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

Alberta

British Columbia

Brilliant Dam
Buntzen Lake Dam (Buntzen Lake)
Cleveland Dam (Capilano Lake)
Clowhom Dam (Clowhom Lake)
Comox Lake Dam, Puntledge River
Corra Linn Dam (Kootenay Lake)
Coquitlam Dam (Coquitlam Lake)
Daisy Lake Dam (Daisy Lake)
Duncan Dam (Duncan Lake)
Horseshoe Dam
Elk Falls Dam (Elk River)
John Hart Dam
Jordan River Diversion Dam
Hugh Keenleyside Dam (Arrow Lakes)
Kenney Dam (Nechako Reservoir)
Lajoie Dam (Downton Lake)
Lower Bonnington Dam
Mica Dam (Kinbasket Lake)
Ocean Falls Dam
Peace Canyon Dam
Powell River Dam (Powell Lake)
Revelstoke Dam (Lake Revelstoke)
Ruskin Dam (Hayward Lake)
Seton Canal (a.k.a. Lillooet Canal)
Seton Dam (Seton Lake)
Seven Mile Dam
Seymour Dam (Seymour River)
- Seymour Falls Dam (Seymour River)
South Slocan Dam
Spillimacheen Dam
Stave Falls Dam (Stave Lake)
Terzaghi Dam a.k.a. Mission Dam (Carpenter Lake)
Theodosia Dam
Upper Bonnington Dam
W. A. C. Bennett Dam (Lake Williston)
Waneta Dam
Wahleach Dam a.k.a. Jones Lake Dam (Wahleach Lake a.k.a. Jones Lake)
Whatshan Dam

Manitoba

New Brunswick

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

Auburn (Otanabee River)
Big Chute (Severn River)
Big Eddy (Muskoka River)
Bingham Chute (South River)
Coniston (Wanapitei River)
Crystal Falls (Sturgeon River)
Fanshawe Dam (Thames River)

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

Yukon

See also

List of generating stations in Canada

References

^ Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine. Bchydro.com (2012-11-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-24.

External links

Saskatchewan Dams and Reservoirs

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