From water and home heating to cooking and clothes drying, propane provides essential energy solutions to help you save money and lower your carbon footprint.
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Propane is used daily by hundreds of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast to coast, from heating homes, drying crops, powering forklifts to transporting children to school.
The health and safety of customers and employees are vital to the propane industry.
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Powering Tomorrow for a Sustainable Future: Canada can be a world leader in renewable propane production.
Cleaner energy for today and tomorrow
From water and home heating to cooking and clothes drying, propane provides essential energy solutions to help you save money and the environment.
Whether it’s powering fleets, fisheries, farms, construction projects or buildings, propane energizes Canada.
Compared to other energy sources, using propane improves air quality, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and protects the environment.
The Canadian Propane Association’s Propane Training Institute is the premier training provider for the propane industry.
Now and for future generations – propane is essential energy as we move to a lower-carbon future.
Propane can save you money because of its relatively low cost, efficient performance, and lower insurance bills due to no risk of contamination.
From water and home heating to powering home appliances and vehicles, propane’s applications are vast. And it can go anywhere you can.
Propane dealers live and work in the communities they operate in to deliver a low-emission energy source that exceeds the reach of traditional pipelines.
OTTAWA, ON, February 3, 2025 – CPA President and CEO Shannon Watt is joining senior Alberta government officials, industry representatives, and Indigenous leaders on a Canada-Japan energy mission from January 29 to February 6, 2025. Organized by Energy for a Secure Future and supported by the Alberta government, the mission aims to diversify Canada’s energy export channels. The undertaking is timely given the focus on expanding propane’s international markets.
The U.S. and Canadian propane industries are vitally intertwined and provide home heat to millions of Americans and Canadians, primarily in rural areas. We are committed to safety, reliability, and providing a low-emission and economical energy solution.
Canada supplies one of every seven barrels of propane used in the United States. And equipment and parts vital to keeping costs down on both sides of the border are sourced from around the world.
The Hill Times Shannon Watt • CAN • December 16
This winter, the government needs to remove taxes on lower-emission home energy sources like propane. A two-month tax holiday on non-essentials like game consoles and snack foods is a short-sighted attempt to solve Canada’s affordability crisis.
The Edmonton Journal Shannon Watt • CAN • Nov 25 • 1:38 pm.
Alberta’s decision to challenge the federal government’s carbon-tax exemption for heating oil highlights a critical issue: affordable energy for all Canadians. The Canadian Propane Association (CPA) believes this exemption is inequitable and undermines Canada’s broader goals for affordable, resilient, and low-emission energy across the nation.
From water and home heating, to cooking and clothes drying, propane provides essential energy solutions to help you save money and lower your carbon footprint.
Propane powers farms, hospitals, school districts, fleets, construction projects and more to help you meet economic and efficiency targets.
Cylinder Recycling Safety
If your refillable propane cylinder has expired, or is rusted, dented or otherwise damaged, it can no longer be filled. These cylinders must be requalified or disposed of and recycled through the appropriate channels.
Readily available and trusted, auto propane is easily accessible and transportable across the country.
Auto propane is one of Canada’s top alternative automotive energy sources because it is easy to fill up and lowers your carbon footprint compared to conventional sources.
You can find hundreds of refuelling stations with Canada’s Alternative Fuelling Station Locator.
Train with Canada’s leading national training provider. Providing training programs that promote a culture of safe propane handling and use of propane-powered equipment while improving the skills of propane industry workers. PTI is focused on the needs of the propane industry, with courses available in English and French and meeting the highest quality standards of regulators across Canada.
PTI delivers the courses through a network of member company and independent trainers across Canada. Find a list of our courses and trainers in your region below.
Membership in the Canadian Propane Association (CPA) has a number of benefits – it is the ideal way for businesses in the propane industry to stay informed, get involved and maximize their success.
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