Gas prices in Brampton and the cost of a year of driving

The regional figure behind Brampton

Brampton's number is borrowed, and it is worth knowing from where. Each Monday the province records self-serve prices in a set of markets; Toronto West covers the western side of the Greater Toronto Area, Peel Region included. The averages below are those of that market, dated, with the estimate for October 27, 2026 beside them.

The commute, counted over a year

Highways 410, 401 and 407 tie Brampton to Toronto, and for anyone who drives one of them every working day a cent per litre is abstract; the yearly total is not. The table uses the median combined rating of 2026 models in each class from Natural Resources Canada and 15,000 km, which is only the calculator's starting distance. Real commutes can be much longer or shorter, and real-world consumption is often above the label.

The spread between classes is the real lever. Moving from a standard SUV to a compact changes the yearly bill by $963 at today's prices, far more than any week-to-week change in the pump price. Each extra 10 cents a litre adds $137 a year to the small SUV in the example.

From Monday's survey to tomorrow's number

A yearly budget built on a single survey would go stale within days, which is why the calculator uses the estimate rather than the Monday figure. The site takes the Toronto West average, then adds the change in the pre-tax Montreal price published each morning by the Régie de l'énergie du Québec, grossed up by Ontario's HST. Both markets are supplied from the same eastern refining and import system, so their wholesale prices tend to move together. Diesel has no such daily signal: its estimate only shifts when Ontario's wholesale (rack) price is newer than the survey, and it currently reads 260.0¢/L against 262.0¢/L on Monday. The tomorrow page lists the estimate for every city.

Brampton or Toronto for the fill-up

Drivers who work downtown sometimes wonder whether to buy fuel at either end of the trip. The provincial averages do not show a large gap: Toronto West differs from the blended Toronto figure by +0.2¢ at the latest survey. The Toronto page explains how that blend is made.

What the province and Ottawa take

Ontario's gasoline tax is 9 cents a litre, a rate made permanent on July 1, 2025, and HST at 13% is added on top of the full price. The federal excise tax is suspended for now; its planned return in 2027 is covered on the price outlook page.

The last Monday surveys

Week-to-week moves in this market are visible in the published series, which is open data.