Our mission, vision & values

As Ontario’s largest clean electricity generator, see how our focus is on generating safe, efficient, and reliable energy.

About

Our subsidiaries
Our subsidiaries & partnerships are helping us improve electricity generation, storage, and distribution technology to electrify life in one generation.
Who we are
Powering Ontario
Ontario’s need for power never takes a rest and neither does OPG — we’re on the job 24 hours a day, seven days a week, powering Ontario.
What we do
Public safety
We maintain a long-term commitment to the health, safety and energy needs of Ontarians, and it shows in everything we do.
Our commitments in action
Code of Business Conduct
We operate according to a Code of Business Conduct that ensures safety, integrity and efficiency for Ontario.
Governance & regulation

Workers in hard hats look out from the top of an open stairway before a huge Canadian flag in a nuclear plant.

Our role in the system

Our role is to help build a stronger Ontario by investing in clean, affordable power and energy solutions that help grow Ontario's economy.

Power generation

Nuclear power
Nuclear power plays an important role in Ontario and OPG’s energy mix, and its critical to helping us achieving our net-zero goals.
Our power
Educational resources
We support students and educators by providing learning resources developed specifically for teachers, young people and schools.
Our role in the system
Nuclear safety and emergency preparedness
We build safety into every step of our energy production and about our comprehensive emergency preparedness plans for Ontarians.
Our commitment to safety
- Nuclear safety and emergency preparedness
- Water safety

The pristine turbine hall at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.

Darlington refurbishment project

Once complete, this project will enable production of clean, safe, low-cost, and emission-free electricity from Darlington for 30 more years.

Projects & services

Darlington SMR
The Darlington site is the only location in Canada licenced for new nuclear with a completed and accepted Environmental Assessment.
Our projects
Clean energy credits
With an extensive portfolio of clean energy generation across North America, OPG can offer environmental credits in both Canada and the US.
Our services
- Electrification services
- Clean energy credits

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Territorial acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that our facilities are located within the traditional and treaty territory of Indigenous Nations and communities.

Community investment

The Power for Change Project was designed to give back to Ontario and to the communities where we operate, to help build a cleaner, more sustainable future for generations to come.

Communities

Territorial Acknowledgement
- Territorial Acknowledgement
  OPG respectfully acknowledges that the lands on which its generating stations and other assets are located are within the traditional and treaty territory of many Indigenous communities. Click to read more.
Central Ontario
- Central Ontario
  Central Ontario is home to 20 of our hydroelectric facilities, some of which, like our Sills Island Generating Station, have been part of their community for more than one hundred years.
Eastern Ontario
- Eastern Ontario
  Eastern Ontario is host to one gas-fired generating station and 15 of our hydroelectric generating stations on the St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Madawaska Rivers.
Northeastern Ontario
- Northeastern Ontario
  Northeastern Ontario contains 14 of our hydroelectric stations, including several we built or redeveloped through key partnerships with local Indigenous communities.
Northwestern Ontario
- Northwestern Ontario
  Northwestern Ontario hosts 11 of our hydroelectric stations as well as a former coal generating station that we converted to use biomass as fuel.
Southern Ontario - Durham Region
- Southern Ontario - Durham Region
  The golden horseshoe of Southern Ontario is home to key operations including our Darlington and Pickering nuclear stations in Clarington and Pickering.
Southern Ontario - Niagara Region
- Southern Ontario - Niagara Region
  The golden horseshoe of Southern Ontario is home to key operations including our iconic Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric stations in Niagara Falls.
Southwestern Ontario
- Southwestern Ontario
  Southwestern Ontario is host to our NSS - Western Waste Management Facility in Bruce County, our Eugenia hydroelectric station near Meaford, and our Nanticoke Solar Facility on the site of the former Nanticoke coal station.

Low water conditions at the tailrace of Lower Sturgeon hydroelectric generating station.

Hydroelectric Data Portal (water.opg.com)

Find water level and flow information from gauges on rivers where OPG operates hydroelectric stations in Ontario.

News & resources

Net-Zero News
A quarterly round-up of stories, news and profiles that highlight our best. See how we’re electrifying life in one generation.
Newsroom
Visitor centres
At our visitor centres, the public is welcomed to see how their power is made and learn about Ontario's low-carbon electricity system.
Educational resources
Hydroelectric Water Portal (water.opg.com)

Careers
Investors
Reports
OPG Websites
- Initiatives
- Subsidiaries

Darlington nuclear visitor centre

See how your power gets made

What to expect

The Information Centre provides a variety of interactive self-guided displays for visitors, with staff on hand to help answer any questions. There is also a world-class training facility that includes a full-scale reactor mock-up for the Darlington Refurbishment project. A viewing window to the reactor mock-up is open during the Information Centre hours of operation.

We also encourage you to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube for updates.

Visit us

Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (excluding holidays)

1855 Energy Drive
Courtice, Ontario L1E 0E7

Phone: 905-623-7122
Toll Free: 1-800-461-0034
Email: Please contact us

Accessibility

Our visitor centres are equipped with many accessibility features as outlined on the table below. If you have questions about the availability of any features, please contact us.

Should any of these features become temporarily unavailable due to our service maintenance activities, we will post notice of these service disruptions here on this web page.

Visitor accessibility snapshot

Feature	Description	Status
Parking	There are seven (7) type A and seventeen (17) type B accessible parking spots within 15 meters of the main entrance.	Available
Exterior paths of travel	Exterior paths have no change in level or slope. Ground surfaces provide high tonal or textural contrast.	Available
Curb ramps/depressed curbs	Crossing boundaries with vehicular routes have depressed curbs and tactile walking surface indicators.	Available
Entrances/exits	The main accessible entrance/exit door located at the east side of the building close to the accessible parking area. This main building entrance is comprised of two sets of double doors. The door width is 950 mm.	Available
Stairs and stairwells	The building is one-story with no basement.	N/A
Interior accessible routes	Interior routes to and from the main accessible entrance/exits have a width between 1000 and 1500 mm. Floor surfaces are covered by stable, firm and slip-resistant carpet and vinyl.	Available
Elevating devices	The building is one-story with no basement.	N/A
Washrooms	There are accessible stalls in both male and female designated washrooms.	Available
Controls and operating mechanisms	There are wheelchair accessible door control push buttons. Light switches, outlets, and manual pull fire alarms are at recommended mounting heights.	Available
Assistive listening devices and acoustics	Not available.	N/A
Public address systems	The building has a compliant public address system.	Available
Fire and life safety systems	Fire detection systems are in place, including manual pull stations and fire extinguishers. Alarm signals are both audible and visual.	Available
Lighting	Lighting integrates both artificial and natural lighting sources with full spectrum to aid in identifying edges and colour contrasts.	Available
Signage and wayfinding	All signage is designed and strategically placed with ideal mounting heights.	Available
Assembly areas	There is one (1) designated area that can be used as a conference room or auditorium which has accessible or adaptable seating.	Available
Meeting and multi-purpose rooms	There is (1) small meeting room. It consists of multiple non-fixed seating with a rectangle table located in the center of the room.	Available
Cafeteria and dining facilities	The building does not have a cafeteria or dining facility.	N/A
Outdoor public use eating areas	There is a small outdoor rest area consisting of fixed sitting arrangements located on each side of the table.	Available
Kitchens and kitchenettes	The building does not have a kitchen or kitchenette.	N/A
Elevated platforms or stages	There are no elevated platforms or stages.	N/A