Canada vs France: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
Canada
502.23 terawatt-hours
in 2025
France
540.63 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada rank
6th
France rank
5th
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time
- Canada
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 540.63 terawatt-hours against 502.23 terawatt-hours in Canada, a difference of 38.4 terawatt-hours.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 6th and France ranks 5th of 209 countries.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours. Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. Renewables include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal.