The Canadian government is investing more than CAD 33 million in a 32-megawatt (MW) Indigenous-owned solar project in Saskatchewan, officials said on Friday.
The Wicehtowak Solar project, to be developed by George Gordon First Nation through Wicehtowak Solar Ltd., will be located near the provincial capital, Regina. A 30-year power purchase agreement, described as the first of its kind in Saskatchewan, will supply electricity to mining company K+S Potash Canada via the SaskPower grid.
Buckley Belanger, Canadian Secretary of State for Rural Development, said the project will “add more clean power to the grid, create long-term jobs and help keep energy costs stable for families and businesses in Saskatchewan.”
The investment comes under the federal Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program, a CAD 4.5 billion initiative launched in 2021. As of May 2025, the program had supported 71 projects, 43 of them Indigenous-owned.
The Wicehtowak Solar project is part of a growing portfolio of Indigenous-led renewable energy initiatives in Canada, including a 2.85 MW project in Yukon and a 3.8 MW solar array in British Columbia, the country’s largest off-grid solar installation.
Canada installed 314 MW of solar capacity in 2024, bringing its cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity to more than 5 GW, according to industry data.
