End use of refined petroleum products, 2022
Released: 2023-11-17
Total sales of refined petroleum products to end users stood at 88.4 million cubic metres in 2022, an increase of 4.7% compared with sales in 2021.
Sales by fuel type
Motor gasoline (47.4%) and diesel fuel oil (34.3%) made up the majority of sales of refined petroleum products in 2022. Sales of motor gasoline increased by 1.8% year over year to 42.0 million cubic metres, while sales of diesel fuel oil increased by 3.1% to 30.3 million cubic metres.
Sales of aviation turbo fuel (kerosene) totalled 7.4 million cubic metres in 2022, up 58.5% from 2021, due to the easing of COVID-19-related travel restrictions in 2022. Sales of light fuel oil (heating oil) rose by 6.9% to 1.5 million cubic metres in 2022.
Sales to end users
In 2022, refinery sales to gasoline stations accounted for 19.4% of all refined petroleum product sales, while road transportation accounted for 7.4% and air transportation, 6.7%.
Refineries sold 14.6 million cubic metres of motor gasoline and 2.6 million cubic metres of diesel fuel oil to gasoline stations in 2022.
Sales of all fuels to the road transportation industry increased to 6.5 million cubic metres in 2022, up 6.2% from 2021.
Refinery sales to the Canadian air transportation industry reached 5.9 million cubic metres in 2022, up 69.7% compared with 2021, when air travel was limited due to pandemic-related lockdowns.
Note to readers
The end use of refined petroleum products refers to enterprise-based refinery sales to refined petroleum product end users, which are classified in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System. End-use estimates are approximated from reported refinery sales and import volumes.
For information on petroleum resale and distribution, please refer to the Annual Survey of Secondary Distributors of Refined Petroleum Products.
Additional data are available upon request, including petroleum product sales to a broader range of industrial end users.
Data are subject to revisions.
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