Total secondary distributor sales of refined petroleum products to end-users edged up in 2019
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Released: 2020-11-19
Secondary distributors of refined petroleum products sold 27.9 billion litres of refined petroleum products in Canada in 2019, edging up 0.3% from the previous year. The distribution of products sold included: motor gasoline (54.3%), diesel fuel oil (38.7%), light fuel oil (5.1%) and heavy fuel oil (1.8%).
Motor gasoline
Secondary distributors sold 15.2 billion litres of motor gasoline in 2019 to end-users, down 1.4% from the previous year. Gasoline stations received the bulk (91.7%) of the sales to end-users.
Sales in Ontario and Quebec combined represented 66.5% of motor gasoline distributor sales in Canada.
Diesel fuel oil
Secondary distributors sold 10.8 billion litres of diesel fuel oil in 2019, up 6.2% from the previous year.
Gasoline stations (34.4%), the agriculture sector (15.8%), the road transportation industry (12.9%) and the other commercial and institutional sector (12.1%) were the largest purchasers of diesel fuel.
Sales in Ontario and Quebec combined represented 47.6% of diesel distributor sales in Canada.
Light fuel oil
Secondary distributors sold 1.4 billion litres of light fuel oil (heating oil) in 2019, down 5.7% from the previous year. The majority of the light fuel oil (80.0%) was sold to residential customers.
Customers in the Atlantic provinces (44.8%), Quebec (28.2%) and Ontario (17.6%) accounted for most of the sales.
Heavy fuel oil
In 2019, marine transportation was the primary customer for heavy fuel oil.
Note to readers
Secondary distributors of refined petroleum products are commercial entities that act as buyers and resellers between the supplier and end user of refined petroleum products.
Secondary distributors include wholesalers and dealers of refined petroleum products.
The Annual Survey of Secondary Distributors of Refined Petroleum Products collects sales data for four fuel types: motor gasoline, diesel fuel oil, light fuel oil (heating oil) and heavy fuel oil. These values represent sales to end-users and do not include sales to other wholesalers.
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Data are subject to revision.
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