May 2026 Canadian Propane Inventories Up From April

The May 2026 Canadian propane inventories increased by 43.3% in May, according to the Canada Energy Regulator. The total represented a month-to-month increase of 193.1 Mcm. Compared to a year earlier, stocks were higher, with 104.1 Mcm, or 19.4%, more product on hand.

Propane storages in the West started May a bit higher at 514 Mcm, which corresponds to 3.238 MMbbl, the agency reported. From April to May, volumes increased by 160.9 Mcm, or 45.6%, and were 101.4 Mcm more than the year prior’s level of 412.6 Mcm.

Propane storages in the East started May higher at 125.5 Mcm, commensurate with 791,000 bbl. This gain put propane 32.3 Mcm, or 34.7%, higher for the month, with an increase of 2.7 Mcm, or 2.2%, above a year earlier.

Canadian butane inventories stood at 748.9 Mcm at the beginning of May, for an increase of 100.4 Mcm, or 15.5%, from April. Like propane, the year-over-year comparison finds butane volumes to be higher than the prior year’s total, with inventories 68 Mcm, or 10%, above 2025.

Western butane supplies, at 576.5 Mcm, were higher by 59.4 Mcm, or 11.5%, from the previous month and were 108.8 Mcm, or 23.3%, more than last year. Eastern butane, at 172.4 Mcm, was 41 Mcm, or 31.2%, higher month over month, and totaled 40.8 Mcm, or 19.1%, below a year earlier.