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# The Northern Mile Brief: week of 7 October 2026
- URL: https://www.northernmilemedia.com/the-northern-mile-brief-week-of-7-october-2026/
- Published: 2026-10-07T10:01:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T18:20:39.000Z
- Description: Fuel, border and market shifts for carriers in Canada and the US.
- Author: Northern Mile Media

Diesel averaged 260.5¢ a litre across Canada this week, per the NRCan survey printed 6 October 2026.

Across the ten index provinces the cheapest was Alberta at 235.4¢ and the dearest Quebec at 291.2¢, a 55.8¢ spread for the same product in the same country.

## Where fuel sits

At or above the national average: Quebec 291.2¢, Newfoundland and Labrador 272.2¢, New Brunswick 269.3¢, British Columbia 268.8¢, Nova Scotia 266.8¢.

Below it: Prince Edward Island 254.9¢, Ontario 252.3¢, Saskatchewan 247.7¢, Manitoba 246.0¢, Alberta 235.4¢.

Surveyed but outside the index: Northwest Territories 223.8¢, Yukon 269.9¢.

## The border

We tracked 9 crossings this week.

Carrying delays: Peace Bridge at 13 minutes, Queenston-Lewiston Bridge at 7 minutes, Pacific Highway Crossing at 5 minutes.

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

## The dollar

The loonie closed at 1.4226 against the US dollar on 6 October 2026, down 0.2 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: 0.0%
- Year-over-year: +1.4% (up)
- Fuel cost per 1,000 km: $912
- BC vs AB diesel spread: 33.4¢
- USD/CAD vs 30-day average: 1.4226 (up)

## Read this week's posts

- [North American freight corridor data: where the cost lands](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/north-american-freight-corridor-data/)
- [Canada US diesel price comparison: the units do not line up](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/canada-us-diesel-price-comparison/)
- [IFTA filing deadlines Canada: the mistakes that trigger audits](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/ifta-filing-deadlines-canada/)
- [Trucking cost per kilometre Canada: the diesel variable](https://www.northernmilemedia.com/trucking-cost-per-kilometre-canada/)

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