Northern MileCanadian diesel prices today
233.0¢/L+0.0 · 7d
At 35 L/100km that is $0.82 per km — the fuel half of your rate floor. Work out your lane's full floor
The spread
SK 209.1 → QC 256.0 · 46.9¢/LIndex 233.0
SK209.1AB210.5MB217.0ON222.7NL241.6BC241.7NB242.6NS242.7PE246.3QC256.0
National diesel — where today sits
Today234.4¢near record high
10y average144.7¢
10y low86.7¢May 2020
10y high244.3¢Nov 2022
Citing this figure
Northern Mile Diesel Index: 233.0¢/L national average, ten provinces, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 25 Aug 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/methodology/nmdi/
On the road
What is in front of you right now.
Border crossings
Ambassador BridgeFlowingNo delayBlue Water BridgeFlowingNo delayPeace BridgeModerate5 minQueenston-Lewiston BridgeModerate2 minLacolle Border CrossingFlowingNo delayCoutts-SweetgrassFlowingNo delayPacific Highway CrossingHeavy20 minEmerson-PembinaFlowingNo delayThousand Islands BridgeFlowingNo delay
Each wait carries CBSA's own capture time, not our fetch time. All crossings
Planning a run
What a trip costs, and where the market sits.
Exchange and market
USD / CADBank of Canada1.3866 -0.0022
Monthly GDP$2369B (chained 2017)+0.3%Year-over-yearLonger-term freight demand trend.+2.0%Fuel cost per 1,000 kmAt 233.0¢/L and 35 L/100km$816BC vs AB diesel spreadWide gaps create arbitrage on cross-province lanes. BC…31.2¢/LBorder congestion3 of 9 crossings slow3/9
Diesel prices include all federal and provincial fuel, carbon, and sales taxes. Work out what a run costs
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