Freight barometer
One screen of the numbers a cross-border carrier tracks every week — diesel, the North American index, the dollar, and the border — each dated and sourced.
Canadian diesel
233.0
¢/L · ten provinces · NRCan print Tue, 25 Aug 2026
North American index
220.0
¢/L · CA + US, equal weight
USD / CAD
1.3866
stronger CAD -0.0022 · Bank of Canada
Busiest crossing
20 min
Pacific Highway Crossing · CBSA
The week in one line
The week in one line: diesel at 233.0¢/L, the loonie at 1.3866, GDP moving +0.3% last month.
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Northern Mile freight barometer, 2026-08-31 20:30 UTC — Canadian diesel 233.0¢/L, North American index 220.0¢/L, USD/CAD 1.3866.
Methodology · Prices by province
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