Northern MileOshawa diesel prices
221.0¢/L-12.0 vs national
Oshawa runs 12.0¢ below the national index — a real difference on a 500-litre fill. Work out a trip
Citing this figure
Oshawa diesel: 221.0¢/L, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 25 Aug 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/diesel-prices/ontario/oshawa/
What drives Oshawa prices
Oshawa sits on the Highway 401 corridor and runs on auto assembly, with General Motors anchoring the city's industrial base. Auto assembly means a steady flow of trucks hauling parts in and finished vehicles out, which keeps the local freight network busy. That automotive base is what drives fuel demand here. Oshawa's spot on the 401 ties it into the main southern Ontario freight corridor, and the plant work keeps demand steady rather than seasonal. A city built around one big industry runs on that industry's rhythm.
Ontario survey cities
¢/L · distance from the provincial mean
Kitchener218.5 -4.2
Windsor218.6 -4.1
Kingston219.2 -3.5
Brantford219.5 -3.2
London220.3 -2.4
Barrie220.4 -2.3
Thunder Bay220.6 -2.1
St. Catharines220.8 -1.9
Oshawa221.0 -1.7
Guelph221.2 -1.5
Toronto222.4 -0.3
Hamilton223.0 +0.3
Peterborough223.9 +1.2
Sarnia223.9 +1.2
North Bay225.0 +2.3
Ottawa226.0 +3.3
Sudbury226.7 +4.0
Timmins227.7 +5.0
Sault Ste Marie231.8 +9.1
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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