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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

An aerial view of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.

Darlington refurbishment project

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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

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.

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.

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.

Hydroelectric Water Portal (water.opg.com)

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

News & resources

Watt’s New
In our revamped e-newsletter, find out how we're helping electrify Ontario while strengthening its economy, communities, and the environment.
Newsroom
WattNext.ca
Ontario Science Centre, Ontario Tech University and OPG's energy education program aims to educate, inform, and connect Ontarians with energy careers.
Educational resources
Hydroelectric Water Portal (water.opg.com)

Careers
Investors
Reports
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Nuclear waste, isotopes & decommissioning

Nuclear Sustainability Services employees in a high-level waste facility.

What is nuclear waste

From used fuel to cleaning supplies, nuclear waste takes many forms. See how OPG manages high, intermediate, and low-level waste with care.

Employee sorting through low-level nuclear waste - yellow hard hat

Is nuclear waste safe

Discover how OPG ensures nuclear waste safety through independent oversight, daily management, and long-term planning.

Employee walking through nuclear waste management facility

Managing nuclear waste today

From low to high-level waste, learn how OPG safely handles, stores and transports nuclear materials with expert care and strict oversight.

Managing nuclear waste tomorrow

Learn what the future holds for Canada's nuclear waste including a DGR, decommissioning plans and ongoing international cooperation.

The power of nuclear isotopes

Discover how OPG and Laurentis produce critical isotopes like Cobalt-60, Tritium, and Mo-99, supporting medicine, research, and safety.

People that care

Chris, First Line Manager, WCESR

"I care that we're reducing our footprint, to help the future generations in nuclear."

Jochen, Supervising Nuclear Operator, NSS-DWMF

"When you are surrounded by people who care, everyday feels like a chance to do something meaningful."

Nicole, Section Manager, Isotopes

The best part of my job is being able to make a difference in global healthcare and sustainable clean energy."

OPG's WattNext

OPG’s WattNext, produced in partnership with the Ontario Science Centre and Ontario Tech University, provides answers to energy questions big and small.

Learn Watt's Next for nuclear waste at:

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Territorial Acknowledgement

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Southern Ontario - Durham Region

Southern Ontario - Niagara Region

Southwestern Ontario

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