Northern MileCalgary diesel prices
213.6¢/L-19.4 vs national
Calgary runs 19.4¢ below the national index — a real difference on a 500-litre fill. Work out a trip
Citing this figure
Calgary diesel: 213.6¢/L, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 25 Aug 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/diesel-prices/alberta/calgary/
What drives Calgary prices
Calgary sits where Highway 1 and Highway 2 (the QEII) meet, a highway hub that moves a lot of freight. It is an oil patch service centre and home to corporate energy head offices, so trucks are always rolling through. On diesel, Calgary is usually the cheapest large fill in Alberta. Its position close to the Edmonton area refineries is a big part of why it runs cheap. For a carrier working the southern corridor, Calgary is the fill that makes the numbers work.
Alberta survey cities
¢/L · distance from the provincial mean
Lloydminster209.3 -1.2
Grande Prairie209.7 -0.8
Red Deer209.9 -0.6
Lethbridge209.9 -0.6
Edmonton210.7 +0.2
Calgary213.6 +3.1
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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