Canadian Gas Prices

GrumpyCanadian · 2026-03-05T19:51:06+00:00

I have said a number of times that I don’t (usually) drive, but I still tend to pay attention to gas prices if I happen to pass a gas station when I’m out. I have noticed that prices have been high lately (by my standards), but since the latest adventure in Iran started, prices seem to have jumped roughly 10¢/L. Some time last week, during a walk to the grocery store, I noticed that prices were roughly: Regular 87-octane gasoline 147.9; “efficient” diesel 197.9. While out yesterday, I passed a different station, but still Esso, and noticed that regular-87 was almost exactly 10¢/L more; 157.9, if I’m not mistaken. That station doesn’t offer diesel, but I would guess it’s now over $2/L. Are others seeing the same trend elsewhere, or is this just the Quebec tax, and more localised profiteering, with further actual Iran-induced increases to come?

Donoreo

urbanriot Around my area Gasbuddy is grossly inaccurate.

One station nearby has been caught submitting fake prices in Gas Buddy

MichelR

Today I saw 168.9 and 169.9. I filled up at 149.9 last Saturday.

ZZZZZZZ

Donoreo urbanriot Around my area Gasbuddy is grossly inaccurate.

It’s spot on here with all the garage stations…..usually within the hour.

mrweather

Gas Buddy is pretty accurate around here too.

YMMV. 😁

urbanriot

ZZZZZZZ It’s spot on here with all the garage stations…..usually within the hour.

Your screenshot only has 2 out of 4 usable reports.

I don’t know how it is in Lake Country but that 18 hour report is entirely useless here as the price would have changed at least twice within that timeframe, sometimes significantly. Anything over 8 hours should be considered expired data.

Here we have the post-twilight price drop when I usually gas up, and then we have the midnight price change from wholesale oil prices, then we have the morning price increase targetting commuters, then the opportunistic daytime repricing against competition, and then the end-of-work price change. And of course the pre-weekend jump or the pre-holiday jump.

MichelR

mrweather It’s crowdsourced, so it depends how often people submit data. Some areas there’s nothing at all. I visited my sister last May and, while all the stations were listed, none had prices. So people over there just don’t use it. Mind you, all the stations within 70 km had the same price, so maybe they just don’t bother.

Hydraglass

The very top station on this list is the one I frequent the most - as its about 300 meters from home and I know the owners - and it is very often the cheapest in town. But as you can see the vast majority are quite recently updated. I’ve never had the app itself - always just visited the webpage - it’s easy enough to have bookmarked on my phone.

Donoreo

I got gas today, did not een look. New car is 91 or greater. Hopefully the hybrid bit works well.

mrweather

91? Oooh that’s a spicy meatball at these prices.

My previous car had 550 hp with forced induction and needed 91. It could pass anything but a gas station.

urbanriot

In St. Catharines it was 152.x during daytime hours, after the evening price change it dropped a little to 146.9 - 148.9 but then after the midnight price change it it went up to 149.9.

I expect Sunday will be around 154ish.

mrweather

In Mississauga I’d see prices easily drop 10-12 cents per litre throughout the day, bottoming out at around 10pm. Then midnight hits and boom the price jumps. Rinse and repeat.

markuswarren

I was 164 at the local petro canada, didn’t see what shell had it at, but guess it was comparable. I think it did drop slightly during the evening, as it tends to do, but cannot remember how much it dropped.

Looks like it’s 162 now though.

taraf

1.69 in ottawa this morning. noticed it as we went out for breakfast. I don’t think there’s going to be a significant drop any time soon, sadly.

urbanriot

urbanriot I expect Sunday will be around 154ish.

Close to what I predicted, this morning the average was about 156 driving around the city. I did see a few places 158. Gasbuddy had a place at 154.9 but I didn’t see that.

bjlockie

taraf I don’t think there’s going to be a significant drop any time soon, sadly.

You have a PHEV don’t you?
How long is it before unused gas in a tank goes bad?

Thane_Bitter

GoRaptors I think that was just an offshoot of Gasbuddy or merged into it. Gasbuddy isn’t too bad for prices though because its member driven (though some stations do report prices) a price could be hours out of date (though the time reported is also given in the data).

Filled up there once or twice, not a bad station, lots of room but I think it gets underused because the main and only entrance is by Gammage. Farther North and West in the evenings the canco gas station at Highbury and Killaly is often cheap, the former Husky station at Huron and Highbury used to be good but since it was rebranded to a Pioneer the price is locked in step with the Petro Canada across the street. The other Pioneer at Huron and Clarke isn’t too bad but with Ron Krafts full service station across the road, and a built-in TimHortons they aren’t much of a savings anymore.

urbanriot

After the midnight wholesale price change I’d driven past a range of prices from 156.9 to 159.6. Gross.

taraf

bjlockie I do have a PHEV, yes. But it still uses gas - my partner’s driving into work every day right now, so we’re going through a tank every 3 weeks or so.

The dealer says my new car will be delivered in April. Can’t wait. Price of electricity has gone up in the last year too, but it’s nowhere near as volatile.

Hydraglass

Both stations near my house were 1.529 this AM - the check online says that’s what almost everything in town is today - there’s a few at $1.509 and a few higher, but most are in the $1.529 range. Oil prices per bbl are downa little this morning - both Brent and WTI are down about 5% from open but they are still above $100bbl so I don’t expect gas prices to drop below $1.499 much the next few days, I wouldn’t actually be shocked to see this week’s “tuesday price bump” to get around the $1.599 to $1.649 range before settling back down for a few days. We’ll be running into the easter travel season next week, followed by the early April shift to summer fuel blends - so I would say, be prepared for extended price instability clear through mid-April regardless of international geopolitical tensions and impacts.

MichelR

Up to 179.9 from 169.9 a couple of days ago. Still a far cry from 2.25 when I bought my car in June 2022, but inching closer.

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