Northern MileSydney diesel prices
244.3¢/L+11.3 vs national
Sydney runs 11.3¢ above the national index — a real difference on a 500-litre fill. Work out a trip
Citing this figure
Sydney diesel: 244.3¢/L, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 25 Aug 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/diesel-prices/nova-scotia/sydney/
What drives Sydney prices
Sydney is the regional centre of Cape Breton. Coal and steel are in the island's heritage, and Sydney is where that industrial history is rooted. It is the main market town for the island, the place Cape Breton looks to as its centre. The coal and steel industries are part of the past now, but they built the town and gave it its place on the map. Sydney serves as the hub for the island's communities, and that regional role is what defines it as a freight market today.
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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