End use of refined petroleum products, 2015
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Released: 2016-11-18
Net sales (end use) of refined petroleum products decreased 0.3% from 2014 to 92.8 million cubic metres in 2015.
Motor gasoline (47.6%) and diesel fuel oil (33.6%) accounted for the majority of sales, while aviation turbo fuel (7.8%), light fuel and heavy fuel oils (5.7%) and other products (5.3%) accounted for the rest.
Motor gasoline sales up
Sales of motor gasoline totalled 44.2 million cubic metres in 2015, up 1.4% from the previous year. Gasoline stations received the majority of the distributed volumes at 26.5 million cubic metres, up 2.2% from 2014. Sales to secondary distributors increased 0.5% to 9.6 million cubic metres.
Diesel fuel oil sales lower
Sales of diesel fuel oil were down 0.3% from a year earlier to 31.2 million cubic metres in 2015. Road transport and support activities, the main contributor to diesel fuel sales, decreased 7.0% to 7.8 million cubic metres.
Sales to secondary distributors edged down 0.2% to 4.6 million cubic metres. During the same period, sales to gasoline stations decreased 7.3% to 5.6 million cubic metres, while sales to agriculture decreased 2.1% to 2.3 million cubic metres.
Aviation fuel sales rise
Sales of aviation turbo fuel increased 4.8% from 2014 to 7.2 million cubic metres in 2015. Canadian airlines received the majority of distributed volumes, 5.6 million cubic metres, while sales to foreign airlines totalled 1.0 million cubic metres.
Light and heavy fuel sales decrease
Sales of light fuel oil fell 5.0% from 2014 to 2.4 million cubic metres in 2015. During the same period, sales of heavy fuel oil decreased 23.1% to 2.9 million cubic metres.
Note to readers
The Annual Survey on End-Use of Refined Petroleum Products collects data on the activities of Canadian refineries that produce refined petroleum products (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] 324000). The survey collected sales data for 11 fuel types including motor gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation turbo fuel (kerosene), light (heating) oil and heavy fuel oil.
Starting with the 2014 reference year, the Annual Survey on End Use of Refined Petroleum Products sample includes refineries only. The selected sample of secondary distributors of refined petroleum products previously surveyed (NAICS subsector 412) is no longer included.
The other products category includes aviation gasoline, aviation turbo fuel (naphtha type), stove oil, asphalt, lubricating oils and greases.
Data for 2014 have been revised.
The Annual Survey on End-Use of Refined Petroleum Products is now administered as part of Statistics Canada's Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). Detailed information about the IBSP is available from the Behind the data module of our website.
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