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# The Northern Mile Brief: week of 20 September 2026
- URL: https://www.northernmilemedia.com/the-northern-mile-brief-week-of-20-september-2026/
- Published: 2026-09-20T19:47:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-20T21:10:24.000Z
- Description: Fuel, border and market shifts for Canadian carriers.
- Author: Northern Mile Media

Diesel averaged 267.1¢ a litre across Canada this week, per the NRCan survey printed 15 September 2026.

Across the ten index provinces the cheapest was Alberta at 243.1¢ and the dearest Quebec at 296.3¢, a 53.2¢ spread for the same product in the same country.

## Where fuel sits

At or above the national average: Quebec 296.3¢, Newfoundland and Labrador 282.3¢, British Columbia 277.7¢, New Brunswick 276.3¢, Prince Edward Island 273.0¢, Nova Scotia 270.0¢.

Below it: Ontario 261.0¢, Manitoba 247.3¢, Saskatchewan 244.1¢, Alberta 243.1¢.

Surveyed but outside the index: Northwest Territories 213.8¢, Yukon 249.9¢.

## The border

We tracked 9 crossings this week.

Carrying delays: Peace Bridge at 5 minutes, Pacific Highway Crossing at 5 minutes.

Clear: Ambassador Bridge, Blue Water Bridge, Queenston-Lewiston Bridge, Lacolle Border Crossing, Coutts-Sweetgrass, Emerson-Pembina.

## The dollar

The loonie closed at 1.4002 against the US dollar on 18 September 2026, up 0.1 per cent.

Crude is priced in US dollars, so a soft loonie feeds into what refiners pay to bring it in. It also changes what fuel costs you on the US side of a cross-border run.

## The wider picture

- Monthly GDP: +0.3% (up)
- Year-over-year: +2.0% (up)
- Fuel cost per 1,000 km: $935 (up)
- BC vs AB diesel spread: 34.6¢ (up)
- USD/CAD vs 30-day average: 1.4002 (up)

## Read this week's posts

- [Canada's national diesel average this week](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/canada-diesel-price-this-week-september-2026/)

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