History of electricity demand in Québec

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All of Hydro-Québec’s historical data on electricity demand in Québec in megawatts. The data is available on an hourly basis and is collected annually. The data shows the variations in electricity needs based on the time of day.

Useful information for interpreting the data

The open data in this data set is calculated in real time by Hydro-Québec’s System Control Center. The data is provided for information purposes only and cannot be used as official data.

The official data (sent to the Régie de l’énergie du Québec) is available in this data catalogue.

Electricity demand for one hour corresponds to the total average demand during that hour.

The data is determined at the end of a time period. For example, the average hourly demand associated with 2019‑01‑01 2:00 is the average of the data collected from 2019‑01‑01 1:05 to 2019‑01‑01 2:00.

Additional information

Update frequency: Annually
Temporal coverage: Annually
Notices and conditions of use: The information provided represents raw data, comes without a guarantee of quality and is subject to change without notice.

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date

Date and time the measurement was taken

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Name (identifier)	date
Type	datetime
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demand (MW)

Total average electricity demand in megawatts (MW)

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Name (identifier)	moyenne_mw
Type	decimal
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