When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Niagara Region, ON?

Live outage status from the utilities we track in Ontario · updated ~every 15 minutes
No significant region-wide outage reported · updated 10:00 PM EDT.
Lights out where you are? Very small or brand-new outages can take a few minutes to reach region-level data — check your exact address with the live map button below, and report the outage to your utility (crews are dispatched from customer reports).
🔔 Get a free alert if an outage is detected here — one tap in your browser, no signup.
Elsewhere in Ontario: 678 customers reported out — province-wide status.
Numbers come from the tracked utilities' public outage data. Missing data is not the same as zero outages.

About power in Niagara Region

Niagara is a regional municipality in Ontario — about 477,941 residents. Ontario has many local electricity utilities, so coverage here is per-utility — customers of utilities we don't yet track won't appear in these numbers, and missing data is not the same as zero outages.
Local utilities here: Alectra Utilities (St. Catharines)
Communities here include St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Welland, Fort Erie, Grimsby, Lincoln — 12 municipalities in all.
See the Ontario page for which utilities we track province-wide.

Outage history — Niagara Region, ON

Last significant outage: Aug 2, 2026 — peaked at 1,991 customers, restored in ~23.2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 23.2 hr.
This division-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Common questions

How do I check power outages in Niagara Region?

This page shows live outage status for Niagara Region, ON, refreshed about every 15 minutes from the public outage data of the 9 utilities we track in Ontario. Customers of utilities we don't yet track won't appear here. Search your address on the live map for the most specific view.

Which utility serves Niagara Region?

Local utilities here include Alectra Utilities. Report an outage or downed line directly to YOUR utility so crews can be dispatched — this is an independent tracker, not a utility.

When will power be restored in Niagara Region?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage. Where the utility reports how many customers are out in this region, we publish an independent restoration estimate from the outage count, recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time. Past outages tracked here appear in the outage-history panel above.

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