Quarterly Survey of the End-Use of Refined Petroleum Products

Detailed information for first quarter 2001

Status:

Active

Frequency:

Quarterly

Record number:

2168

This quarterly survey collects sales (end-use) information from all refineries and major distributors in Canada for 11 refined petroleum products (or product groups) including motor gasoline, aviation fuels, light and heavy fuel oils.

Data release - June 20, 2002

Description

This quarterly survey collects sales (end-use) information from all refineries and major distributors in Canada for 11 refined petroleum products (or product groups) including motor gasoline, aviation fuels, light and heavy fuel oils. Sales information is reported for establishments classified to various industries including selected manufacturing and transportation industries, agriculture, residential and others.

Survey data are made available under the authority of the Statistics Act to other federal departments and provincial authorities through data sharing agreements subject to the embodied principles of data confidentiality. Data are intended for use by survey respondents, industry associations, industry analysts, federal and provincial governments, the press and general public to assess trends in demand for products.

Reference period: Quarter

Collection period: Survey data collection is conducted on a quarterly basis - 1 to 45 days following the end of the survey reference period.

Subjects

  • Energy
  • Energy consumption and disposition
  • Petroleum products

Data sources and methodology

Target population

The universe is comprised of all refiners and major distributors of refined petroleum products in Canada. The list of survey respondents is updated regularly to ensure a total coverage of refining operations and a sufficiently wide coverage of distributors of these products. Industries within the universe are classified to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sub-sector 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing comprised of establishments primarily engaged in transforming crude petroleum and coal into intermediate and end-products. Industries are also classified to sub-sector 412 Petroleum Product Wholesaler-Distributors comprised of establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling crude oil, liquefied petroleum gases heating oil and other refined petroleum products.

Sampling

This survey is a census.

The universe for all surveys forming the basis of the publication is characterized by very few but very large respondents.

Estimation

Estimation procedures vary with product and season.

Quality evaluation

In order to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the data such as domestics sales of refined petroleum products the results of this survey are reconciled with other energy surveys. These surveys include the Monthly Refined Petroleum Products Survey and the Quarterly Industrial Consumption of Energy Survey. Other federal departments, the National Energy Board, provincial authorities and international organizations such as the International Energy Agency routinely monitor the data.

Disclosure control

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. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all data that are released or published to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.

Confidentiality analysis includes the detection of possible direct disclosure, which occurs when the value in a tabulation cell is composed of a few respondents or when the cell is dominated by a few companies.

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