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Mandated

Tracked mandates

1

Active obligation

Policy targets

4

Published markers

Official sources

3

Government records

Mandate register

Requirements, timelines & compliance

Each obligation is tied to its administering authority and primary published source.

Program
Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR)
Ethanol blend
5% federal minimum (higher provincially)
Biodiesel blend
2% federal minimum
Provincial layer
BC-LCFS carbon intensity credits
Phasing inMulti-fuel

Clean Fuel Regulations, SOR/2022-140

Producers and importers of gasoline and diesel must reduce the carbon intensity of those fuels against a 2016 baseline.

Timeline

  1. 2022

    Regulations registered; registration and reporting begin.

  2. 2023

    First reduction requirement of 3.5 gCO2e/MJ takes effect (1 July).

  3. 2026

    Requirement steps up on the annual schedule toward 2030.

  4. 2030

    14 gCO2e/MJ carbon-intensity reduction.

Requirements

  • Reduction requirement rises each year to 14 gCO2e/MJ by 2030.
  • Legacy volumetric requirements remain: 5% renewable content in gasoline and 2% in diesel.
  • Credits are created by low-carbon-intensity fuel supply, CI-reducing projects at facilities, and end-use fuel switching.
  • Registration, quarterly reporting and annual verification by an accredited third party.

Compliance status & enforcement

Administrator
Environment and Climate Change Canada
How compliance is shown
Credit creation and retirement tracked in the CFR Credit and Tracking System; a compliance-credit market plus a compliance fund mechanism capped at a set price.
Penalty for shortfall
Offences and penalties under CEPA 1999, including monetary penalties and prosecution.
Tradable unit
CFR compliance credit (one tonne CO2e)