Canada Energy Regulator

CER Regulatory Framework - The Regulatory Framework provides the structure around which all our regulatory activities take place. The Regulations, Regulatory Documents and Guidance are the regulatory tools we use to execute our mandate, through our Core Responsibilities. The execution of our...

Canadian Natural Gas and Oil Pipeline Tolls. A toll is the price charged by a pipeline company for transportation and other services.

CER Reports on Compliance and Enforcement When companies do not meet requirements, the CER has the authority to take action to bring the company back into compliance, so they are operating safely. The CER’s response depends on the issue and the situation, and it enforces requirements in a manner...

This dataset represents the Environmental and Socio-economic Assessments (ESA) submitted to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). The CER has made this and other ESAs available through an online search tool called BERDI (Biophysical Socio-Economic Regional Data and Information). Data extraction...

Canada’s Energy Future 2021: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050 (EF2021) is the latest long-term energy outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). The Canada’s Energy Future series explores how possible energy futures might unfold for Canadians over the long term. We use economic...

This briefing material was developed to prepare the Canada Energy Regulatory (CER) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for her appearance before the House of Commons Natural Resources Committee on 6 April 2022. The CER CEO was called to appear regarding a proposed greenhouse gas emissions cap on the...

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) will assess export licence applications to determine if the volume of the applied for energy commodity proposed for export, is surplus to Canadian requirements. The CER considers gas import licence applications, including licence applications for liquefied...

This document describes our department’s plan to complete activities and deliverables aligned to the requirements of the Directive on Open Government, in order to achieve full compliance by the October 2019 implementation deadline. This is the first published version of the plan.

This binder contains an overview of the Canada Energy Regulator’s (CER) mandate, core responsibilities and Strategic Plan, how the CER operates within the broader Government of Canada, and an overview of the CER governance structure.

The Service Fees Act (SFA) provides a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through better reporting to Parliament, improves transparency and oversight. The Canadian Energy Regulator Act (CER Act) has an explicit legislative exemption from the SFA....

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) and Statistics Canada have combined expertise to put together a 30-year look back at the evolution of Canadian crude oil exports. This retrospective highlights some of the factors that influenced the trends in Canadian crude oil exports, coupled with other key...

This is the transition binder for the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Canada Energy Regulator, Gitane De Silva. The binder contains briefing material and information on the state of the regulator at the time of the CEO’s appointment.

This briefing package was prepared for the Canada Energy Regulator CEO, who appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Public Accounts, on November 5, 2020. Study of Report 1 – Follow up Audit on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Of the 2020 Fall Reports of the Commissioner...

This dataset contains a list of Significant or Commercial Discovery Declarations (SDD and CDD), on Frontier Lands under the CPRA, that the CER regulates. This list includes the declaration date, company, the field name and/or well name, CER area and sections identified.

Canada’s Energy Future 2016: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2040 contains a projection of future energy supply and demand trends in Canada and historical data to 2005. Given the numerous uncertainties and factors that may affect forward trends, the data includes six possible future...

Canada’s Energy Future 2016: Update - Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2040 contains a projection of future energy supply and demand trends in Canada and historical data to 2005. Given the numerous uncertainties and factors that may affect forward trends, the data includes three possible...