Northern MileHalifax diesel prices
242.4¢/L+9.4 vs national
Halifax runs 9.4¢ above the national index — a real difference on a 500-litre fill. Work out a trip
Citing this figure
Halifax diesel: 242.4¢/L, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 25 Aug 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/diesel-prices/nova-scotia/halifax/
What drives Halifax prices
Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and runs a major container and auto port. It has had no local refinery since the Dartmouth plant closed, so its fuel is imported. Imported fuel keeps prices high. That is the position, and it holds steady. The port moves containers and cars, but the city has no plant making diesel of its own. The price at the pump carries the cost of bringing fuel in from elsewhere, and that cost does not go away.
Nova Scotia survey cities
¢/L · distance from the provincial mean
Kentville240.7 -2.0
Truro242.0 -0.7
Halifax242.4 -0.3
Yarmouth242.7 +0.0
New Glasgow243.9 +1.2
Sydney244.3 +1.6
Every price is an NRCan survey observation from the print dated Tue, 25 Aug 2026. The provincial figure is the unweighted mean of its survey cities, the same figure that enters the Northern Mile Diesel Index.
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