Wind Capacity (As % of Worldwide Wind Turbine Capacity) fell 4.78% to 2.56% in Canada in 2016

Wind capacity as a share of worldwide wind turbine capacity fell 4.78% to 2.56% in Canada in 2016, according to World Bank / EIA.

Historically, wind capacity as a share of worldwide wind turbine capacity in Canada reached an all time high of 2.75% in 2014 and an all time low of 0.341% in 1997. When compared to Canada's main peers, wind capacity as a share of worldwide wind turbine capacity in Australia amounted to 0.925%, 0.799% in Mexico, 3.47% in United Kingdom and 17.4% in USA in 2016.

Canada has been ranked 7th within the group of 44 countries we follow in terms of wind capacity as a share of worldwide wind turbine capacity, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.