Northern MileLloydminster diesel prices
209.3¢/L-23.7 vs national
Lloydminster runs 23.7¢ below the national index — a real difference on a 500-litre fill. Work out a trip
Citing this figure
Lloydminster diesel: 209.3¢/L, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 25 Aug 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/diesel-prices/alberta/lloydminster/
What drives Lloydminster prices
Lloydminster straddles the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan and works as a heavy-oil service town on the Hwy 16 Yellowhead corridor. Its diesel market runs on that split. Heavy-oil service work drives demand through the region, and the Hwy 16 Yellowhead corridor moves that traffic across the provincial line and back. Pump prices in a border town like this track the cost of keeping heavy-oil service supplied along the corridor. Lloydminster's pricing tracks the Yellowhead traffic and the heavy-oil service work that runs through it.
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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