The power grid of Vancouver Island is connected with that of the Canadian Mainland by AC and DC submarine cables. It is according to all available information the only electricity grid on the Island, which is connected with the electricity grid of the mainland by AC and DC cables.

These links, which consist all of overhead line sections on land and submarine cables are

• HVDC Vancouver Island
  HVDC Vancouver Island
  The HVDC Vancouver Island is the name for HVDC interconnection between the Vancouver Island Terminal near North Cowichan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island at and the Arnott Substation near Delta, British Columbia at on the Canadian mainland, which went into operation in 1968 and was...
  
  , an HVDC link capable of transferring a total amount of 700 MW
• Two 138 kV AC lines running from Arnott substation at Delta to North Cowichan on Vancouver Island ( at both points also HVDC Vancouver Island ends). Waypoints of this line, which consists as HVDC Vancouver Island of three overhead and two submarine cable sections are

Point	Coordinates
Arnott Substation	49.091944°N 123.041944°W
Boundary Bluff Cable Terminal	49.0077277°N 123.0890179°W
Galiano Island Cable Terminal	48.9054008°N 123.3616376°W
Parker Island Cable Terminal	48.89291°N 123.4256136°W
Salt Spring Island Cable Terminal	48.8632961°N 123.4525484°W
Samsun Narrows Span, East End	48.8277957°N 123.5668266°W
Samsun Narroes Span, West End	48.8266797°N 123.5908163°W
Vancouver Island Terminal	48.8275°N 123.715278°W

• A 500 kV link consisting of two parallel running lines in the Northern part of Vancouver Island

Point	Coordinates
Malaspina Substation	49.6690166°N 123.9602852°W
Sackinaw Lake Span, South End	49.6705997°N 124.0210533°W
Sackinaw Lake Span, North End	49.6775427°N 124.0251303°W
Agamemnon Channel Span, East End	49.6911898°N 124.0623808°W
Agamemnon Channel Span, West End	49.6921892°N 124.0851903°W
Cockburn Cable Terminal	49.6741339°N 124.2035777°W
Texada Island Cable Terminal East	49.6301301°N 124.2842746°W
Texada Island, Switching Station	49.6158403°N 124.3308699°W
Texada Island Cable Terminal West	49.5903014°N 124.3582285°W
Nile Creek Cable Terminal	49.4217569°N 124.6431756°W
Dunsmuir Substation	49.3934351°N 124.6708775°W

There may be further links. One of them runs parallel to HVDC Vancouver-Island on Galiano Island.

See also

• List of high voltage underground and submarine cables
• HVDC Vancouver Island
  HVDC Vancouver Island
  The HVDC Vancouver Island is the name for HVDC interconnection between the Vancouver Island Terminal near North Cowichan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island at and the Arnott Substation near Delta, British Columbia at on the Canadian mainland, which went into operation in 1968 and was...