Crushers say Canada’s consumption of canola-based biofuel is woefully inadequate.
Canola oil accounted for less than one-quarter of the feedstock for the biodiesel and renewable diesel used in Canada in 2024, according to the latest Biofuels in Canada annual report prepared by Navius Research.
It was the feedstock for 21 per cent of the biodiesel and 24 per cent of the renewable diesel used in Canada last year.
Canada used 449 million litres of biodiesel and 1.46 billion litres of renewable diesel in 2024.
64 percent of the renewable diesel consumed in Canada in 2024 was made from either tallow or used cooking oil (UCO).
There are suspicions that some of the imported UCO-based biofuel is mislabelled palm oil biofuel, which has sustainability concerns due to the deforestation associated with palm plantations.
