main windfarms in operation Henvey Inlet Wind (300,2 MW) Blackspring Ridge (298,8 MW) Buffalo Plains (297,0 MW) South Kent (285,2 MW) Forty Mile (279,3 MW) Seigneurie de Beaupré (272,0 MW) Kingsbridge II (270,0 MW) Niagara Region (231,0 MW) Nicolas-Riou (224,3 MW) Windrise (206,4 MW) Rivière-du-Moulin II (205,0 MW) Apuiat (204,0 MW) Sharp Hills (202,5 MW) Cypress Wind (202,0 MW) Whitla Wind (201,6 MW)

	Recent windfarms Benjamins Mill (34,0 MW) Apuiat (204,0 MW) Neweg (25,0 MW) Forty Mile (279,3 MW) Eastern Kings II (29,4 MW) Haeckel Hill (3,6 MW) Stirling (115,0 MW) Hand Hills (145,0 MW) Lanfine (150,5 MW) Burchill (42,0 MW)

	Legend #ND: no data (*): according to The Wind Power database

	Update for this sheet 19 March 2026