Annual Survey on End-Use of Refined Petroleum Products (AEND)
Detailed information for 2024
Status:
Active
Frequency:
Annual
Record number:
2168
The purpose of this survey is to obtain information on the supply of, and/or demand for, energy in Canada. This information serves as an important indicator of Canadian economic performance, and is used by all levels of governmental agencies to fulfill their regulatory responsibilities. The private sector also uses this information in the corporate decision-making process.
Description
This survey collects sales (end-use) information from all refineries 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.
Statistical activity
The survey is administered as part of the Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP). The IBSP has been designed to integrate approximately 200 separate business surveys into a single master survey program. The IBSP aims at collecting industry and product detail at the provincial level while minimizing overlap between different survey questionnaires. The redesigned business survey questionnaires have a consistent look, structure, and content.
The integrated approach makes reporting easier for firms operating in different industries because they can provide similar information for each branch operation. This way they avoid having to respond to questionnaires that differ for each industry in terms of format, wording and even concepts. The combined results produce more coherent and accurate statistics on the economy.
Reference period: Calendar year
Subjects
- Energy
- Energy consumption and disposition
- Petroleum products
Data sources and methodology
Target population
The target population is comprised of all establishments in Canada engaged in transforming crude petroleum and coal into intermediate and end-products classified to NAICS 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing under the North American Industry Classification System. The observed population are those establishments in the target population for which business information is available on Statistics Canada's Business Register.
Instrument design
This survey has been designed to minimize different interpretations. The survey was field tested with respondents to ensure the questions, concepts and terminology were appropriate. Statistics Canada's Questionnaire Design and Resource Centre (QDRC) performed qualitative tests of the questionnaire by conducting cognitive interviews with 4 companies in Alberta and British Columbia.
Sampling
This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design.
Data sources
Data collection for this reference period: 2025-01-17 to 2025-04-17
Responding to this survey is mandatory.
Data are collected directly from survey respondents.
Excel Spreadsheet is attached in the electronic questionnaire sent to respondents. Import related data from the International Accounts and Trade Division is used to supplement and ensure end-use allocations of full Canadian supply/demand of fuels.
Where applicable, import related data from the International Accounts and Trade Division is integrated into the industry aggregate by commodity.
View the Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s) .
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