Clean Fuel Regulations Credit Market Reporting for Canada

The Clean Fuel Regulations establish a compliance credit market for producers and importers of fossil gasoline and diesel fuel in Canada. Carbon intensity reduction requirements took effect on July 1, 2023, with credits created annually and quarterly across three compliance categories. The dataset is published by Environment and Climate Change Canada and was last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the supply and demand of compliance credits based on the three regulatory categories.
• Analyzing trends in low-carbon fuel production and import volumes based on quarterly reporting cycles.
• Assessing the impact of carbon capture and storage projects on credit creation under Compliance Category 1.
• Tracking the adoption of advanced vehicle technologies like EV charging and hydrogen fueling based on credit creation reports.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative regulatory body, Environment and Climate Change Canada.
• Describes a structured reporting system with specific quarterly deadlines (e.g., June 30 for Q1 volumes).
• The license is OGL-CA-2.0, which permits open use and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing solely on Canada.

Provenance

Source

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Collection Method

Regulatory reporting from fuel producers and importers.

Time Range

Data collection began with regulations taking effect on July 1, 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 14:53:08.329735; freshness should be verified

Geography

Canada