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How renewable energy projects are powering – and empowering – Indigenous communities across Canada

Pattern Canada Stories

Global Company.
Canadian Commitment.

Throughout the last decade, we have brought 10 wind energy projects to operation across four provinces, creating thousands of Canadian jobs and millions of dollars in direct economic benefits to our local communities.

As one of Canada’s largest wind power operators, we are majority-owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and take great pride in our role to help create retirement security for generations of Canadians.

Jobs and Prosperity

Pattern Energy is a global leader in renewable energy, but we are most proud of our contributions to local communities.

More than 4,300 Canadians worked on-site during project construction

Contribute more than $25 million into Canada’s economy every year through property taxes, royalties, and community benefit programs

More than 120 full-time managers and technicians are on-site to operate and maintain our facilities

Turbine towers for six of our Ontario projects were constructed by Canadians in Windsor with Ontario steel

Turbine towers for the Henvey Inlet Wind facility were made in Quebec

Blades for six of our Ontario projects were constructed by Canadians in Tillsonburg

Support programs that enable Canadian youth to secure skilled jobs in their hometowns

Invest in environmental protection and biodiversity in the regions where we operate

Partners in the Community

We are committed to developing partnerships that respect unique cultures and provide communities with ongoing ownership in our projects.

Pattern Canada and their partners have helped bring in a new era of economic prosperity in Haldimand County. They treated us like partners in their project and ensured that our citizens were part of the success of this project in our community.

Ken Hewitt

Mayor

Haldimand County, Ontario

Through our Community Benefits Programs, we contribute millions of dollars to local initiatives, including environmental, educational, and Indigenous causes that are having a real lasting impact on communities across Canada. Examples include:

Annual scholarships to Historic Saugeen Mètis students through our Armow Wind facility.

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Our Meikle Wind facility’s contributions to the Moose Lake Recreation Site, Tumbler Ridge Visitor Centre, Pat O’Reilly Outdoor and Environmental Studies Centre and the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark.

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Support of the Hobbitstee Wildlife Refuge through our Grand Renewable Wind facility.

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Through our South Kent Wind Community Fund and the Chatham-Kent Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund, we donated $150,000 to 11 charitable organizations to help provide access to mental health services and expand on-line learning, transportation, shelter and food for those most vulnerable during the pandemic.

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The support of Pattern Canada's South Kent Wind facility has assisted in sponsoring five established young artists originally from Chatham (Ben Smith, Ryan Nauta, Heather Kosik, Jordan Clayton and Ian Cleary) as they performed in several free concerts for the Chatham-Kent community.

Christine Prosser

Music Director

Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival

This generous contribution will support the real heroes of this crisis, our frontline healthcare workers by helping to provide them with the necessary equipment and supplies. Donations like this truly underscore how we are all in this together.

Mary Lou Crowley

President & CEO

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation

Indigenous Communities

At Pattern Canada, we acknowledge and respect the fact that we operate facilities located upon the Traditional Territory of Indigenous Peoples. Four of our facilities are owned in direct partnership with Indigenous communities, and we are committed to mutually beneficial partnerships with First Nations and Indigenous communities across this land.

In 2014, we embarked on a landmark joint venture together with Henvey Inlet First Nation that created more than 1,000 jobs onsite during construction and is the first project of its kind to be developed on a First Nation. The project will generate significant long-term revenues directly for the benefit of Henvey Inlet First Nation, an Anishinabek community consisting of three separate reserve properties, to invest in its community and support the vitality and prosperity of future generations of this proud community.

The historic Henvey Inlet Wind project is both the largest wind project in Ontario, as well as the largest First Nation wind partnership in Canada.

Ken Hewitt

Mayor

Haldimand County, Ontario

Our Nation’s Growth and Wellbeing for Generations

The energy transition in Canada is well underway and will continue throughout the next several decades. Our country has a rich history of drawing upon the rich resources of our vast land to create responsible energy development. As one of our country’s largest operators of wind power, we are proud to be leading that transition toward a renewable future while enriching the Canada Pension Plan and contributing to future prosperity of our country.