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
260.9
¢/L · ten provinces · NRCan print Tue, 29 Sep 2026
North American index
250.6
¢/L · CA + US, equal weight
USD / CAD
1.4254
weaker CAD +0.0008 · Bank of Canada
Busiest crossing
13 min
Peace Bridge · CBSA
The week in one line
diesel at 260.9¢/L, the loonie at 1.4254, GDP moving -0.0% last month.
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Northern Mile freight barometer, 2026-10-06 06:01 UTC — Canadian diesel 260.9¢/L, North American index 250.6¢/L, USD/CAD 1.4254.
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