Ethanol Notification @ pumps in Canada?

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In Canada, do service stations with gas containing ethonal blended gas in pumps have to legally mark the tanks as "Ethanol Blended" or similar?

Is it provincial jurisdiction? If Provincial, I am in Saskatchewan and also buy fuel in Alberta on occaision. Anyone know on laws on ethanol notification (if any) for these provinces?

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It's on most of the pumps in Ontario. Typically something like, "May contain up to 10% Ethanol".

It's interesting that some of the Shell pumps will say, " Shell Bronze may contain up to 10% ethanol; Shell Silver may contain up to 5% Ethanol; Shell V-Power contains no ethanol". I've seen this around Toronto at seveal stations.
 
At the couple of Shell stations I go to in the Ottawa area, none of them have the ethanol labels.

The Sunoco ones obviously do.
 
I thought there were Federal standards that gas stations had to follow in posting Ethanol on pumps if they blend ethanol.

My local Co-op posts ethanol on thier pumps, so has Mohawk and Husky for years now, I always thought Mohawk and Husky had to do so by Federal regulations, not voluntarily.

If there is no law/legislation regulating the posting on tanks of ethonal blended in gas by companies then there should be IMO.

Cyprs
 
I don't think all provinces have implemented the 10% ethanol.
I believe Man and Sask have but I don't think Alberta has. I didn't see any stickers at any pumps in N or S Alberta last month. I personally don't like E10 I get slightly worse fuel economy and I take a lot of long road trips. 50-60k per year.
 
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