Union Gas

{{short description|Canadian natural gas company}}

{{More citations needed|date=January 2010}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Union Gas Ltd.

| trade_name = Union Gas

| fate = Amalgamated into Enbridge Gas Inc.

| type = Subsidiary

| parent = Enbridge

| logo = Uniongaslogo.jpg

| industry = Oil & Gas Pipelines

| location_city = 50 Keil Drive North,
Chatham, Ontario, Canada N7M 5M1

| founded = December 19, 1911

| key_people = Steve Baker, President

| num_employees = 2,300 (2018)

| assets = $8.2 billion (2017)

| homepage = {{url|http://www.uniongas.com}}

}}

Union Gas was a major Canadian natural gas company based in Ontario. Its distribution arm serviced approximately 1.5 million customers in northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario.{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.uniongas.com/about-us/our-history/history|website=About Us|publisher=Union Gas Limited|access-date=October 10, 2017}} Union Gas has been a subsidiary of Enbridge since February 2017, when former parent Spectra Energy merged into Enbridge.{{cite web|title=Enbridge and Spectra Energy Complete Merger|url=http://www.enbridge.com/media-center/news/details?id=2126823&lang=en&year=2017|website=Media Centre News Releases|publisher=Enbridge|access-date=October 10, 2017|language=en|date=February 27, 2017}}

Union Gas Limited and Enbridge Gas Distribution merged under the corporate name Enbridge Gas Inc. on January 1, 2019.{{cite web|title=Articles of amalgamation|url=https://www.uniongas.com/-/media/about-us/policies/Article-of-Incorporation.pdf?la=en&hash=817C0199872D64DD108A6CEAA474D72008DF5A65}} 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 heaters to residential customers; this operation was separated into a sister company, Union Energy, in 1999.{{cite web|url=https://energyrates.ca/ontario-regulated-price-plan-providers/union-gas/|title=Union Gas|work=energyrates.ca|access-date=September 14, 2020}} Union Energy in 2021 was acquired by CK Asset Holdings (75%) and CK Infrastructure Holdings (25%), which are affiliated with Li Ka-shing,{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/epcor-utilities-snaps-up-westcoast-energy-units/article1034212/|title=Epcor Utilities snaps up Westcoast Energy units|first1=David|last1=Parkinson|first2=Wendy|last2=Stueck|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 23, 2001|access-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240804224415/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/epcor-utilities-snaps-up-westcoast-energy-units/article1034212/|archive-date=August 4, 2024|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |url=https://reliancehomecomfort.com/toronto/reliance-to-be-acquired-by-ck-property-holdings-limited/ |title=Reliance to Be Acquired by Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited |date=March 31, 2017 |access-date=2024-08-04 |publisher=Reliance Home Comfort |location=Toronto}}

and is now known as Reliance Home Comfort.{{cite web|url=https://salmonplumbing.com/water-heaters-buy-or-rent/|title=Water Heaters, Rent or Buy?|date=21 September 2019 |publisher=Salmon Plumbing|access-date=September 14, 2020}}