Parkland Corporation
Canadian fuel company based in Calgary, Alberta
Parkland Corporation (formerly Parkland Fuel Corporation) is a Canadian energy and retail company based in Calgary, Alberta, acquired in 2025 by Sunoco LP. Parkland operates gas stations under the in-house Pioneer, Ultramar, and Fas Gas Plus brands, and is also a franchisee of Imperial Oil's Esso banner, and U.S. chain Chevron. The company holds the rights to the convenience store brand On the Run in Canada and most of the United States, and franchises White Spot's fast food restaurant chain Triple O's in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. Parkland also operates commercial oil and gas businesses under the Bluewave Energy, Columbia Fuels, Sparlings, and Ultramar brands.
At the time of its acquisition, it was the largest independent fuel retailing company in Canada, as well as the second-largest convenience store operator. Prior to its acquisition, it was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with a market capitalization of $3.9 billion as of March 2018.
History
Parkland Industries was founded as Parkland Beef Industries, a publicly traded cattle feedlot. In 1975, it was acquired by Jack Donald, and renamed Parkland Industries. Donald had previously founded and sold a chain of retail gas stations called Parkland Oil Products Ltd. At Parkland Industries, Donald pivoted the company from cattle to fuel retailing; it established Fas Gas Plus, a western Canadian gas station chain, in 1977. In its early years, the company was headquartered in Red Deer, Alberta; it moved to Calgary in the mid-2010s.
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