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# The Northern Mile Brief: week of 23 September 2026
- URL: https://www.northernmilemedia.com/the-northern-mile-brief-week-of-23-september-2026/
- Published: 2026-09-23T11:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T11:16:00.000Z
- Description: Fuel, border and market shifts for Canadian carriers.
- Author: Northern Mile Media

Diesel averaged 271.0¢ a litre across Canada this week, per the NRCan survey printed 22 September 2026.

Across the ten index provinces the cheapest was Alberta at 247.3¢ and the dearest Quebec at 296.6¢, a 49.3¢ spread for the same product in the same country.

## Where fuel sits

At or above the national average: Quebec 296.6¢, Newfoundland and Labrador 283.2¢, British Columbia 283.1¢, New Brunswick 279.6¢, Prince Edward Island 279.2¢, Nova Scotia 273.9¢.

Below it: Ontario 261.1¢, Manitoba 255.4¢, Saskatchewan 250.6¢, Alberta 247.3¢.

Surveyed but outside the index: Northwest Territories 218.8¢, Yukon 249.9¢.

## The border

We tracked 9 crossings this week.

Carrying delays: Pacific Highway Crossing at 10 minutes, Peace Bridge at 2 minutes.

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

## The dollar

The loonie closed at 1.4064 against the US dollar on 22 September 2026, up 0.31 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: $948 (up)
- BC vs AB diesel spread: 35.8¢ (up)
- USD/CAD vs 30-day average: 1.4064 (up)

## Read this week's posts

- [Diesel price by province Canada: the 77.8 cent gap](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/diesel-price-by-province-canada/)
- [Every dataset we publish, and where to find it](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/every-dataset-we-publish/)
- [USD CAD exchange rate trucking: a weaker loonie at the pump](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/usd-cad-exchange-rate-trucking/)
- [Canada's national diesel average this week](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/canada-diesel-price-this-week-september-2026/)

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