Timeline

1945	Allan McDougall began working for Imperial Oil, based in Timmins, Ontario.
1949	Allan and Lucy relocated their family to Thessalon, Ontario. Allan became the regional ESSO agent.
1968	Bryan, Allan and Lucy’s son, became a burner service agent and an ESSO associate, introducing Home Heating into the McDougall family repertoire.
1972	Allan McDougall retired, after 23 years of service in the industry, leaving son Bryan and his wife, Joy, to run the McDougall Fuels business.
1973	Bryan and Joy expanded the business by amalgamating with the Blind River operation, doubling the size of McDougall Fuels.
1987	McDougall Fuels became an ESSO Branded reseller, purchasing existing agencies along with the Sault Ste. Marie office from Imperial Oil.
1989	The Esso agency in Elliot Lake was purchased from Imperial Oil.
1990	The Texaco Home Comfort business in Sault Ste. Marie was amalgamated into McDougall Fuels.
1994	The Esso agency in Chapleau was purchased from Imperial Oil.
1996	O’Riley Fuels in Chapleau was purchased and amalgamated with the existing McDougall Fuels Chapleau agency.
1998	McLeod Fuels was purchased and amalgamated into our Sault Ste. Marie operations.
1999	Rankin Fuels in Thessalon was purchased. Also ICG Propane, Blind River, was purchased, adding propane as another business line for McDougall Fuels.
2006	King Propane was acquired adding to our growing propane business line.
2007	Operations in Red Lake, British Columbia and Timmins/Cochrane were purchased and a new office was established in Little Current serving Manitoulin Island.
2008	We changed our corporate name to McDougall Energy Inc. to reflect who we are today and the direction we will take in the future. In May, we began our Home Heat operations for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and established an office/warehouse for this region. Also, an additional territory was added to our Auto Market in British Columbia.
2009	In early 2009, we began operations of our Can-Op and Swipe Pay-and-Go auto retailers in Northwest and Central Ontario. In August, we introduced fuels, lubricant and specialty product lines under our Business Market within the GTA.