Union Gas was a major Canadian

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...

company based in

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. Its distribution arm serviced approximately 1.5 million customers in northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario. Union Gas has been a subsidiary of

Enbridge Enbridge Inc. is a multinational pipeline and energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Enbridge owns and operates pipelines throughout Canada and the United States, transporting crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. ...

since February 2017, when former parent

Spectra Energy Spectra Energy Corp, headquartered in Houston, Texas, operated in three key areas of the natural gas industry: transmission and storage, distribution, and gathering and processing. Spectra was formed in late 2006 from the Corporate spin-off, sp ...

merged into Enbridge. Union Gas Limited and Enbridge Gas Distribution merged under the corporate name Enbridge Gas Inc. on January 1, 2019. Enbridge has since begun to gradually phase out the Union Gas name in favour of its corporate brand. In addition to natural gas service, Union Gas formerly rented gas-powered

water heater Water heating is a heat transfer process that uses an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water include cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating. In industry, hot water and water heated t ...

s to residential customers; this operation was separated into a sister company, Union Energy, in 1999. Union Energy was acquired by outside interests in 2001, and is now known as

Reliance Home Comfort Reliance Home Comfort is a residential and commercial services company in Canada and US primarily focused on rental, sales and maintenance of water heaters, water purification, smart home and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Th ...

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