Canadian secondary distributors sold 24.6 billion litres of refined petroleum products in 2025, up 5.2% from 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
Gasoline accounts for half of sales
Sales of refined petroleum products by Canadian secondary distributors reached 24.6 billion litres in 2025, an increase of 5.2% from 2024, Statistics Canada reported October 27. Motor gasoline represented 51.5% of the total, followed by diesel fuel oil at 43.2%, light fuel oil at 3.0% and heavy fuel oil at 2.3%. Secondary distributors are wholesalers and dealers that buy products from suppliers and resell them to end-users; the figures exclude sales to other wholesalers and dealers.
Gasoline and diesel volumes rise
Secondary distributors sold 12.7 billion litres of motor gasoline to end-users, up 7.4% year over year. Gasoline stations handled 91.0% of those sales. Ontario and Quebec accounted for about 67.1% of gasoline sales through secondary distributors, compared with 59.2% of Canada’s gasoline-powered road vehicle registrations. Diesel sales increased 4.4% to 10.6 billion litres. Gasoline stations were the largest diesel customer group at 35.3%, followed by agriculture at 18.1%, other commercial and institutional customers at 12.6%, road transport and support activities at 9.4%, and construction at 7.7%.
Heating-oil sales move lower
Light fuel oil sales declined 5.7% from 2024 to 747.1 million litres. Residential customers purchased 66.8% of that volume. The Atlantic provinces accounted for 42.4% of light fuel oil sales, reflecting the product’s continued use as a primary residential heating source in the region. Quebec represented 31.1% and Ontario 13.6%. Statistics Canada said the survey covers sales to end-users and noted that the data may be revised.
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Statistics CanadaSource release: Secondary distributors of refined petroleum products, 2025
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Secondary distributors of refined petroleum products, 2025, 2026-10-27. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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