My parents had an oil stove, used "stove oil" probably just a form of heating oil. Looked like a small cast iron wood cooking stove. Had a tank on a stand, fed by gravity, to a regulator, probably just a metering device. you dribbled a little oil in the stove, lit it and turned on the regulator. They used it for both heat and cooking in the little house in the 40's and 50's. I'd bet a loonie it'd work with any type of oil.
Stan