Highlights:

• Ethanol consumption has increased from roughly 1,700 million litres in 2010 to 3,047 million litres in 2017, accounting for 6.6% of the volume of fuel consumption in the gasoline pool.
• Renewable fuel consumption in the diesel pool was 702 million litres in 2017, accounting for 2.4% of the diesel fuel consumption volume.
• Annual avoided lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions resulting from biofuel consumption were 5.5 Mt/yr in 2017.
• On net, we estimate that biofuel consumption reduced fuel expenditures in Canada by 0.42% from 2010 through 2017, relative to a counterfactual scenario without biofuel consumption.
• Because of differences in fuel energy density and fuel costs, consumers in Canada have paid more taxes as a result of biofuel blending and consumption, relative to a counterfactual scenario without biofuels. These “additional” taxes have grown to $1.5 billion from 2010 through to the end of 2017.