Monthly Oil and Other Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline Survey

Why do we conduct this survey?

This survey is conducted by Statistics Canada in order to collect the necessary information to support the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). This program combines various survey and administrative data to develop comprehensive measures of the Canadian economy.

The statistical information from the IBSP serves many purposes, including:

Obtaining information on the supply of and/or demand for energy in Canada
Enabling governmental agencies to fulfill their regulatory responsibilities in regards to public utilities
Enabling all levels of government to establish informed policies in the energy area
Assisting the business community in the corporate decision-making process.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Your participation in this survey is required under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Other important information

Authorization to collect this information

Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that 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 only.

Record linkages

To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine the acquired data with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data and mailing it to the following address:

Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Enterprise Statistics Division
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6

You may also contact us by email at statcan.esdhelpdesk-dsebureaudedepannage.statcan@statcan.gc.ca or by fax at 613-951-6583.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Ontario Ministry of Energy, the Manitoba Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade, the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, Alberta Energy, Alberta Energy Regulator, the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, the National Energy Board, Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Note that there is no right of refusal with respect to sharing the data with the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy for businesses also required to report under The Oil and Gas Conservation Act and Regulations (Saskatchewan) and The Mineral Resources Act (Saskatchewan).

The Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy will use the information obtained from these businesses in accordance with the provisions of its respective Acts and Regulations.

Business or organization and contact information

1. Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.

Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

Legal Name

The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.

Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.

Operating Name

The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.

Legal name

Operating name (if applicable)

2. Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.

Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

First name

Last name

Title

Preferred language of communication

English
French

Mailing address (number and street)

City

Province, territory or state

Postal code or ZIP code

Country

Canada
United States

Email address

Telephone number (including area code)

Extension number (if applicable)

The maximum number of characters is 10.

Fax number (including area code)

3. Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Operational
Not currently operational
Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
- Seasonal operations
  - When did this business or organization close for the season?
    - Date
  - When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
    - Date
- Ceased operations
  - When did this business or organization cease operations?
    - Date
  - Why did this business or organization cease operations?
    - Bankruptcy
    - Liquidation
    - Dissolution
    - Other - specify the other reasons why the operations ceased
  - Sold operations
    - When was this business or organization sold?
      - Date
    - What is the legal name of the buyer?
  - Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations
    - When did this business or organization amalgamate?
      - Date
    - What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
    - What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
- Temporarily inactive but will re-open
  - When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
    - Date
  - When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
    - Date
  - Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
- No longer operating due to other reasons
  - When did this business or organization cease operations?
    - Date
  - Why did this business or organization cease operations?

4. Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

This question verifies the business or organization's current main activity as classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.

The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.

The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational units targeted by this questionnaire only, as identified in the 'Answering this questionnaire' section and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.

The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classifications; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.

Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.

The following is the detailed description including any applicable examples or exclusions for the classification currently associated with this business or organization.

Description and examples

This is the current main activity
This is not the current main activity

Provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity

e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development

Main activity

5. You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as: ?

When did the main activity change?
Date

6. Search and select the industry classification code that best corresponds to this business or organization's main activity.

Select this business or organization's activity sector (optional)

Farming or logging operation
Construction company or general contractor
Manufacturer
Wholesaler
Retailer
Provider of passenger or freight transportation
Provider of investment, savings or insurance products
Real estate agency, real estate brokerage or leasing company
Provider of professional, scientific or technical services
Provider of health care or social services
Restaurant, bar, hotel, motel or other lodging establishment
Other sector

Pipeline transportation

1. Does this business transport crude oil and equivalent products by pipeline?

Include: crude bitumen, synthetic crude oil, condensates, pentanes plus, etc.

2. Does this business transport refined petroleum products by pipeline?

Include: propane, butane, and all other refined petroleum products.

Receipts of crude oil and equivalent products - imports

3. Does this business directly import crude oil and equivalent products via pipeline from the U.S.?

Receipts of crude oil and equivalent products - imports

Include direct imports of foreign crude via pipeline only. Do not include foreign crude received into the pipeline within Canada via rail, tankers, barges, etc. These will be reported in question 5, under "Crude oil and equivalent products received from other sources".

4. How many cubic metres (m³) of imported crude oil and equivalent products were received via pipeline into each of the following provinces?

Report the volume in the province where the crude oil or equivalent product first entered Canada, even if it is not the final destination.

Receipts of crude oil and equivalent products - imports

Please report the volume of receipts, in cubic metres, of crude oil and equivalent products which are directly imported from foreign countries via pipeline, according to the province where it first entered Canada. Do not include receipts of foreign crude oil and equivalent products within Canada via rail, tankers, barges, etc. These will be reported in question 5, under "Crude oil and equivalent products received from other sources".

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total imports of crude oil and equivalent products

Receipts of crude oil and equivalent products - from Canadian sources

5. Did this business receive crude oil and equivalent products from any of the following Canadian sources?

Select all that apply.

Crude oil and equivalent products received from fields

Crude oil and equivalent products received from plants

Crude oil and equivalent products received from other pipelines, internal to the province of operations

Crude oil and equivalent products received from other sources
e.g. receipts to the pipeline from trucks, rail, tankers, or barges loaded in Canada

Not Applicable - no crude oil or equivalent products received from Canadian sources
i.e., all receipts are direct imports

6. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were received directly from fields in each of the following provinces?

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products received directly from fields

7. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were received directly from plants in each of the following provinces?

Include processing plants, upgraders, etc.

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products received directly from plants

8. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were received from other pipelines, internal to the province of operations, in each of the following provinces?

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products received from other pipelines

9. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were received from other sources in each of the following provinces?

Include receipts from trucks, tanker cars, barges, etc. to the pipeline.

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products received from other sources

Receipts of crude oil and equivalent products - opening inventories for the month

10. Our records indicate that last month this business provided the following information as closing inventory for crude oil and equivalent products. It is being used as the opening inventory for the month of [month].

These values are provided for your information only. If corrections are necessary, please make adjustments to this month's disposition using the “Losses and Adjustments” section (question 21).

If the opening inventory is blank, please provide the missing values.

Receipts of crude oil and equivalent products - opening inventories for the month

Opening inventory of crude oil and equivalent products
The opening inventories must be equivalent to the closing inventories of the previous month. If revisions are to be made to the inventories, the opening inventory of the month following the month in error would remain unchanged, with the difference being absorbed in the losses item for the current month.

Crude oil and equivalent products held in pipelines
Please report the volume of opening inventories, in cubic metre, of crude oil and equivalent products held in pipelines, by province of operation and country. Do not include volumes held in tanks. Inventories should be actual physical volumes in lines at the end of the reporting month.

Crude oil and equivalent products held in tanks and terminals
Please report the volume of opening inventories, in cubic metre, of crude oil and equivalent products held in tanks and terminals, by province of operation and country. Do not include pipeline fill. Inventories should be actual physical volumes in tanks and terminals at the end of the reporting month.

	Held in pipelines Cubic metres (m³)	Held in tanks and terminals Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
h. United States
Total opening inventory of crude oil and equivalent products
Grand total opening inventory of crude oil and equivalent products

Total supply of crude oil and equivalent products

11. This is a summary of total supply of crude oil and equivalent products.

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Opening inventory of crude oil and equivalent products
b. Amount of crude oil and equivalent products imported from foreign countries
c. Amount of crude oil and equivalent products received from domestic sources
Total supply of crude oil and equivalent products

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - exports

12. Does this business directly export crude oil or equivalent products via pipeline to the U.S.?

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - exports

Include direct exports of crude via pipeline only. Do not include crude loaded in Canada onto rail, trucks, tankers or barges. This should be reported as "Other deliveries" in question 18.

13. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were exported via pipeline by each of the following provinces?

Report the volume in the province where the crude oil or equivalent product left Canada, even if it is not the original source province.

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - exports

Please report the volume of exports, in cubic metres, of crude oil and equivalent products which are delivered directly to the U.S. by this pipeline, by the province where it left Canada.

Do not include exports of Canadian crude oil and equivalent products which are not exported directly by this pipeline (i.e., product that is loaded onto a barge, tanker, truck, rail. These volumes should be reported as "Other deliveries" in question 18.

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total exports of crude oil and equivalent products

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - deliveries

14. Did this business deliver crude oil and equivalent products to any of the following?

Select all that apply.

Deliveries to other pipelines, internal to the province of operations

Deliveries to refineries

Deliveries to bulk plants, terminals, processing plants or upgraders

Other deliveries (including for export)
e.g., rail, trucks, tankers loaded in Canada

Not Applicable - no crude oil or equivalent products delivered to Canadian recipients
i.e., all deliveries are direct exports

15. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were delivered to other pipelines, internal to the province of operations, in each of the following provinces?

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products delivered to other pipelines

16. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were delivered directly to refineries in each of the following provinces?

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products delivered to refineries

17. How many cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were delivered directly to bulk plants, terminals, processing plants or upgraders in each of the following provinces?

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products delivered to bulk plants, terminals, processing plants or upgraders

18. How many cubic meters (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products were 'other deliveries' in each of the following provinces?

e.g., rail, trucks, tankers, barges loaded in Canada (including for export).

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of crude oil and equivalent products that were 'other deliveries'

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - closing inventory for the month

19. What was this business's closing inventory in cubic metres (m³) of crude oil and equivalent products in each of the following provinces and countries of operation?

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - closing inventory for the month

Crude oil and equivalent products held in pipelines
Please report the volume of closing inventories held in pipeline lines, in cubic metres, of crude oil and equivalent products, by province and territory of operation and by country. Do not include volumes held in tanks and terminals. Inventories should be actual physical volumes in lines at the end of the reporting month.

Crude oil and equivalent products held in tanks and terminals
Please report the volume of closing inventories held in pipeline tanks and terminals, in cubic metres, of crude oil and equivalent products, by province of operation and country. Do not include pipeline fill. Inventories should be actual physical volumes in tanks and terminals at the end of the reporting month.

	Held in pipelines Cubic metres (m³)	Held in tanks and terminals Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
h. United States
Total closing inventory of crude oil and equivalent products
Grand total closing inventory of crude oil and equivalent products

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - line losses and adjustments

20. Did this business experience 'losses and adjustments' of crude oil and equivalent products during the month?

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - line losses and adjustments

Please indicate whether this business encountered 'Losses or adjustments' this month (i.e., shrinkage, inventory adjustments, systems gains/losses. On the following screen, you will be able to report the adjustments in each province with the aim of balancing the total supply with the total disposition.

21. What were the losses or adjustments in each of the following provinces?

Use a '-' to report losses and adjustments, where it applies.

Disposition of crude oil and equivalent products - line losses and adjustments

Please indicate whether this business encountered 'Losses or adjustments' this month (i.e., shrinkage, inventory adjustments, systems gains/losses.

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total losses or adjustments of crude oil and equivalent products

Total supply and disposition of crude oil and equivalent products

22. This is a summary of total crude oil and equivalent products.

	Cubic metres (m³)
Total Supply
Total supply of crude oil and equivalent products
Total Disposition
Total deliveries of crude oil and equivalent products
Total exports of crude oil and equivalent products
Total closing inventory of crude oil and equivalent products
Total line losses and adjustments of crude oil and equivalent products
Total disposition of crude oil and equivalent products

Thousands of cubic metre kilometres

23. If you have interprovincial pipeline movements of crude oil and equivalent products, please provide the total number of cubic metres kilometres, in thousands, for each of the following provinces of operation.

This is the volume of crude oil and equivalent products, delivered, multiplied by the distance each shipment has moved.

Example: 6,000 cubic metres transported over 5 km is 30,000 cubic metre kilometres, reported here as 30.

Thousands of cubic metre kilometres

Please report the volume of crude oil and equivalent products transmitted, multiplied by the distance each shipment has moved by province. Example: 2 cubic metres transported over 5 km is 10 cubic metre kilometres.

Volumes are reported in thousands of cubic metres, by province of operation.

	Thousands of cubic metre kilometres ('000 m³ km)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total number of cubic metre kilometres of crude oil and equivalent products for this pipeline

Foreign crude oil and equivalent products by province of operation

24. Did this business receive foreign crude oil and equivalent products via Canadian pipelines for destinations in the United States?

Include in transit shipments.

25. How many cubic metres (m³) of foreign crude oil and equivalent products were received via Canadian pipelines for destinations in the United States by the following province of operation?

e.g., report the volumes in the province where the U.S. crude first entered Canada

Foreign crude oil and equivalent products by province of operation

Please report the volume of foreign crude oil and equivalent products, in cubic metres, received via Canadian pipelines for destination in the United States (in transit shipments), by province of operation.

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of foreign crude oil and equivalent products via Canadian pipelines for destinations in the United States

Domestic crude oil and equivalent products via United States pipelines for Canadian destinations by province of operation

26. Did this business receive domestic crude oil and equivalent products via United States pipelines for destinations in Canada?

Include ex transit shipments.

27. How many cubic metres (m³) of domestic crude oil and equivalent products were received via United States pipelines for destinations in Canada by the following province of operation?

e.g.,, report the volumes in the province where the domestic crude first entered Canada

Domestic crude oil and equivalent products by province of operation

Please report the volume of Canadian crude oil and equivalent products, in cubic metres, received via United States pipelines for destination in Canada (ex transit shipments), by province of operation.

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total amount of domestic crude oil and equivalent products via United States pipelines for destinations in Canada

Receipts of propane, butane and other products - imports

28. Does this business directly import propane, butane, and other products via pipeline from the U.S.?

Receipts of propane, butane and other products - imports

Include direct imports of foreign propane, butane, and other products via pipeline only. Do not include foreign propane, butane, and other products received into the pipeline within Canada via rail, tankers, barges, etc. These will be reported in question 34, under "Propane, butane and other products received from other sources".

29. How many cubic metres (m³) of imported propane, butane, and other products were received via pipeline into each of the following provinces?

Report the volume in the province where the propane, butane, or other product first entered Canada, even if it is not the final destination.

Receipts of propane, butane and other products - imports

Please report the volume of receipts, in cubic metres, of propane, butane, and other products which are directly imported from foreign countries via pipeline, according to the province where it first entered Canada. Do not include receipts of foreign propane, butane, and other products within Canada via rail, tankers, barges, etc. These will be reported in question 34, under "Propane, butane, and other products received from other sources".

	Cubic metres (m³)
a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Manitoba
d. Saskatchewan
e. Alberta
f. British Columbia
g. Northwest Territories
Total imports of propane, butane and other products

Receipts of propane, butane and other products - from Canadian sources

30. Did this business receive propane, butane, and other products from any of the following Canadian sources?

Select all that apply.