CostWatch.ca
Data to Aug 2026

Gas prices in Canada

Gas prices,
city by city.

Regular gasoline averaged 173.8¢ a litre in Canada in August 2026, +22.7% from a year earlier.

Fill-up calculator

What a tank costs, in dollars and work time

August 2026

Tank size
Fill-up cost$86.90Work time2 h 21 min50 L × 173.8¢ in Canada (average), August 2026; work time at $37.02/hour

Gasoline

Gas prices in 16 Canadian cities

August 2026 · regular, self-service

Regular gasoline prices, August 2026, with the cost of a 50-litre fill-up and minutes of work at the provincial average hourly wage
CityPer litre12 mo50 LWork time
Edmonton160.3¢+24.1%$80.152 h 7 min
Calgary162.3¢+22.1%$81.152 h 9 min
Saskatoon163.7¢+22.4%$81.852 h 26 min
Ottawa (Ontario part of Ottawa-Gatineau)165.0¢+22.0%$82.502 h 11 min
Winnipeg166.9¢+21.0%$83.452 h 36 min
Regina167.5¢+20.2%$83.752 h 30 min
Toronto170.3¢+25.2%$85.152 h 15 min
Thunder Bay172.0¢+24.4%$86.002 h 16 min
Saint John179.4¢+25.5%$89.702 h 45 min
Halifax181.4¢+24.4%$90.702 h 43 min
Québec181.8¢+19.5%$90.902 h 31 min
Montréal184.9¢+16.5%$92.452 h 33 min
Charlottetown and Summerside188.5¢+25.5%$94.253 h 1 min
St. John's194.3¢+28.3%$97.152 h 54 min
Victoria201.2¢+19.1%$100.602 h 34 min
Vancouver206.7¢+22.5%$103.352 h 39 min

Statistics Canada surveys gasoline prices in selected cities, not province-wide. Work time uses the city's provincial average hourly wage for August 2026, before tax.

Latest data: August 2026Sources

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01, Table 14-10-0063-01Updated by CostWatch: September 27, 2026Calculated by CostWatch using Statistics Canada data.Adapted from Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0001-01, Table 14-10-0063-01, August 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

Ten-year view

Canada average gas price over ten years

Cents per litre, regular, self-service

Average price of regular gasoline in Canada, cents per litre, monthly
Show the data as a table
Average price of regular gasoline in Canada (cents per litre), same month each year
MonthCanada, regular
August 2016101.9¢
August 2017109.7¢
August 2018131.8¢
August 2019117.9¢
August 2020104.6¢
August 2021139.0¢
August 2022169.6¢
August 2023170.6¢
August 2024162.1¢
August 2025141.6¢
August 2026173.8¢
Latest data: August 2026Sources

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01Updated by CostWatch: September 27, 2026Adapted from Statistics Canada, Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography, August 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.