In an eventful year for public EV charging, Canada just broke the 27,000-charger mark — one of the highlights in Electric Autonomy’s annual tally of public EV charger installations, by network, in Canada
It’s been a banner year on two fronts when it comes to EV charging in Canada: headlines and installations.
Dominating the former: the adoption of the North American Charging Standard (NACS) and the opening of Tesla’s charging network to non-Tesla vehicles; Plug and Charge service expansion; and ongoing scrutiny, politicizing and anxiety as to the ability of Canada’s charging infrastructure to meet growing needs and quell range anxiety.
Driving the latter: the addition of 6,703 new DC fast and Level 2 chargers in the 12-month end March 1, 2024, according to data from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) compiled by Electric Autonomy for this, our annual EV charging networks report.
That’s a 32.7 per cent increase, on the heels of a 30 per cent increase the previous year. Or, if you prefer, 558 new chargers each month, more than 18 every day.
In all, as of March 1, NRCan data reflects that Canadian EV drivers now have access to 27,181 public charging ports located at 11,077 public charging station locations across the country.
Of those, 22,246 ports (9,605 stations) are Level 2 chargers, while 4,935 ports (1,791 stations) are DC fast chargers. On March 1 last year, by comparison, there were 16,579 Level 2 charging ports (7,549 stations) and 3,899 DC fast charger ports (1,483 stations).
The current totals translate into a 34.2 per cent increase in Level 2 chargers and a 26.6 per cent increase in DC fast chargers in 12 months.
Below, we present a detailed breakdown of each EV charging network’s assets and offerings. DC fast and Level 2 charger stations operated by every public national and provincial/regional EV charging provider in Canada are listed.
This includes several new entrants, such as Jule, HoneyBadger Charging, Noodoe and AmpUp, as well as three regional networks that have now gone national: Parkland (On The Run), Alimentation Couche-Tard/Circle K Recharge and Hypercharge.
As well, there are selected highlights regarding Plug and Charge capability, other business trends, location highlights, partnerships and future plans.
Our methodology combines tabulations from the NRCan database and a request to each network for further details and additional comments. Many charging operators did not respond or declined to provide comment when approached by Electric Autonomy.
Where non-responses or no comment occur, we have relied on NRCan data reflecting that specific network’s footprint as of March 1, 2024. Since NRCan only tracks charging stations funded with public money, totals for EV charging networks that did reply and which also have public stations funded solely with private money (still the exception, not the rule) may differ from the NRCan database.
Finally, NRCan measures network presence by station location and EVSE ports. Chargers are another way of referring to ports. For continuity with previous years and with the EV charging networks that responded to survey questions, we have chosen to measure network footprints by stations, chargers or both when the information is available.
From: electricautonomy
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