Private company

Hydro-Quebec

Canadian hydroelectric utility

Hydro-Québec (French pronunciation: [idʁo kebɛk]) is a Canadian Crown corporation public utility owned by the Provincial government of Quebec headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Apr 14, 1944Founded1
  • Industryelectric power industry1
  • HeadquartersHydro-Québec Building1
  • Founded inMontreal1
  • Websitewww.hydroquebec.com
  • Legal formCrown corporation1

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The story

Founded by Adélard Godbout on Apr 14, 1944, in Montreal.1

Leadership

Who has led Hydro-Quebec, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (1)

Products and brands

  • electricity

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Electric Circuit
  • James Bay Energy
  • TM4
  • TransÉnergie

Divisions

  • Hydro-Quebec Distribution
  • TransÉnergie

Also owns

  • Beauharnois Hydroelectric Generating Station
  • Beaumont generating station
  • Bersimis-1 generating station
  • Bersimis-2 generating station
  • Brisay Generating Station
  • Centrale des Rapides-Farmer
  • Centrale du Rocher-de-Grand-Mère
  • Chelsea Generating Station
  • Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited
  • Cèdres power station
  • La Gabelle Generating Station
  • La Grande-1 generating station
  • La Grande-2-A generating station
  • La Grande-3 generating station
  • La Grande-4 generating station
  • Laforge-1 generating station
  • Laforge-2 generating station
  • Manic-1
  • Manic-5 generating station
  • McCormick Generating Station
  • Paugan Generating Station
  • Poste Adélard-Godbout
  • Péribonka generating station
  • Robert-Bourassa generating station
All 26 also owns
  • Trenche Generating Station
  • Gatineau Power Company since 1963

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1963Acquired Gatineau Power Company1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Hydro-Quebec revenue by year113.6B CAD in 2014+12% since 2012
05.0B CAD10.0B CAD15.0B CAD2012: 12.2B CAD12.2B CAD20122013: 12.9B CAD12.9B CAD2013+5%2014: 13.6B CAD13.6B CAD2014+6%
  • 201413.6B CAD1
  • 201312.9B CAD1
  • 201212.2B CAD1

Net income

Hydro-Quebec net income by year13.4B CAD in 2014+293% since 2012
01.0B CAD2.0B CAD3.0B CAD4.0B CAD2012: 860.0M CAD860.0M CAD20122013: 2.9B CAD2.9B CAD2013+242%2014: 3.4B CAD3.4B CAD2014+15%
  • 20143.4B CAD1
  • 20132.9B CAD1
  • 2012860.0M CAD1

Timeline

  1. 1963Acquisition Acquired Gatineau Power Company1
  2. Apr 14, 1944Founded Founded in Montreal1

Sources

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