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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2020</div>
    <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <br>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">ALGONQUIN POWER &amp; UTILITIES CORP.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Canada</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Not applicable</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">354 Davis Road</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Oakville, Ontario, Canada</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">L6J 2X1</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(Zip Code)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Algonquin Power &amp; Utilities Corp. Employee Share Purchase Plan</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Full title of the plan)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">CT Corporation System</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Name and address of agent for service)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(212) 894-8800</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Copy of communications to:</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">John T. Gaffney, Esq.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">200 Park Avenue</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">New York, New York, United States 10166-0193</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(212) 351-4000</div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.&#160; See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
      filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div>Large accelerated filer</div>
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          <td style="width: 25%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#9746;</td>
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            <div>Accelerated filer</div>
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          <td style="width: 25%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#9744;</td>
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            <div>Non-accelerated filer</div>
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          <td style="width: 25%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#9744;</td>
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            <div>Smaller reporting company</div>
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          <td style="width: 25%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#9744;</td>
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            <div>Emerging growth company</div>
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          <td style="width: 25%; vertical-align: bottom;">&#9744;</td>
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    <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Title of Securities to be Registered</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Amount to be</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">registered<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Proposed maximum</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">offering price</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">per share<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Proposed maximum</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">aggregate offering</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">price<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Amount of</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">registration fee</div>
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            <div style="text-indent: -12pt; margin-left: 12pt;">Common Shares, no par value</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">2,000,000</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$14.10</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$28,200,000</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$3,660.36</div>
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            <div>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this registration statement (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) shall also be deemed to cover any additional common shares, no par value (the &#8220;Common
              Shares&#8221;) of Algonquin Power &amp; Utilities Corp. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) stated above that become available under the foregoing Algonquin Power &amp; Utilities Corp. Employee Share Purchase Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) in connections with any changes in the
              number of outstanding Common Shares resulting from any recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or any other similar transaction with respect to which the number of outstanding Common Shares are converted or
              exchanged.</div>
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            <div>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and is based upon the average of the high and low selling prices per share of the Common
              Shares of the Registrant, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 1, 2020.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART I</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
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          <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-weight: bold;">Item 1.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Plan Information.*</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</div>
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            <div>The documents containing the information specified in Part I have been omitted from this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8.&#160; Such documents will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).&#160;
              Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.&#160;
              Pursuant to Rule 428(a)(1), these documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
              10(a) of the Securities Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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          <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-weight: bold;">Item 3.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:</div>
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            <div>the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000018/0001174169-20-000018-index.htm">Form 40-F</a> for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 28,
              2020;</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">&#8226;</td>
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            <div>the Registrant&#8217;s Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000004/0001174169-20-000004-index.htm">February 6, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000006/0001174169-20-000006-index.htm">February 18, 2020</a>, February 28, 2020 (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000014/0001174169-20-000014-index.htm">first</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000016/0001174169-20-000016-index.htm">second</a>
              filings), <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000025/0001174169-20-000025-index.htm">March 27, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000027/0001174169-20-000027-index.htm">April 3, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000114036120010736/form6k.htm">May 5, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000032/0001174169-20-000032-index.htm">May 8, 2020</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000117416920000034/0001174169-20-000034-index.htm">June 5,
                2020</a>; and</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">&#8226;</td>
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            <div>the description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Shares contained in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174169/000114036116086618/form8a12b.htm">Form 8-A</a> as filed with the Commission
              pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on November 14, 2016 and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">All subsequent annual reports on Form 40-F filed by the Registrant pursuant to the Exchange Act prior to the termination of this offering will be incorporated by reference into this prospectus as of the date of the
      filing of such annual reports. In addition, the Registrant may incorporate by reference into this prospectus subsequent reports on Form 6-K that it furnishes to the Commission prior to the termination of this offering to the extent expressly provided
      therein.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
      a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
      except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</div>
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          <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-weight: bold;">Item 4.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Description of Securities.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference herein the description of its common shares contained in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on November
      14, 2016 and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.</div>
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          <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;"> <br>
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          <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-weight: bold;">Item 6.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">Under the <font style="font-style: italic;">Canada Business Corporations Act</font> (the &#8220;CBCA&#8221;), a corporation may indemnify a present or former director or officer of such corporation or another individual who acts or
      acted at the corporation&#8217;s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
      incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the corporation or other entity, and the corporation may advance
      moneys to such individual for the costs, charges and expenses of any such proceeding.&#160; The corporation may not indemnify the individual, and any advance of moneys must be repaid by the individual, unless the individual acted honestly and in good
      faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the corporation&#8217;s request and, in the case
      of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual&#8217;s conduct was lawful.&#160; Such indemnification and advances may be made in connection
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      administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the individual is subject by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the corporation or other entity as described above if the individual seeking indemnity was not judged by
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">In accordance with and subject to the CBCA, the by-laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant or a person who acts or acted at
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      otherwise, in connection with any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which such director or officer is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer, to the fullest extent permitted by the Canada Business
      Corporations Act.&#160; Accordingly, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers providing such individuals with rights to indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent
      permitted under law.&#160; The Registrant also maintains directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance which insures the Registrant&#8217;s directors and officers and our subsidiaries against certain losses resulting from any wrongful act committed in their
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been
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            <div>Algonquin Power &amp; Utilities Corp. Employee Share Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Current Report on Form 6-K filed on June 5, 2020).</div>
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              in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
              and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
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            <div>to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</div>
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            <div>that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
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            <div>to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</div>
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            <div>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
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              advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
              than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
              person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
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    <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Arun Banskota and Jennifer Tindale and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or her
      true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
      and amendments filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises therewith, as fully to all intents and
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Not applicable
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
354 Davis Road
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
L6J 2X1
(Zip Code)
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Employee Share Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
CT Corporation System
28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 894-8800
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy of communications to:
John T. Gaffney, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York, United States 10166-0193
(212) 351-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
      filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
      Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
registered
(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
(2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Shares, no par value
2,000,000
$14.10
$28,200,000
$3,660.36
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement (the "Registration Statement") shall also be deemed to cover any additional common shares, no par value (the "Common
              Shares") of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (the "Registrant") stated above that become available under the foregoing Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Employee Share Purchase Plan (the "Plan") in connections with any changes in the
              number of outstanding Common Shares resulting from any recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or any other similar transaction with respect to which the number of outstanding Common Shares are converted or
              exchanged.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and is based upon the average of the high and low selling prices per share of the Common
              Shares of the Registrant, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 1, 2020.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The documents containing the information specified in Part I have been omitted from this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8.  Such documents will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). 
              Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. 
              Pursuant to Rule 428(a)(1), these documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
              10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
•
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 40-F
for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 28,
              2020;
•
the Registrant's Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on
February 6, 2020
,
February 18, 2020
, February 28, 2020 (
first
and
second
filings),
March 27, 2020
,
April 3, 2020
,
May 5, 2020
,
May 8, 2020
and
June 5,
                2020
; and
•
the description of the Registrant's Common Shares contained in the Registrant's registration statement on
Form 8-A
as filed with the Commission
              pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on November 14, 2016 and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All subsequent annual reports on Form 40-F filed by the Registrant pursuant to the Exchange Act prior to the termination of this offering will be incorporated by reference into this prospectus as of the date of the
      filing of such annual reports. In addition, the Registrant may incorporate by reference into this prospectus subsequent reports on Form 6-K that it furnishes to the Commission prior to the termination of this offering to the extent expressly provided
      therein.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
      a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
      except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference herein the description of its common shares contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on November
      14, 2016 and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
1
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the
Canada Business Corporations Act
(the "CBCA"), a corporation may indemnify a present or former director or officer of such corporation or another individual who acts or
      acted at the corporation's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
      incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the corporation or other entity, and the corporation may advance
      moneys to such individual for the costs, charges and expenses of any such proceeding.  The corporation may not indemnify the individual, and any advance of moneys must be repaid by the individual, unless the individual acted honestly and in good
      faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the corporation's request and, in the case
      of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct was lawful.  Such indemnification and advances may be made in connection
      with a derivative action only with court approval.  Such individual is entitled to indemnity from the corporation in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with the defense of a civil, criminal,
      administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the individual is subject by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the corporation or other entity as described above if the individual seeking indemnity was not judged by
      the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the individual ought to have done and if the individual fulfils the conditions set forth above.
In accordance with and subject to the CBCA, the by-laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer of the Registrant or a person who acts or acted at
      the Registrant's request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor (or a person who undertakes or has undertaken any liability on behalf of the Registrant or at the Registrant's request
      on behalf of any such body corporate), and such director or officer's heirs and legal representatives, to the extent permitted by the CBCA, as set forth above, and without limit to the right of the Registrant to indemnify any person under the CBCA or
      otherwise, in connection with any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which such director or officer is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer, to the fullest extent permitted by the Canada Business
      Corporations Act.  Accordingly, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers providing such individuals with rights to indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent
      permitted under law.  The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance which insures the Registrant's directors and officers and our subsidiaries against certain losses resulting from any wrongful act committed in their
      official capacities for which they become obligated to pay to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been
      informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1*
Opinion of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
99.1
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Employee Share Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Current Report on Form 6-K filed on June 5, 2020).
*          Filed herewith.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
              in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
              and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
              more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
(2)
that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
              securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3)
to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
              applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
              the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
              advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
              than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
              person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
              indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
      Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oakville, Province of Ontario, Canada, on June 5, 2020.
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP.
By:
/s/  David Bronicheski
Name:
David Bronicheski
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Arun Banskota and Jennifer Tindale and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or her
      true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
      and amendments filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises therewith, as fully to all intents and
      purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title of Capacities
Date
/s/ Ian Robertson
Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 5, 2020
Ian Robertson
(principal executive officer)
/s/ David Bronicheski
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
June 5, 2020
David Bronicheski
/s/ Kenneth Moore
Director, Chair of the Board
June 5, 2020
Kenneth Moore
/s/ Dilek L. Samil
Director
June 5, 2020
Dilek L. Samil
/s/ Christopher J. Ball
Director
June 5, 2020
Christopher J. Ball
/s/ Christopher K. Jarratt
Director
June 5, 2020
Christopher K. Jarratt
/s/ Masheed H. Saidi
Director
June 5, 2020
Masheed H. Saidi
/s/ George L. Steeves
Director
June 5, 2020
George L. Steeves
/s/ Melissa Stapleton Barnes
Director
June 5, 2020
Melissa Stapleton Barnes
/s/ D. Randy Laney
Director
June 5, 2020
D. Randy Laney
/s/ Christopher Huskilson
Director
June 5, 2020
Christopher Huskilson
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the undersigned, solely in the capacity as the duly authorized representative of
      Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. in the United States, on June 5, 2020.
Authorized U.S. Representative
By:
/s/  Greg Sorensen
Name:
Greg Sorensen
Title:
President, Liberty Utilities Co.