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Subject(s)

• Gasoline—Environmental aspects—Canada—Statistics [Browse]
• Vapors—Environmental aspects—Canada—Statistics [Browse]
• Air—Pollution—Canada—Statistics [Browse]

Related name

• Statistics Canada. Environment Accounts and Statistics Division [Browse]

Series

• Technical paper (Statistics Canada) [More in this series]
• Environment accounts and statistics analytical and technical paper series ; no. 15. [More in this series]
• Technical paper
• Environment accounts and statistics analytical and technical paper series, 1917-9693 ; no. 15 [More in this series]

Summary note

The Survey of Industrial Processes (SIP) was conducted with one primary objective in mind. To test a methodology for collecting data on operational activities and industrial processes that would facilitate modelling/imputation of pollutant releases from small and medium-sized enterprises across Canada. As a proof of concept, the SIP pilot focused on the operational activities and industrial processes used in retail gasoline outlets across Canada. Retail gasoline outlets and their associated gasoline vapour emissions were selected in cooperation with Environment Canada as an important data gap. The survey population included retail gas stations as well as marinas with gas docks. It comprised establishments primarily engaged in retailing gasoline fuel whether or not the outlet was operated in conjunction with a convenience store, repair garage, restaurant or other type of operation. Diesel-only outlets and card-locks were excluded from the population. The survey employed standard statistical methods in the collection of data including the design of the survey frame, sample selection, and statistical edits, imputations, and weighting methodologies. Data collected include quantities of gasoline sold, gasoline truck delivery frequencies, number of gasoline storage tanks, number of fuel dispensers, age of site, and other related activities and processes that depict this particular sector of the Canadian economy. This report presents the modelling method used for the estimation of gasoline evaporative losses derived from the integration of the SIP survey data with a set of mathematical models. The results presented here should be considered as a proof of concept only and are not intended as official statistical estimates.

Notes

• "January 2012."
• Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, and Canadian public policy collection.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Gasoline evaporative losses
• 3. Sources of gasoline evaporative losses
• 4. Data sources
• 5. Results and estimates: evaporative losses
• 6. Concluding remarks
• Appendix I. Evaporative loss algorithm.

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SuDoc no.

CS16-001/15-2012E-PDF

OCLC

784292914

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