Gas prices in Vancouver

From a monthly average to today's price

Statistics Canada publishes a monthly average retail price for each fuel in Vancouver. That is the open, official benchmark, and the starting point of every figure on this page. Its weakness is age: on October 26, 2026 the newest month available is September 2026. The table shows that month and, next to it, the estimate brought to October 27, 2026.

The estimate column comes from a simple rule. The Government of Ontario publishes a daily wholesale (rack) price for Edmonton, the refining hub that supplies much of Western Canada. Between the September 2026 average of that rack price and its last value of October 21, 2026, it moved by +2.2¢; with GST that is +2.3¢ at the pump. Natural Resources Canada does publish weekly city averages, but they cannot be reproduced here; you can read them on its weekly price page.

The 27-cent fuel tax of Metro Vancouver

A litre of gasoline sold in the TransLink service area carries 27 cents of motor fuel tax, of which 18.5 cents go to the regional transit authority. In the table below, that total appears as the 14.5-cent provincial rate charged across B.C. plus the Metro Vancouver surcharge on top of it. GST at 5% is calculated on the price including those cents; there is no provincial sales tax on road fuel in B.C.

At the estimated price, the fixed tax is 27.0¢/L and GST 10.1¢/L. Two taxes that used to weigh on a Vancouver litre are gone for now: the B.C. carbon tax was eliminated on April 1, 2025, and the federal excise tax of 10 cents has been suspended since April 20, 2026. The excise is scheduled to come back in 2027, half on February 1 and in full on April 1, under Finance Canada's draft legislation (proposed, not enacted).

A year of Statistics Canada averages

Because the Statistics Canada series is published under the Open Government Licence, its recent months can be shown in full. From September 2025 to September 2026, regular gasoline in Vancouver moved by +38.0¢.

Diesel follows its own refinery market, so its path in the table can differ widely from that of gasoline. At the estimates for October 27, 2026, diesel costs 75.1¢/L more than regular in Vancouver; the diesel page compares that gap with other cities.

Vancouver and Calgary

The gap between the two largest western cities is mostly a tax gap. Calgary pays no Alberta fuel tax while the province's relief program runs, and no transit levy; Vancouver pays 27 cents. Both estimates use the same Edmonton rack price, so the comparison below is consistent: 55.8¢/L per litre separates the two estimates today.

For the outlook beyond tomorrow, including the dated tax changes of 2027, see the forecast page. Drivers in the suburbs will find the same figures on the Surrey page, which shares the Vancouver average.