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This is a list of dams and water reservoirs in Canada.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

  • Grand Rapids Dam
  • Great Falls Dam
  • Jenpeg Dam
  • Kettle Dam
  • Keeyask Dam
  • Knapp Dam
  • Laurie River I Dam
  • Laurie River II Dam
  • Limestone Dam
  • Long Spruce Dam
  • McArthur Dam
  • Nelson River and Churchill Diversion
  • Rivers Dam
  • Pine Falls Dam
  • Pointe du Bois Dam
  • Seven Sisters Dam
  • Slave Falls Dam

New Brunswick

  • Beechwood Dam
  • Grand Falls Generating Station
  • Mactaquac Dam
  • Tinker Dam
  • Tobique Narrows Dam
  • Milltown Generation Station

Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Smallwood Reservoir, Churchill Falls generating station, largest capacity in North America (5,428 MW installed, expandable to 9,252 MW); the world's second-largest reservoir.
  • Ossokmanuan Reservoir, Twin Falls generating station (diverted to Churchill Falls)
  • Cat Arm Reservoir, Cat Arm Hydroelectric Generating Station
  • Star Lake, Star Lake generating station
  • Hinds Lake, Hinds Lake Hydroelectric Generating Station
  • Deer Lake, Deer Lake generating station
  • Paradise River Dam, Paradise River Hydroelectric Generating Station (the largest concrete arch dam in Eastern North America)
  • Grand Falls Dam, Exploits River generating station
  • Bishops Falls Dam, Bishops Falls generating station

Ontario

Large hydroelectric

  • Decew Falls 2 (Twelve Mile Creek)
  • Ontario Power (retired) (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck 1 (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck 2 (Niagara River)
  • Sir Adam Beck Pump-Generating Station (Niagara River) upgrade complete
  • Abitibi Canyon Generating Station (Abitibi River)
  • Harmon (Mattagami River)
  • Hound Chute (Montreal River)
  • Indian Chute (Montreal River)
  • Kipling (Mattagami River)
  • Little Long (Mattagami River)
  • Lower Notch (Montreal River)
  • Lower Sturgeon Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Matabitchuan (Montreal River)
  • Otter Rapids Generating Station (Abitibi River)
  • Sandy Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Smoky Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Wawaitin Falls (Mattagami River)
  • Aguasabon (Aguasabon River)
  • Alexander Falls (Nipigon River)
  • Cameron Falls (Nipigon River)
  • Caribou Falls (English River)
  • Ear Falls (English River)
  • Kakabeka Falls (Kaministiquia River)
  • Manitou Falls (English River)
  • Pine Portage (Nipigon River)
  • Silver Falls (Dog River)
  • Whitedog Falls (Winnipeg River)
  • Arnprior (Madawaska River)
  • Barrett Chute (Madawaska River)
  • Calabogie (Madawaska River)
  • Chats Falls Dam (Ottawa River)
  • Chenaux Station (Ottawa River)
  • Des Joachims (Ottawa River)
  • Mountain Chute (Madawaska River)
  • Otto Holden (Ottawa River)
  • R.H. Saunders (St. Lawrence River)
  • Stewartville (Madawaska River)
  • Baysville Dam, Baysville

Small Hydroelectric

Non hydroelectric

  • Pittock Dam (Thames River)
  • Wildwood Dam (Thames River)
  • Crooks' Hollow Dam (Spencer Creek, Greensville)
  • Claireville Flood Control dam and reservoir, Claireville Conservation Area (Humber River (Toronto)
  • G Ross Lord Park Flood Control dam and reservoir, G Lord Ross Park (Don River (Toronto)
  • Milne Dam and Reservoir, Milne Park Conservation Area - Markham (Rouge River (Toronto))
  • McLeod Dam Green Energy Project (Moira River (Belleville))
  • Orangeville Reservoir, Orangeville, Ontario - 332 acres lake is at the headwaters of the Credit River and Nottawasaga River

Planned Upgrades or Projects

  • Umbata Falls Hydroelectric Project - Installed capacity of 23MW Q2 2008. This project in progress is a partnership of the Pic River First Nation and Innergex II Income Fund (on the White River, near Marathon).
  • Island Falls Hydroelectric Project - Installed capacity of 20 mW Q4 2009. Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. Location: Smooth Rock Falls.
  • Glen Miller Hydroelectric Project - Innergex II Income Fund (Trenton).

Hydroelectric generation under development

  • Little Long, Harmon, Kipling and Smoky Falls - 450MW
  • Lower Sturgeon, Sandy Falls and Wawaitin - 16MW
  • Mattagami Lake Dam - 5MW

Quebec

Saskatchewan

See also: Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
  • Arm Lake Dam (also known as Craik Dam)
  • Avonlea Dam
  • Boundary Dam
  • Blackstrap North Dam
  • Blackstrap South Dam
  • Bradwell East Dam
  • Bradwell West Dam
  • Brightwater Creek Dam
  • Broderick North Dam
  • Broderick West Dam
  • Buffalo Pound Dam
  • Candle Lake Dam
  • Chicken Lake Dam
  • Cowan Lake Dam
  • Craven Dam
  • Crooked Lake Dam
  • Darmody Dam
  • Dellwood Brook Dam
  • Duncairn Dam
  • E.B. Campbell Hydroelectric Station
  • Echo Lake Dam
  • Francois-Finlay Dam
  • Gardiner Dam
  • Grant Devine Dam
  • Island Falls Dam
  • Katepwa Dam
  • Kingsway Dam
  • Kipahigan Lake Dam
  • Lac la Plonge Dam
  • Lac la Ronge Dam
  • Makwa Lake Control
  • Moose Mountain Dam
  • Moosomin Dam
  • Opuntia Lake Control
  • Pike Lake Water Supply
  • Qu'Appelle River Dam
  • Rafferty Dam
  • Round Lake Dam
  • Scott Dam
  • Spruce River Dam
  • Star City Dam
  • Summercove Dam
  • Tee-Pee Creek Dam
  • Theodore Dam
  • Valeport Dam
  • Wascana Lake Weir
  • West Poplar Dam
  • Whitesand Dam
  • Zelma Dam

Yukon

See also

  • List of generating stations in Canada
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