Our legacy
For 75 years, TC Energy has delivered on its purpose— proudly connecting the world to the energy it needs. Through the years, with evolving operational footprints and changes in the energy business, we’ve achieved many milestones, including the ones outlined here. They all led us to who we are today: a North American energy powerhouse, with more than 6,500 employees, focused on natural gas and power generation— and ready to meet the energy needs of the next 75 years.
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2026
A 75-year legacy of nation-building— carried forward by all of us.
2024
We double down on natural gas and power and energy solutions through the successful spinoff of our Liquids Pipelines business.
2023
Coastal GasLink, Canada’s first new pipeline to the West Coast in 70 years, reaches mechanical completion, enabling Indigenous ownership and providing a direct path for global LNG exports.
2022
Through a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, Mexico’s state-owned electric utility, Southeast Gateway Pipeline (SGP) is sanctioned, and we become the largest Canadian investor in Mexico. SGP is completed in 2025.
2019
- On Sept. 17 the Sur de Texas–Tuxpan pipeline enters service, a true engineering feat with 700 km running underwater —transporting natural gas from the U.S.–Mexico border in Texas all the way to Veracruz.
- The company is renamed TC Energy to reflect its operations as a leading North American energy infrastructure company. In Mexico, the company is known as TC Energía and in Quebec, as TC Énergie.
2016
Through a historic acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group, we double our U.S. footprint, making us one of North America’s largest natural gas transmission companies. More than a century after Columbia Gas Transmission began operating, we proudly maintain a strong presence in Charleston, West Virginia.
2007
After 40 years of partnering together, we acquire American Natural Resources (ANR), one of the largest and oldest interstate natural gas systems in the U.S., dating back to the early twentieth century.
We become one of the largest natural gas storage providers in Western Canada through our Edson Gas Storage facility in Alberta.
2006
In September, Bécancour Cogeneration Plant in Quebec goes into service, which we wholly own and operate and is our largest power plant built to date.
2005
We are awarded the contract to construct, own and operate the Tamazunchale Pipeline in Mexico. This milestone reaffirms our commitment in Mexico and creates new opportunities for further infrastructure development in the country.
2004
We acquire the North Baja and Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) systems. GTN becomes our first wholly owned U.S. pipeline asset—a major step in expanding our U.S. footprint.
2003
- As our power portfolio grows, we acquire a significant ownership stake in Bruce Power, one of the largest and most efficient nuclear generation facilities in North America. We also begin developing our cogeneration footprint in Canada.
- TransCanada Corporation is established as the parent company for TransCanada Pipelines and subsidiaries.
1998
A major step in shaping our Western Canadian footprint, we complete a historic merger with NOVA Corporation, bringing the Alberta system into our network. This becomes the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. system we know today—now reaching into B.C., and currently moving one in every 10 molecules of natural gas on the continent.
1997
After several years of exploring business opportunities in Mexico, we sign the deal to build the country's first privately owned natural gas pipeline.
1985
TRP is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1982
Through a 50 per cent partnership, the Trans Québec & Maritimes Pipeline system makes its first deliveries of natural gas in Quebec.
1979
We become a 30 per cent owner of the natural gas Northern Border Pipeline— running from the Saskatchewan border into Montana, expanding our U.S. reach into the Midwest. Today, we own 50 per cent of this critical cross-border system.
1967
Through a partnership with ANR, the 1,000-mile Great Lakes Gas Transmission pipeline is built—creating our first physical connection into the U.S., with natural gas delivery to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and Eastern Canada.
1958
- On Oct. 10, after two years of construction, we complete the golden weld on what is now the Canadian Mainline at Kapuskasing, Ontario — connecting Alberta’s natural gas to the east the first time. At the time, it’s the longest natural gas pipeline in the world.
- Under ticker symbol TRP, the company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
1956
In the great pipeline debate, Canada’s Parliament approves the all-Canadian pipeline route, stretching from Alberta to Quebec, forming the backbone of the country’s energy infrastructure.
1954
With C.D. Howe driving a nation-building vision for an all-Canadian pipeline route, two competing groups work through a January night at Ottawa’s Château Laurier to negotiate a shared financing and ownership agreement.
1951
On March 21, Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited is incorporated through a Special Act of Parliament, with Clint Murchison leading the way as the company's first President.