Northern MileDiesel prices by province
260.9¢/L national-5.9 · 7d
National diesel — ten-year trend
86.7–270.5¢/L · 2016–2026Today260.9¢near record high
10y average145.7¢
10y low86.7¢May 2020
10y high270.5¢Sep 2026
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Northern Mile Diesel Index, weekly. Source: NRCan.
Citing this figure
Northern Mile Canadian Diesel Index: 260.9¢/L across ten Canadian provinces, NRCan weekly survey print Tue, 29 Sep 2026. Northern Mile Media, dashboard.northernmilemedia.com/methodology/nmdi/
Cheapest
237.3
AB · ¢/L
Dearest
291.5
QC · ¢/L
Spread
54.2
AB to QC spread · ¢/L
30-day move
+27.7
¢/L
Every province
Price, weekly change, and distance from the national index.
Price by province
Cents per litre · dashed line is the national average
This week’s moves
Weekly change in cents per litre · red up, green down
AlbertaAB237.3 -13.6 -23.6
ManitobaMB246.9 -12.2 -14.0
SaskatchewanSK248.2 -3.3 -12.7
OntarioON253.0 -1.6 -7.9
PEIPE254.4 -13.4 -6.5
Nova ScotiaNS266.4 -1.0 +5.5
British ColumbiaBC269.2 -9.0 +8.3
New BrunswickNB269.9 -3.3 +9.0
NewfoundlandNL272.7 +0.8 +11.8
QuebecQC291.5 -2.1 +30.6
Prices include all federal and provincial fuel, carbon, and sales taxes. Yukon and the Northwest Territories are surveyed but excluded from the index; the reasoning is on the methodology page.
North American diesel
The cross-border index, and the gap Canadian carriers watch.
North American index
250.6
¢/L · -5.0 7d
US national
6.382
$/gal · -4.1 7d · C$9.097/gal
Canada vs US
20.6
¢/L · Canada higher
East Coast (PADD 1)US PADD region$6.137/gal · C$8.748/gal
New England (PADD 1A)US PADD region$6.510/gal · C$9.279/gal
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)US PADD region$6.531/gal · C$9.309/gal
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)US PADD region$5.953/gal · C$8.485/gal
Midwest (PADD 2)US PADD region$6.526/gal · C$9.302/gal
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)US PADD region$5.955/gal · C$8.488/gal
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)US PADD region$6.407/gal · C$9.133/gal
West Coast (PADD 5)US PADD region$7.357/gal · C$10.487/gal
CaliforniaUS PADD region$8.181/gal · C$11.661/gal
West Coast excluding CaliforniaUS PADD region$6.643/gal · C$9.469/gal
US figures are the EIA weekly retail diesel survey (ultra-low sulfur, on-highway), converted from USD per gallon at the Bank of Canada rate (1.4254). The North American index is the mean of the Canadian NMDI and the US national average — each country counts once. Methodology
By province, in depth
Why each province prices the way it does.
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What moves these numbers
Three things account for most of the gap between provinces.
Provincial fuel taxSet independently by each provinceVaries
Carbon pricingIncluded in every price shownIncluded
Distance from supplyNorthern and island markets carry haul costVaries
Diesel moves once a week, when NRCan publishes a new retail survey. Between prints this figure holds steady. It is a retail survey average, not a rack price, and not what a fleet on a fuel card pays.
The 54.2¢/L gap between AB and QC is $271 on a 500-litre fill — fuel where it is cheap on your corridor. Work out a trip