Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuels Sold

The purpose of this survey is to collect data on gasoline and other petroleum fuels sold in Canada. These data are used by the Department of Finance for the calculation of fiscal equalization payments to the provinces pursuant to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and Territorial Financing for the territories. This information is also used by various levels of government for the planning and development of transportation infrastructure and by special interest groups for marketing strategies. Your information may be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Collection period:

Monthly Survey – The collection for this cycle begins on March 1, 2017 (for the reference period of January 2017) and ends mid-March 2017. The questionnaire is mailed out the 15th day following the end of the reference month and collection continues for one month (i.e., the questionnaire for the January reference period will be mailed out February 15th and collection will end March 15th).

Collection methods:

Electronic Data Reporting (EDR)

Survey participation:

Mandatory under the Statistics Act

Confidentiality

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Data sharing agreements and record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Topics covered in the survey

The survey asks questions about sales of:

  • gasoline
  • diesel fuels
  • liquefied petroleum gas

Published data

Statistics Canada publishes the results of its surveys in many formats; the following list includes the latest articles and related documents for this survey:

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