Who owns Canwest Propane?
Canwest Propane is owned by Superior Plus (Canada, TSX: SPB).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Superior Plus Corp. Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2025, 16 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Superior Plus Corp. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Toronto, Ontario
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › LPG & gas distribution
- Parent ticker
- TSX: SPB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Canwest Propane
Canwest Propane is a trade name of Superior Plus's Canadian propane distribution business, used alongside Superior Propane. The group's material contracts still include the 2017 agreements under which Superior Plus LP obtained an option to buy, from Gibson, the entities that carried on Canwest's retail propane business, in exchange for 412 million Canadian dollars. Canwest Propane is today among the trademarks Superior Plus lists as its own.
Ownership timeline of Canwest Propane
- Current owner Superior Plus [1] reported
Where Canwest Propane sits in Superior Plus
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Superior Plus
Superior Plus controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in energy.
Also in energy
- Certarus (2012)
- Kamps Propane
- Superior Plus Propane (2009)
- Superior Propane (1951)
Other brands in lpg & gas distribution, and who owns them
Superior Plus has more brands in lpg & gas distribution on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Butagaz | DCC | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Sharp Energy | Chesapeake Utilities | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blue Rhino | Ferrellgas | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Calor | SHV Energy | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| AmeriGas | UGI | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ultragaz | Ultrapar | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Flogas | DCC | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
About the owner: Superior Plus
Superior Plus is a publicly listed company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: SPB.
Superior Plus Corp. is a Toronto-listed distributor of propane, compressed natural gas and hydrogen to customers in Canada and the United States who are not connected to a gas pipeline. It is a holding company: it owns Superior Plus LP, which runs its Canadian and American propane businesses under more than fifty trade names, and it directly owns all of Certarus Ltd., which trucks compressed natural gas. It employs about 4,400 people, and after several years of buying smaller propane dealers it completed no significant acquisitions in 2025.
Superior Plus: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇦 Canwest Propane and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 174 brands that began in Canada. 41 of them (24%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Canwest Propane is not one of them.
- Algoma Tubes — Tenaris 🇱🇺
- Burnaby Refinery — Sunoco 🇺🇸
- CNOOC Petroleum North America — CNOOC 🇨🇳
- Cameco — Cameco 🇨🇦
- Canadian Natural — Canadian Natural 🇨🇦
- Cenovus Energy — Cenovus 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Canwest Propane?
The parent company of Canwest Propane is Superior Plus, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Canwest Propane Canadian?
Yes. Canwest Propane originated in Canada and its owner, Superior Plus, is also headquartered in Canada.
Is Canwest Propane still owned by Superior Plus?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, Canwest Propane is still owned by Superior Plus. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Superior Plus Corp. Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2025 — Superior Plus Corp., Stock exchange filing, published 16 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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